India-born Gita new IMF chief economist
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Indiaborn economist Gita Gopinath on Monday named as chief economist of International Monetary Fund, according to an IMF statement She is the second Indian economist to be appointed as IMF chief economist after Raghuram Rajan, who later served as RBI Governor Gopinath will succeed Maurice Maury Obstfeld,
​New Delhi: India-born economist Gita Gopinath on Monday named as chief economist of International Monetary Fund, according to an IMF statement. She is the second Indian economist to be appointed as IMF chief economist after Raghuram Rajan, who later served as RBI Governor. Gopinath will succeed Maurice (Maury) Obstfeld, who would retire at the end of 2018, the IMF said. She currently serves as the John Zwaanstra Professor of International Studies and Economics at Harvard University.
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