Areas of Interest:

• International Economics
• Macroeconomics
• Econometrics

Education:

• Ph.D. Economics, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM), WI, USA, 2008-2013
• B.Sc. Commerce (Business Administration), Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt 2001-2005

Experience:

• Senior Economist, (FAD,MCM), International Monetary Fund, Washington, D.C. 2023 - Present
• Economist, Middle East & Central Asia Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington, D.C., 2013-2023
• Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM), Milwaukee, WI., 2009-2013
• Fund Internship Program (FIP), Middle East & Central Asia Department,International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington, D.C., Summer 2012

Latest Publications:

• Hosny, Amr and Kevin Pallara (2023) "Economic Activity, Fiscal Space and Types of Covid-19 Containment Measures", Economics of Disasters and Climate Change, 7: pp. 319-355.
• Ben Naceur, Sami, Amr S. Hosny, and Gregory Hadjian (2019) "How to De-dollarize Financial Systems in the Caucasus and Central Asia?", Empirical Economics, 56 (6): pp. 1979-1999.
• Vipul Bhatt, Amr Hosny, and N. Kundan Kishor (2017) "The Dynamic Behavior of Implicit Inflation Targets in "Inflation Targeting Lite" Economies", The Economic Record, 93 (300): pp. 67-88.