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John McDermott | |
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| Born | Christopher John McDermott November 24, 1964[citation needed] Oldham, England[citation needed] |
| Citizenship | New Zealand[citation needed] |
| Alma mater | Yale University |
| Occupation(s) | Executive Director of Motu Economic and Public Policy Research (March 2019–Current) Economic columnist of National Business Review[citation needed] Assistant Governor and Chief Economist of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (July 2007–February 2019)[citation needed] |
| Awards | NZIER Annual Economics Award (2019) |
Christopher John McDermott (born November 24, 1964)[citation needed] is a British-New Zealand economist, executive director of Motu Economic and Public Policy Research, and former assistant governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand.[1] He graduated from Yale University in 1994 with a PhD in economics.[2]
Career
[edit][IMF]
[RBNZ, including https://www.interest.co.nz/public-policy/132666/temporary-replacement-adrian-orr-will-be-recommended-finance-minister-nicola]
[Motu]
International Monetary Fund
[edit]From October 1994 to October 1998, John McDermott worked with International Monetary Fund (IMF) as a part of the Asia and Pacific Department, helping with the 1997 Asian financial crisis.[3] He also wrote publications for them from 1995 to 2001.[4]
Victoria University
[edit]Since 2006, John McDermott has occasionally been a professor at Victoria University of Wellington.[3] From 2020 to 2021, John McDermott taught the paper ECON403, and ECON202 in 2020.[5][6][7]
Reserve Bank of New Zealand
[edit]In 2007, John McDermott joined the Reserve Bank of New Zealand as chief economist and became assistant governor in 2008.[8] In 2018, he announced he would be leaving the Reserve Bank in 2019. This announcement was made a month after Adrian Orr, then Governor of the Reserve Bank, planned on changing the senior leadership team.[9]
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research
[edit]Since early March 2019, John McDermott has been executive director of Motu.[10]
Miscellaneous
[edit]From 2006 to 2012, John McDermott operated Margai Consultants Limited with Jane Gibney.[11][12]
Awards
[edit]On September 3, 2019, John McDermott was awarded the NZIER Economics Award in Wellington by professor Les Oxley and Dr Dianne McCarthy.[13][14]
Publications
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "John McDermott". Motu. Retrieved 2025-03-26.
- ^ McDermott, C. John. Structural and Evolutionary Change in Econometric Models.
- ^ a b "Christopher MCDERMOTT | Executive Director | Ph.D. Yale University | Motu Economic and Public Policy Research, Wellington | Research profile". ResearchGate. Archived from the original on 2023-05-22. Retrieved 2025-03-27.
- ^ "Publications By Author". IMF. Archived from the original on 2024-11-07. Retrieved 2025-03-27.
- ^ "Victoria University of Wellington". www.wgtn.ac.nz. Retrieved 2025-03-27.
- ^ "Victoria University of Wellington". www.wgtn.ac.nz. Retrieved 2025-03-27.
- ^ "Victoria University of Wellington". www.wgtn.ac.nz. Retrieved 2025-03-27.
- ^ "RBNZ appoints John McDermott Head of Economics - Central Banking". www.centralbanking.com. 2007-02-09. Retrieved 2025-03-27.
- ^ "John McDermott to leave Reserve Bank". NZ Herald. 2018-12-17. Retrieved 2025-03-27.
- ^ "John McDermott announced as Motu Executive Director". Motu. Retrieved 2025-03-27.
- ^ "MARGAI CONSULTANTS LIMITED (NZBN: 9429034269619) - company information - Company Hub". www.companyhub.nz. Retrieved 2025-03-27.
- ^ "MARGAI CONSULTANTS LIMITED | New Zealand Business Directory". www.nzwao.com. Retrieved 2025-03-27.
- ^ "Motu's John McDermott wins NZ's Top Economics Award". Motu. Retrieved 2025-03-27.
- ^ "NZIER Early Career Economics Leader Award Winners | NZIER". www.nzier.org.nz. Retrieved 2025-03-27.