The Centre for Economic Policy Research and KPMG invite you to a discussion forum on:
IMF World Economic Outlook with Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti
Presented byGian Maria Milesi-Ferretti, Deputy Director, Research Department, the International Monetary Fund and CEPR
Chair and Discussant
Yael Selfin, Chief Economist, KPMG
VenueKPMG, 15 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5GL
DateMonday 29 April 2019
Registration and refreshments: 12:30 - 13:00
Presentation and Discussion: 13:00 - 14:30
THE SPEAKERS
Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti is Deputy Director in the Research Department of the International Monetary Fund. He is responsible for supervising the department's work on multilateral surveillance, including the World Economic Outlook and the Spillover Report. He was previously a Deputy Director in the IMF's Western Hemisphere Department, and IMF mission chief to the United States. He received his undergraduate degree in economics from Università di Roma La Sapienza in 1985 and his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1991. He joined the London School of Economics thereafter, and moved to the IMF in 1993.
Mr. Milesi-Ferretti has published extensively in refereed journals in the areas of international capital flows, international financial integration, current account sustainability, capital controls, taxation and growth, and political economy. His paper ?The External Wealth of Nations Mark II? (joint with Philip Lane) recently won the Bhagwati award as best paper published in the Journal of International Economics during 2007-2008. Since 1996, he has been a Research Fellow of the London-based Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR).
Yael Selfin is Chief Economist at KPMG in the UK. She advises clients on the impact major issues such as Brexit are likely to have on the economy as well as on individual businesses. She also has interest in the areas of regional productivity, trade, and the impact of technology. Prior to joining KPMG in 2014 she worked at two independent economic consultancies as well as at PwC for over 14 years, where she set up and led PwC Macro Consulting business, as well as oversaw research on the international economic outlook.
REGISTRATION
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