Economist/Sr. Economist – STARE (Contractual)

Job description

Work for the IMF. Work for the World. The IMF’s Statistics Department (STA) has an opening in its Real Sector Division for an Economist/Senior Economist that will contribute to the implementation of its work program in the areas of input-output related economic and environmental analysis and national accounts. Background: The Real Sector Division of the Statistics Department (STARE) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) provides global leadership on macroeconomic statistical methodologies and standards for the IMF, its member countries, and the international statistical community at large. It supports IMF surveillance and lending operations by strengthening member countries’ capabilities to produce and disseminate macroeconomic and financial statistics for sound policymaking. STA collaborates with other IMF departments, donors, and other external partners to ensure that data needs for bilateral and multilateral surveillance and lending operations are met. STARE is responsible for operationalizing the Fund’s role as global standard setter in the methodology for national accounts, input-output analysis, and price statistics and contributes to the development of international macro...