Reza Moghadam
Reza Moghadam is a British-Iranian economist who has been Vice-Chairman for Global Capital Markets at
Personal life and education
The eldest of three children, Reza Moghadam was born in Borojerd in Western
Early career
While studying for his PhD, Moghadam taught economics at the Universities of Warwick as well as in London and Bristol. During this time he worked with Colin Carter on the renovation of the LSE’s Phillips Machine,
International Monetary Fund career
Moghadam joined the IMF in 1992 in its elite Economist Program.
In 2005, Moghadam was picked by Managing Director
In November 2011, with the euro-area crisis deepening, Christine Lagarde who had taken over the helm of the IMF in July, asked Moghadam to become the Director of the European Department.[18] The change garnered praise from many analysts who saw it as a move to heighten the IMF’s profile in dealing with the worsening crisis in Europe. "He [Moghadam] is seen as a very credible and powerful insider," Eswar Prasad, a former IMF official and a senior fellow at Brookings Institution in Washington, told the Reuters news agency. "It shows that the IMF intends to be much more assertive in playing a prominent role in Europe and Reza Moghadam is somebody who is seen as being able to move the Fund to that more aggressive position."[19] From then on, he was the key architect of the Fund’s strategy in dealing with crises in Greece,[20] Ireland,[21] Portugal, Cyprus [22] and later Ukraine;[23] he was also at the forefront of the policy dialogue with Italy[24] and the Euro-area. Commenting on his tenure, Benoit Coeuré, the European Central Bank executive board member responsible for Brussels policy said "He did not tell us Europeans what we wanted to hear but what we needed to hear, which is exactly fund’s role.""Reza’s departure is indeed a pity, as he always steered a totally straight course. And he does not blink," added Thomas Wieser, the head of the EU’s powerful euro working group, who occasionally tangled with Moghadam.[25]
Communication and engagement
Videos
- "Deflation" versus "Lowflation" in the Euro Area, 4 March 2014: http://www.imf.org/external/mmedia/view.aspx?vid=3291843394001
- Europe on the Mend? 25 September 2013: http://www.imf.org/external/mmedia/view.aspx?vid=2693791836001
- More traditional video-interviews are also available here: http://www.imf.org/external/mmedia/view.aspx?st=Keyword&variable=moghadam
Selected blogs
- Euro Area- Q&A on QE
- Euro Area — "deflation" versus "lowflation"
- How Real Is The Recovery In The Euro Area How Real Is The Recovery In The Euro Area?
Other blogs are available here http://blog-imfdirect.imf.org/bloggers/reza-moghadam/
Speeches and articles
- Sustaining the Recovery: Strategies and Policies for Growth and Stability, 2014 http://www.imf.org/external/np/speeches/2014/061014.htm
- Maastricht and the Crisis in Europe: Where We’ve Been and What We’ve Learned, 2013: http://www.imf.org/external/np/speeches/2014/021214.htm
- Europe’s road to integration, Finance and Development, March 2014: http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2014/03/moghadam.htm
Academic work
- Relative Wage Flexibility in Four Countries, 1989, with Christopher A. Pissarides (winner of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Economics)
- Are wages forward-looking? 1989, with Simon Wren-Lewis[dead link]
- Wage Determination : An International Perspective, 1990
- Turkey at the Crossroads: From Crisis Resolution to EU Accession Occasional Paper No. 242; 2005
- Hungary: Economic Policies for Sustainable Growth IMF Occasional Paper No. 159; 1998
- Unemployment Hysteresis, Wage Determination, and Labor Market Flexibility: The Case of Belgium With van Rijckeghem, Caroline IMF Working Paper No. 94/150, 1994
- Why is Unemployment in France So High? IMF Working Paper No. 94/58, 1994
- Labor Market Issues in Belgium: An International Perspective; IMF Working Paper No. 93/32, 1993
- Capital and Trade as Engines of Growth in France - An Application of Johansen's Cointegration Methodology (with Coe, David T.); IMF Working Paper No. 93/11, 1993
References
- ^ IMF press release No 14/732 30 July 2014 IMF European Department Director Reza Moghadam To Leave Fund
- ^ Peter Spiegel, Brussels Blog, Financial Times, 30 July 2014 Another Crisis Figure Moves On: IMF's Moghadam
- ^ "Reza Moghadam Joins Morgan Stanley as Vice Chairman in Global Capital Markets (press release)". Morgan Stanley. 30 July 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
- ^ a b c d Jones, Tim (10 September 2013). "Reza Moghadam – The third man's man". European Voice. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
- ^ of the Restored Phillips Machine, 29 June 1989| url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/lselibrary/3983651036
- ^ Corkhill, Anna (June 2012). "A Superb Explanatory Device" (PDF). University of Melbourne.
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- ^ "IMF Recruitment -- Economist Program (EP)". www.imf.org. IMF. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
- ^ Tearing Down Walls. The International Monetary Fund 1990-1999, by James M. Boughton, 2012, Chapter 1, page 513
- ^ "Thailand Economic Reforms Progress Exemplary Says IMF, Chris Johnson". The Indian Express. 15 September 1998.
- ^ "IMF Mission Head Recalls Tough Choices, Good Cooperation", The Nation (Bangkok), 10 July 2007.
- ^ [1] and FT.com, Beyondbrics, 2 August 2004, Istanbul Lifted by IMF Approval [2]
- ^ "The European Elections and the Future of Europe, 3 June". Brookings Institutions. 30 November 2001. and http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/events/2014/06/03%20europe%20elections/20140603_european_elections_transcript.pdf
- ^ "IMF Press Release No 08/122 IMF Managing Director Announces Department Director Appointments". 27 May 2008.
- ^ "The Managing Director's Statement to the Executive Board" (PDF). imf.org. 18 June 2008. para. 10
- ^ a b Brinkbäumer, Klaus; Fichtner, Ullrich (4 October 2010). "Money Is Power: Instant Flows of Cash". Spiegel Online. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
- ^ "IMF Press Release No 11/417, IMF Managing Director Announces Intention to Appoint Reza Moghadam to Head European Department". Imf.org. and "MF Strategy Chief To Head European Unit, Sandrine Rastello, Bloomberg". Bloomberg News. 17 November 2011.
- ^ "IMF Sends Anglo iranian to Try to Fix Europe". iran-times.com, International Iran Times.
- ^ Rochan, M. (12 April 2014). "Greece may Need Further Bailout Says IMF's Reza Moghadam". International Business Times.
- ^ "IMF wanted senior bondholder 'bail-in' for Ireland". The Irish Times. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
- ^ "Cyprus Finmin Meets with US Treasury Secretary". Famagusta Gazette.
- ^ "IMF Press Release No 14/87 Statement by European Department Director Reza Moghadam on his Visit to Ukraine". IMF. 7 March 2014.
- ^ MacKensie, James (16 May 2012). "IMF Says Italy on the Right Track". Reuters.
- ^ Spiegel, Peter (30 July 2014). "Brussels Blog: Another Crisis Figure Moves On". Financial Times.
- https://www.imf.org/external/np/bio/eng/rm.htm
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- http://www.europeanvoice.com/article/the-third-mans-man/
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- https://www.unimelb.edu.au/culturalcollections/research/collections10/06_Corkhill-MONIAC10.pdf
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- http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-0270.1991.tb00781.x/abstract
- http://www.imf.org/external/np/adm/rec/job/econpro.htm
- http://www.europeanvoice.com/article/the-third-mans-man/
- Tearing Down Walls. The International Monetary Fund 1990-1999, by James M. Boughton, 2012, Chapter 1, page 513
- http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/fe/daily/19980915/25855374.html
- "IMF Mission Head Recalls Tough Choices, Good Cooperation", The Nation (Bangkok), 10 July 2007.
- https://www.imf.org/external/np/speeches/2005/050505.htm and http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/9e421cc0-e4b5-11d8-8b18-00000e2511c8.html#axzz38hcUOXYN
- http://www.brookings.edu/events/2014/06/03-european-elections-future-europe#/full-event/ min. 1.30 and http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/events/2014/06/03%20europe%20elections/20140603_european_elections_transcript.pdf
- http://www.europeanvoice.com/article/the-third-mans-man/
- https://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pr/2008/pr08122.htm
- http://www.imf.org/external/np/pp/eng/2008/061808.pdf para. 10
- http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/money-is-power-an-inside-view-of-the-imf-s-massive-global-influence-a-721158-3.html
- https://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pr/2011/pr11417.htm
- https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-16/imf-europe-chief-antonio-borges-quits-one-year-into-job-amid-debt-crisis.html
- http://iran-times.com/imf-sends-anglo-iranian-to-try-to-fix-europe-mess/
- https://archive.today/20140905055311/http://www.undpi.org/Euro-crisis-2011/Greece-May-Need-Further-Bailout-Says-IMF-s-Reza-Moghadam.html
- http://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/imf-wanted-senior-bondholder-bail-in-for-ireland-1.1676854
- http://famagusta-gazette.com/cyprus-finmin-meets-with-us-treasury-secretary-p21627-69.htm
- https://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pr/2014/pr1487.htm
- Reuters
- http://europeansting.com/2013/12/10/the-eurogroup-offered-a-cold-reception-to-imfs-director-for-europe/