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State of the Global Economic Recovery
Global Economic Briefing - June 2011
A Video Briefing by Professor Raghuram Rajan
Among the Senior Advisors to Booz & Company is Professor Raghu Rajan of The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund, and author of the acclaimed book, Fault Lines: How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World Economy.
Professor Rajan recently briefed our Board, providing them with his perspectives on the state of the global economic recovery in the U.S. and elsewhere, the business impact of oil prices and natural disasters, and the struggle to maintain emerging-economy
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growth without overheating, as well as his point of view on current sovereign debt issues facing the market.
Raghuram Rajan was the Chief Economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from September 2003 until January 2007. He has thus far been the youngest person to hold the position.
In early 2007 Professor Rajan returned to the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago, where he is the Eric J. Gleacher Distinguished Service Professor of Finance.
An intellectual leader, Professor Rajan has published extensively, and in 2003 he earned the inaugural Fisher Black Prize, which is presented annually by the American Finance Association to independent financial researchers under the age of 40 who have made exemplary contributions to the theory and practice of finance.
In 2009 he joined Booz & Company as a Senior Advisor on Economics. In this role he will provide regular updates on the global macro-economy to the firm and our clients.