Elias Albagli is the Director of the Monetary Policy Division and Chief Economist of the Central Bank of Chile since June 2018. Previously, he was the head of Modeling and Economic Analysis in said Division. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business and economics and a master’s degree in financial economics from Catholic University of Chile. He received his PhD in economics from Harvard University in 2010. Dr. Albagli has done extensive research in Macroeconomics and Labor Markets, as well as in International Finance, and has taught several courses on these topics at the University of Southern California, University of Chile, and Catholic University of Chile, among other institutions. Dr. Albagli currently teaches the course: “Planetary Boundaries and Economic Development”. He is the coordinator at the Central Bank of Chile of the Environmental Economics committee.
