Charis Christofides

Charis Christofides is a Senior Economist in the Strategy, Policy and Review Department at the International Monetary Fund, where he has served since 1991. His extensive career spans multiple IMF departments, including the Institute for Capacity Development, with current focus on debt-related issues and sustainable financing initiatives. As a Cypriot national, Christofides brings a wealth of experience in both surveillance and program countries, having worked extensively with European economies and Asian nations including the Philippines, South Korea, and Vietnam. His academic background includes studies at Oxford University and graduate work at Harvard University. His research contributions are particularly notable in forecast evaluation, early warning systems, IMF lending facilities, sovereign bond yield determinants, monetary transmission, exchange rate crises, and labor markets. Christofides has also served as an advisor to the IMF Executive Board for two years, demonstrating his comprehensive understanding of the institution's policy-making processes. His work on crisis forecasting has been influential, as evidenced by his co-authorship of comprehensive evaluations of IMF forecasts during crisis periods, examining macroeconomic variables for bias, efficiency, and information content.