Rui Mano
Last Updated: March 14, 2024
Rui C. Mano is a deputy division chief in the IMF’s Research Department. He previously worked in the Research, Asia Pacific, Strategy, Policy and Review, and Western Hemisphere Departments. He contributed to the Fund's framework on external sector assessments, contributed to several country teams (China, DR Congo, Eastern Caribbean Currency Union, Grenada, Hong Kong SAR, Jamaica, Korea, Mongolia, the Philippines, and the United States), and participated in the formulation and review of fund-wide policies (notably the Integrated Policy Framework and Comprehensive Surveillance Review). He holds a PhD in economics from the University of Chicago. His research interests are exchange rate risk, foreign exchange intervention, monetary policy, and cross-border spillovers, among others.
Email: RMANO@imf.org
Personal WebPage: https://sites.google.com/site/ruimano/
Fluent In: Portuguese, Spanish.
Previous Experience:
Senior Economist, Western Hemisphere Department, North America Division.
Senior Economist, Strategy Policy and Review Department, Macro Policies Division.
Economist, Strategy, Policy and Review Department, Macro Policies Division.
Economist, Asia Pacific Department, China Division.
Economist, Asia Pacific Department, Korea Division.
Economist, Research Department, Open-Economy Division.
Current Position:
Deputy Division Chief, Research Department, Macro-Financial Division.
Country work or Mission Assignment:
China, Democratic Republic of Congo, ECCU, Grenada, Hong Kong SAR, Jamaica, Korea, Mongolia, Philippines and the United States.
Field of Expertise:
Open Economy Macroeconomics
International Trade
International Finance
Economic Modeling
Monetary Policy
IMF Books and Working Papers:
Sizing Up the Effects of Technological Decoupling , Working Paper No. 2021/069 , March 12, 2021
Foreign Exchange Intervention: A Dataset of Public Data and Proxies , Working Paper No. 2021/047 , February 19, 2021
China’s Rebalancing: Opportunities and Challenges for LAC Exporters , Working Paper No. 2020/239 , November 13, 2020
Do FX Interventions Lead to Higher Debt? Evidence from Firm-Level Data , Working Paper No. 20/197 , September 25, 2020
Should Inequality Factor into Central Banks' Decisions? , Working Paper No. 20/196 , September 25, 2020
One Shock, Many Policy Responses , Working Paper No. 20/10 , January 17, 2020
The Level REER model in the External Balance Assessment (EBA) Methodology , Working Paper No. 19/192 , September 13, 2019
Trade Wars and Trade Deals: Estimated Effects using a Multi-Sector Model , Working Paper No. 19/143 , July 03, 2019
China’s High Savings: Drivers, Prospects, and Policies , Working Paper No. 18/277 , December 11, 2018
China’s Rebalancing: Recent Progress, Prospects and Policies , Working Paper No. 18/243 , November 12, 2018
China’s Capacity Reduction Reform and Its Impact on Producer Prices , Working Paper No. 18/216 , September 28, 2018
Inequality in China – Trends, Drivers and Policy Remedies , Working Paper No. 18/127 , June 05, 2018
Reassessing the Perimeter of Government Accounts in China , Working Paper No. 17/272 , December 08, 2017
Default Premium , Working Paper No. 15/167 , July 21, 2015
Default Premium , Working Paper No. 15/167 , July 21, 2015
Unveiling the Effects of Foreign Exchange Intervention : A Panel Approach , Working Paper No. 15/130 , June 23, 2015
The Level of Productivity in Traded and Non-Traded Sectors for a Large Panel of Countries , Working Paper No. 15/48 , February 27, 2015
IMF Country Reports
ECCU: 2022 Article IV Consultation Staff Report
United States: 2022 Article IV Consultation Staff Report
Grenada: 2022 Article IV Consultation Staff Report
United States: 2021 Article IV Consultation Staff Report
Jamaica: Sixth Review Under the Stand-By Arrangements Staff Report
Jamaica: Fifth Review Under the Stand-By Arrangement Staff Report
People’s Republic of China: 2018 Article IV Consultation Staff Report
People's Republic of China: 2017 Article IV Consultation Staff Report
People's Republic of China-Hong Kong SAR: 2018 Article IV Consultation Staff Report
People's Republic of China-Hong Kong SAR: 2017 Article IV Consultation Staff Report
Republic of Korea: 2016 Article IV Consultation Staff Report
Republic of Korea: 2015 Article IV Consultation Staff Report
Philippines: 2016 Article IV Consultation Staff Report
Philippines: 2015 Article IV Consultation Staff Report
IMF Occasional Papers, Pamphlets, and Special Issues Papers
Asean-5 Cluster Report : Evolution of Monetary Policy Frameworks
F&D articles
Selected Issue
PHILIPPINES: REAL AND FINANCIAL CYCLES
CHINA’S HIGH SAVINGS: DRIVERS, PROSPECTS, AND POLICIES
CHINA: REASSESSING THE PERIMETER OF GOVERNMENT AND IMPLICATIONS FOR FISCAL SPACE
INEQUALITY IN CHINA – TRENDS, DRIVERS AND POLICY REMEDIES
HONG KONG SAR: MEDIUM-TERM FISCAL PROSPECTS AND IMPLICATIONS
INCOME INEQUALITY IN HONG KONG SAR
Other Published Materials
World Economic Outlook, April 2023, Chapter 4, Box 4.2
World Economic Outlook, April 2022, Chapter 3, Box 3.1
World Economic Outlook, October 2021, Chapter 1, Study of Macro-Effects of COVID Vaccines
Policy Advice to Asia in the Times of COVID-19
World Economic Outlook, October 2019, Chapter 1, Scenario Box 1.2
World Economic Outlook, April 2019, Chapter 4, Box 4.4
Monetary and Exchange Rate Policy Responses, chapter in book ASEAN Way, October 2018
Regional Economic Outlook, April 2018, Asia Pacific, Chapter 2, Box 2.1
Publications in Journals (Refereed)
Mask Mandates Save Lives (with N-J. Hansen), Journal of Health Economics, 2023, Volume 88, 102721
Publications in Journals (Referred)
Publications in Books and Conference Volumes
Rui C. Mano is a deputy division chief in the IMF’s Research Department. He previously worked in the Research, Asia Pacific, Strategy, Policy and Review, and Western Hemisphere Departments. He contributed to the Fund's framework on external sector assessments, contributed to several country teams (China, DR Congo, Eastern Caribbean Currency Union, Grenada, Hong Kong SAR, Jamaica, Korea, Mongolia, the Philippines, and the United States), and participated in the formulation and review of fund-wide policies (notably the Integrated Policy Framework and Comprehensive Surveillance Review). He holds a PhD in economics from the University of Chicago. His research interests are exchange rate risk, foreign exchange intervention, monetary policy, and cross-border spillovers, among others.
Email: RMANO@imf.org
Personal WebPage: https://sites.google.com/site/ruimano/
Fluent In: Portuguese, Spanish.
Previous Experience:
Senior Economist, Western Hemisphere Department, North America Division.
Senior Economist, Strategy Policy and Review Department, Macro Policies Division.
Economist, Strategy, Policy and Review Department, Macro Policies Division.
Economist, Asia Pacific Department, China Division.
Economist, Asia Pacific Department, Korea Division.
Economist, Research Department, Open-Economy Division.
Current Position:
Deputy Division Chief, Research Department, Macro-Financial Division.
Country work or Mission Assignment:
China, Democratic Republic of Congo, ECCU, Grenada, Hong Kong SAR, Jamaica, Korea, Mongolia, Philippines and the United States.
Field of Expertise:
Open Economy Macroeconomics
International Trade
International Finance
Economic Modeling
Monetary Policy
IMF Books and Working Papers:
Sizing Up the Effects of Technological Decoupling , Working Paper No. 2021/069 , March 12, 2021
Foreign Exchange Intervention: A Dataset of Public Data and Proxies , Working Paper No. 2021/047 , February 19, 2021
China’s Rebalancing: Opportunities and Challenges for LAC Exporters , Working Paper No. 2020/239 , November 13, 2020
Do FX Interventions Lead to Higher Debt? Evidence from Firm-Level Data , Working Paper No. 20/197 , September 25, 2020
Should Inequality Factor into Central Banks' Decisions? , Working Paper No. 20/196 , September 25, 2020
One Shock, Many Policy Responses , Working Paper No. 20/10 , January 17, 2020
The Level REER model in the External Balance Assessment (EBA) Methodology , Working Paper No. 19/192 , September 13, 2019
Trade Wars and Trade Deals: Estimated Effects using a Multi-Sector Model , Working Paper No. 19/143 , July 03, 2019
China’s High Savings: Drivers, Prospects, and Policies , Working Paper No. 18/277 , December 11, 2018
China’s Rebalancing: Recent Progress, Prospects and Policies , Working Paper No. 18/243 , November 12, 2018
China’s Capacity Reduction Reform and Its Impact on Producer Prices , Working Paper No. 18/216 , September 28, 2018
Inequality in China – Trends, Drivers and Policy Remedies , Working Paper No. 18/127 , June 05, 2018
Reassessing the Perimeter of Government Accounts in China , Working Paper No. 17/272 , December 08, 2017
Default Premium , Working Paper No. 15/167 , July 21, 2015
Default Premium , Working Paper No. 15/167 , July 21, 2015
Unveiling the Effects of Foreign Exchange Intervention : A Panel Approach , Working Paper No. 15/130 , June 23, 2015
The Level of Productivity in Traded and Non-Traded Sectors for a Large Panel of Countries , Working Paper No. 15/48 , February 27, 2015
IMF Country Reports
ECCU: 2022 Article IV Consultation Staff Report
United States: 2022 Article IV Consultation Staff Report
Grenada: 2022 Article IV Consultation Staff Report
United States: 2021 Article IV Consultation Staff Report
Jamaica: Sixth Review Under the Stand-By Arrangements Staff Report
Jamaica: Fifth Review Under the Stand-By Arrangement Staff Report
People’s Republic of China: 2018 Article IV Consultation Staff Report
People's Republic of China: 2017 Article IV Consultation Staff Report
People's Republic of China-Hong Kong SAR: 2018 Article IV Consultation Staff Report
People's Republic of China-Hong Kong SAR: 2017 Article IV Consultation Staff Report
Republic of Korea: 2016 Article IV Consultation Staff Report
Republic of Korea: 2015 Article IV Consultation Staff Report
Philippines: 2016 Article IV Consultation Staff Report
Philippines: 2015 Article IV Consultation Staff Report
IMF Occasional Papers, Pamphlets, and Special Issues Papers
Asean-5 Cluster Report : Evolution of Monetary Policy Frameworks
F&D articles
Selected Issue
PHILIPPINES: REAL AND FINANCIAL CYCLES
CHINA’S HIGH SAVINGS: DRIVERS, PROSPECTS, AND POLICIES
CHINA: REASSESSING THE PERIMETER OF GOVERNMENT AND IMPLICATIONS FOR FISCAL SPACE
INEQUALITY IN CHINA – TRENDS, DRIVERS AND POLICY REMEDIES
HONG KONG SAR: MEDIUM-TERM FISCAL PROSPECTS AND IMPLICATIONS
INCOME INEQUALITY IN HONG KONG SAR
Other Published Materials
World Economic Outlook, April 2023, Chapter 4, Box 4.2
World Economic Outlook, April 2022, Chapter 3, Box 3.1
World Economic Outlook, October 2021, Chapter 1, Study of Macro-Effects of COVID Vaccines
Policy Advice to Asia in the Times of COVID-19
World Economic Outlook, October 2019, Chapter 1, Scenario Box 1.2
World Economic Outlook, April 2019, Chapter 4, Box 4.4
Monetary and Exchange Rate Policy Responses, chapter in book ASEAN Way, October 2018
Regional Economic Outlook, April 2018, Asia Pacific, Chapter 2, Box 2.1
Publications in Journals (Refereed)
Mask Mandates Save Lives (with N-J. Hansen), Journal of Health Economics, 2023, Volume 88, 102721