Areas of Interest:

• Monetary Economics
• Macroeconomic Theory
• International Economics

Education:

• Ph.D., Economics, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, 1988
• M.B.A., Indiana University in South Bend, Mishawaka, Indiana, 1984
• M.A., Economics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, 1982

Experience:

• Chief Economist and Director of Research, Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, September 2014-present
• Senior Economist, Eastern II Division, The African Department, IMF, Washington D.C., September 2013-August 2014
• Senior Economist, Caribbean II Division, The Western Hemisphere Department, IMF, Washington D.C., July 2012-August 2013

Latest Publications:

• “Monetary Policy and Co-movements in Spending, Growth and Inflation: Evidence from Developing and Advanced Countries,” Istanbul Borsa Review,(forthcoming).
• “The Interaction between Globalization and Financial Development: New Evidence from Panel Co-Integration and Causality Analysis,” joint with Muhammad Shahbaz and Samia Nasreen, Empirical Economics,(forthcoming).
• “The Adverse Effects of Real Exchange Rate Variability in Latin America and the Caribbean,” Journal of Applied Economics, (forthcoming).
• “Government Spending Decomposition and Growth in Egypt,” joint with Mohamed Hassan, Middle East Development Journal,(2014).