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{{Short description|Indian economist}}
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| institution = [[International Monetary Fund]]
| field = [[International economics]]
| alma_mater = [[Oxford University]] ([[MSc]])<br /> [[Harvard University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Master of Arts|MA]], [[PhD]])
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'''Atish Rex Ghosh''' (born February 21, 1964) is an international economist, who is currently the Historian of the [[International Monetary Fund]].<ref name="ghosh press release">[http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pr/2016/pr16161.htm Lagarde Appoints Historians to Chronicle “Defining Moments” in Fund’s History]</ref><ref name="ghosh princeton release">[https://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S46/05/57G39/index.xml?section=people&path=/main/news/archive/S46/05/57G39/index.xml&prev=1 Princeton news: Faculty Honor]</ref> His recent work has focused on issues related to the stability of the [[international monetary system]], including [[exchange rate regimes]], [[Current account (balance of payments)|external balance]] dynamics, capital flows and [[capital controls]], [[Monetary policy|monetary]] and [[Currency intervention|foreign exchange intervention]] policies, [[fiscal space]] and [[Fiscal sustainability|debt sustainability]], and international policy coordination.<ref name="ghosh imf blog">[https://blog-imfdirect.imf.org/bloggers/atish-rex-ghosh/ iMFdirect Blog: Atish Rex Ghosh]</ref> His work on the management of cross-border capital flows, notably the role of [[capital control]]s, has played an important role in influencing the IMF's institutional position on the use of capital controls.<ref name="economist1">[[The Economist]] (February 18, 2010), [https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2010/02/18/fundamental-questions The IMF changes its mind on controls on capital inflows.]</ref><ref name="ft1">[[The Financial Times]] (February 22, 2010), [http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/ec484786-1fcf-11df-8deb-00144feab49a.html IMF reconsiders capital controls opposition.]</ref><ref name="economist4">[[The Economist]] (April 07, 2011), [https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2011/04/07/the-reformation The Reformation: A disjointed attempt by the IMF to refine its thinking on capital controls.]</ref><ref name="wikicapcon">[[Capital control|Capital Controls.]]</ref> Ghosh has also published numerous influential studies on international policy coordination and exchange rate regimes, including three books: ''[http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1557863067.html Economic Cooperation in an Uncertain World]'' (Wiley-Blackwell Press); ''[https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/exchange-rate-regimes Exchange Rate Regimes: Choices and Consequences]'' (MIT Press); and ''[https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/currency-boards-retrospect-and-prospect Currency Boards in Retrospect and Prospect]'' (MIT Press).<ref name="ghosh imf blog"/><ref name="ghosh voxeu">[http://voxeu.org/person/atish-r-ghosh VOXEU: Atish Rex Ghosh]</ref> In addition, he is the author of ''[http://www.nineteenthstreetnw.com/ Nineteenth Street, NW]''—a fictional novel about a global financial crash.<ref name="ghosh voxeu"/><ref name="ghosh nineteenthst">[http://www.nineteenthstreetnw.com/aboutghosh.html Nineteenth Street, NW: About the author]</ref><ref name="ghosh nytimes">[https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/29/business/economy/29imf.html NY Times (Oct 28, 2010): A Novel Whose Plot Seems Oddly Familiar]</ref>

==Early career==
Ghosh received his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. in Economics from [[Harvard University]]. He also holds an MSc. in Development Economics from [[Oxford University]]. Before joining the IMF, Ghosh was an Assistant Professor of Economics and International Affairs at [[Princeton University]].<ref name="ghosh imf blog"/><ref name="ghosh voxeu"/><ref name="ghosh nineteenthst"/>

At the IMF, Ghosh worked on the Ukrainian and Turkish economic stabilization programs in the 1990s, and has also served as Assistant Director of the Research Department where he supervised analytical work on issues related to the international monetary system.<ref name="ghosh imf blog"/>

==Research and publication==
Ghosh's research focuses on various aspects of domestic and international macroeconomic policy, including choices and consequences of exchange rate regimes, capital flows and capital controls, fiscal space, debt sustainability, external balance dynamics, and policy coordination.<ref name="ghosh imf blog"/><ref name="ghosh voxeu"/> He has written and edited several books on international economic issues such as ''[http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1557863067.html Economic Cooperation in an Uncertain World]'' (Wiley-Blackwell Press, 1994), ''[https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/exchange-rate-regimes Exchange Rate Regimes: Choices and Consequences]'' (MIT Press, 2003), and ''[https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/currency-boards-retrospect-and-prospect Currency Boards in Retrospect and Prospect]'' (MIT Press, 2008).<ref name="ghosh voxeu"/> He has also published numerous articles in distinguished academic journals, such as the ''American Economic Review'', the ''Economic Journal'', the ''Journal of Monetary Economics'', and the ''Journal of International Economics''.<ref name="ghosh ideas">[https://ideas.repec.org/e/pgh16.html IDEAS: Atish Ghosh]</ref> His work has received widespread media coverage, including in ''[[The Economist]]'',<ref name="economist1"/><ref name="economist2">''[[The Economist]]'' (October 06, 2012), [https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2012/10/06/tide-barriers Tide Barriers: Capital Controls Would Work Better If There Were Some International Norms.]</ref><ref name="economist3">''[[The Economist]]'' (April 30, 2009), [https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2009/04/30/new-fund-old-fundamentals Economic Focus: New fund, old fundamentals.]</ref> the ''[[Financial Times]]'',<ref name="ft1"/><ref name="ft2">[[Financial Times]] (April 15, 2016), [https://www.ft.com/content/11bdca1a-02e9-11e6-99cb-83242733f755 How theory frames economic policymaking]</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'',<ref name="nyt1">[[The New York Times]] (February 22, 2010), [https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2010/02/22/i-m-f-questions-freedom-of-capital-flows/?_r=0 I.M.F. Questions Freedom of Capital Flows.]</ref> and ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]''.<ref name="wsj1">''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' (September 02, 2010), [https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704791004575465662547079160 IMF Warns Countries of Debt Risks, Dismisses Idea of Greek Default.]</ref><ref name="wsj2">[[The Wall Street Journal]] (June 02, 2015), [https://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2015/06/02/stop-obsessing-over-debt-and-watch-growth-flourish-imf-economists-argue/ IMF Economists: Stop Obsessing Over Debt]</ref><ref name="wsj3">''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' (June 02, 2015), [https://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2015/06/02/imf-economists-surprising-advice-on-federal-debt-dont-worry-about-it/ IMF Economists’ Surprising Advice on Federal Debt: Don’t Worry About It.]</ref>

Ghosh was appointed as the IMF Historian by the IMF Managing Director, [[Christine Lagarde]], on April 7, 2016.<ref name="ghosh press release"/><ref name="ghosh princeton release"/> In this capacity, he will write the IMF's official history over 2000-15—a period characterized by the rise in [[global imbalances]] and surge in international capital flows, the [[2008 financial crisis]], the [[Euro area crisis]], and the growing role of emerging and developing countries in the world economy.<ref name="ghosh press release"/>

==Novel==
Ghosh is the author of ''Nineteenth Street, N.W.''—a fictional novel about a global financial crash.<ref name="ghosh nineteenthst"/><ref name="ghosh nytimes"/> The thriller, now in its second edition, explores the threat of financial terrorism and revolves around a plan to sabotage the global currency markets.<ref name="nineteenthst index">[http://www.nineteenthstreetnw.com/about19.html Nineteenth Street, N.W.]</ref><ref name="imfo">[http://www.imfo.org/index.html Nineteenth Street, N.W.: Could financial crises be exploited by terrorists]</ref><ref name="video1">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6qpPgbgrmQ The Mark News: Rex Ghosh on Nineteenth Street Northwest]</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*http://www.nineteenthstreetnw.com/aboutghosh.html
* {{cite web|title=Most widely held works by Atish R Ghosh|url=https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-nr90012874/|publisher=[[WorldCat]]}}

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