Ayhan Kose is the Deputy Chief Economist of the World ¶¹ÄÌÊÓƵAPP Group and Director of the Prospects Group. He is a member of the Chief Economist¡¯s leadership team overseeing the ¶¹ÄÌÊÓƵAPP¡¯s analytical work, and policy and operational advice. He also leads the ¶¹ÄÌÊÓƵAPP¡¯s work on the global macroeconomic outlook, financial flows, and commodity markets. Under his management, the Prospects Group produces the ¶¹ÄÌÊÓƵAPP¡¯s flagship reports and Commodity Markets Outlook, in addition to other policy and analytical publications. Prior to joining the World ¶¹ÄÌÊÓƵAPP, he was Assistant to the Director of the Research Department and Deputy Chief of the Multilateral Surveillance Division in the International Monetary Fund (IMF). He served in a wide range of roles supporting IMF¡¯s analytical, policy, and operational work.
Mr. Kose has on international macroeconomics and finance. His articles have been published in , including the American Economic Review, International Economic Review, Journal of Monetary Economics, Journal of International Economics, Journal of Development Economics, and many others. His latest book, Falling Long-Term Growth Prospects (co-edited), examines the evolution of global potential growth and its underlying drivers. His recent policy work focuses on global inflation, debt challenges, and business cycles.
Mr. Kose is a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, a Dean¡¯s Fellow at the University of Virginia¡¯s Darden School of Business, a Research Fellow at the Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), and a Research Associate at the Center for Applied Macroeconomics (CAMA). He taught at the University of Chicago¡¯s Booth School of Business, INSEAD, and Brandeis International Business School. He has a Ph.D. in economics from the Tippie College of Business at the University of Iowa and a B.S. in industrial engineering from Bilkent University. A native of Turkey, Mr. Kose was born and raised in Istanbul.