Yannick Timmer is a Senior Economist at the Monetary Affairs Division of the Federal Reserve Board. Before, he worked at the International Monetary Fund. He obtained his PhD from Trinity College Dublin in 2018. During his PhD, he was a visiting student at Princeton University and had positions at the European Systemic Risk Board, the Deutsche Bundesbank, and the Central Bank of Ireland. His research covers a wide range of issues in macroeconomics and finance.