Youssef Saidi
Economic Adviser, Gulf Monetary Council
Youssef Saidi is an Experienced Quantitative Economist-Econometrician. He is currently an Economic Adviser at Gulf Monetary Council (GMCo). Before joining GEMCo, he was an Invited Researcher at LEM-CNRS (UMR 9221) - Lille 3 and Economist-Manager at Bank Al-Maghrib (Central Bank of Morocco). Previously, he was an Assistant Professor of statistics and econometrics at Mohammed V University in Rabat (Morocco). He also taught mathematics, statistics, econometrics and Computer Science (SAS, Eviews, Rats) at, Universities Lille (1, 2 & 3) and Valenciennes (France). He has conducted several seminars in forecasting techniques in Morocco, West African Economic and Monetary Union (UMOA) and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). His research focuses on monetary and exchange rate policies, monetary union, time series analysis, regime change models, forecasting techniques, financial markets, commodities, emerging economies, financial contagion. He is referee for several international academic journals including, Energy, Statistics and Probability Letters, North American Journal of Economics and Finance, Journal of Economic Asymmetries, etc.
- Monetary and exchange rate policies
- Monetary union
- Time series analysis
- Financial markets
- Emerging economies
- Ph.D in Econometrics, Charles de Gaulle University-Lille III, France. Thesis : Probabilistic and statistical study of a class of nonlinear ARCH models. 2003
- MSc. in Applied Mathematics, Lille I University, France, 1996
- B.A. in Applied Mathematics, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco, 1995
- Economic Adviser, Gulf Monetary Council, Saudi Arabia, 2018 - Present
- Invited Researcher, LEM-CNRS (UMR 9221), Lille 3 University, France, 2017 - 2018
- Teaching Assistant, FSES, Lille 1 University, France, 2016 - 2017
- Head of Internal Control Unit, Research Department, Central Bank of Morocco, 2013 - 2016
- SAIDI, Youssef and Alrashidi, Atef Saleh, 2022. "A Panel VAR Analysis of Oil Supply and Demand Shocks and Macroeconomic Performance: The Case of Gulf Cooperation Council Countries", Under revision in Empirical Economics. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4263841
- A Dhaoui, K Guesmi, Y Saidi, S Bourouis, 2018. "Oil Price Shocks and OECD Equity Markets: Distinguishing between Supply and Demand Effects", International Journal of Global Energy Issues, Vol. 41, No.1/2/3/4, pp. 25 - 51.
- Abderrazak Dhaoui, Dalia Streimikiene, Youssef Saidi, Syed Jawad Hussain Shahzad, Nanthakumar Loganathan and Abbas Mardani, 2018. "Exploring the Oil Supply-Demand Shocks and Stock market Stabilities: Experience from OECD Countries", Acta Montanistica Slovaca, Vol. 23, Issue 1, pp 100-117.
Does Monetary Policy Respond Differently to Oil Price Shocks? New Evidence from The Gulf Cooperation Council Countries
Areas of Interest: Monetary and exchange rate policies Monetary union Time series analysis Financial markets Emerging economies Education:... Read More
September, 2024
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