Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas

At-a-Glance

Serves as the Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) since 2022.
Holds the S.K. and Angela Chan Professor of Management position at the University of California, Berkeley.
Directs the Clausen Center for International Business and Policy at UC Berkeley.
Received the Prize of the Best Young Economist of France in 2008.
Earned a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Research focuses on macroeconomics, international macroeconomics, and international finance.
Serves as editor-in-chief of the IMF Economic Review and managing editor of the Journal of International Economics.

Biography

Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas is the Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), a position he has held since January 2022, succeeding Gita Gopinath. In this role, he is part of the Senior Leadership of the IMF. He has advised central banks to maintain tightened monetary policy due to inflation risks and has issued updated IMF World Economic Outlooks, commenting on global economic growth, inflation, and factors like US economic growth, fiscal stimulus in China, and geopolitical risks.