Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas

French economist

Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas is a French economist who served as the chief economist of the International Monetary Fund from 2022 to 2026. Gourinchas is the S.K. and Angela Chan Professor of Management at the University of California, Berkeley, the director of the Clausen Center for International Business and Policy, and is affiliated with the Haas School of Business. His research focuses on macroeconomics, in particular international macroeconomics and international finance. In 2008, Gourinchas received the Prize of the Best Young Economist of France.

IMF Warns of Global Recession

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