About Me:
I am an Assistant Governor of the Monetary Policy Sub-sector of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (central bank of the Philippines). I joined the BSP in May 2026. Previously, I was a Senior Economist at the Macroeconomics and Monetary Policy Division of the SEACEN Centre (South East Asia Central Banks Research and Training Centre). I am also a Research Associate at the Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis (CAMA) of the Crawford School of Public Policy of the Australian National University and a member of the Philippine Economic Society.
My areas of research specialisation are international macroeconomics, international financial economics, and development economics. I have published several journal articles, book chapters, working papers, report chapters, and blog articles on various topics, including capital flows, financial inclusion, financial stress, bond price discovery, economic convergence, and international patterns of cross-border investments.
I worked as an Economist (International Staff) at the Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department of the Asian Development Bank from 2020 to 2022. I also held various academic teaching positions at De La Salle University, Trinity College Dublin (Ireland), and Newcastle Business School (England).
I earned my doctorate degree in Economics at Trinity College Dublin in Ireland and my master's and bachelor's degrees in Economics at the Ateneo de Manila University and the University of the Philippines, School of Economics, respectively. I also finished the advanced studies program at the Kiel Institute for World Economy in Germany.
What's New:
May 2025: Taming the “Capital Flows-Credit Nexus”: A Sectoral Approach, (with Daniel Carvalho and Etienne Lepers) published in Open Economies Review.
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