Chris McDonald

Chris McDonald currently serves as the Manager of Financial System Analysis and the Manager of Forecasting at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, a position held since December 2017. Previously, Chris worked as an Economist at the Bank for International Settlements from April 2014 to November 2014, contributing to a working paper on the effectiveness of macroprudential policy and organizing a workshop for bank supervisors in SEACEN countries. Chris holds a Bachelor of Commerce with First Class Honours in Economics from the University of Otago, completed in 2007.