and Angela Chan Professor of Management at the University of California, Berkeley (currently on secondment to the IMF).
[4] Effective January 24, 2022, he was appointed the Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), succeeding Gita Gopinath.
In October 2023, Gourinchas advised central banks to keep monetary policy tightened as despite some decreases in late 2023, the risks from inflation to the health of economies remained high.
[7] He has stated that US economic growth, fiscal stimulus in China and risks from wars are relevant in IMF forecasting.
[8] Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas' research interests include consumption, precautionary savings, credit expansions, the forward premium anomaly, exchange rates and labour markets.