Mika Saito

Advisor in the African Department at International Monetary Fund

Mika Saito is an Advisor at the African Department at the IMF. Her research interests are in international economics and monetary policy. Recent work has been on the macroeconomic implications of global value chains, trade finance, protectionism, and fiscal dominance in monetary policy. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Cornell University and M.Sc. in Economics from the London School of Economics. Prior to the IMF, she was Assistant Professor in the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame.