Camelia Minoiu

Camelia Minoiu is a research economist and adviser on the financial markets team in the Research Department at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. Before joining the Atlanta Fed in 2022, Dr. Minoiu was a principal economist in the Division of Monetary Affairs at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and a senior economist in the Research Department at the International Monetary Fund. From 2016 to2018, Dr. Minoiu spent a research sabbatical at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Minoiu received her doctorate in economics in 2007 from Columbia University and her master's degree in econometrics and mathematical economics in 2001 from London School of Economics. Dr. Minoiu's research interests are in the areas of financial intermediation, international finance, and international development, with a focus on banks. In many of her papers she studies the effects of macroeconomic policies and real and financial shocks on banks and firms. Her work emphasizes the critical role of the banking sector for financial access and economic growth. Dr. Minoiu has published papers in several leading economics and finance journals, including the Review of Economics and Statistics, Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of International Economics, and Journal of Development Economics.