IMF SEMINAR EVENT
DATE: October 8, 2016
DAY: Saturday
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
LOCATION: George Washington University, Jack Morton Auditorium
Overview
Recently, many economies have come under sharp foreign exchange pressures, reflecting large commodity price declines, volatile external financing conditions, and country-specific factors. This seminar will invite central bank officials from emerging and frontier markets to discuss their recent experiences in dealing with these pressures, including the role of exchange rate flexibility and constraints imposed by the overall macroeconomic policy frameworks and balance sheets.
Join the conversation via #FXpressures
Join the conversation via #FXpressures
Emerging Markets’ Response to Recent Exchange Rate Pressures
Emerging Markets’ Response to Recent Exchange Rate Pressures
Panelists
Moderator: Maurice Obstfeld
Panelist: Lesetja Kganyago
Panelist: Veerathai Santiprabhob
Panelist: José Darío Uribe E.
Panelist: Ksenia Yudaeva
Ms. Ksenia Yudaeva is the First Deputy Governor of Bank of Russia since September 2013 and a member of the Bank of Russia Board of Directors since 18 October 2013. Before this, she was the Chief of the Experts’ Directorate to the Presidential Administration in Moscow from 2012 to 2013. Prior to this, she worked at the Sberbank Centre for Macroeconomic Researches in Moscow as Director, Chief economist and senior advisor to the President from 2008 to 2012.
Ms. Yudaeva was awarded the Order of Honour, and commendation of the President of the Russian Federation. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and graduated from the M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University in 1992.