Taimur Baig

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Taimur Baig is the Chief Economist and Managing Director of DBS, the leading multinational banking and financial services group in Asia with a presence in 19 markets. Dr. Baig heads economics as well as macro strategy for interest rate, credit, currency, and equities at DBS Group Research. He also advises the bank on risk management and investment strategy. Dr. Baig is a seasoned economist with over 20 years of experience covering Asia. His expertise include international finance, macro risk spillover, exchange rate and fixed income analytics and forecasting, the economics of financial crisis, and demographics. Dr. Baig has published extensively for both specialists and a general audience, on areas including monetary policy in a deflationary environment, exchange rate regime determination, demographics, energy sector, frontier markets, fiscal policy efficacy, and financial market contagion. Prior to joining DBS, Dr. Baig was a Principal Economist in the Economic Policy Group, Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).

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Dr. Baig spent nearly a decade at Deutsche Bank's Singapore office, where he most recently served as Managing Director and Chief Economist, Asia.
At Deutsche, he managed a team of economists in Singapore, Hong Kong, Mumbai and Bangalore to analyze and forecast Asia's 10 largest economies.
He also advised the bank’s management and top clients on regional risks and opportunities.
He joined Deutsche as Chief Economist for India and ASEAN in 2007.

Based in Washington D.C., Dr. Baig spent eight years at IMF where he was most recently a Senior Economist.
He rotated across the Asia and Pacific, Fiscal Affairs, and European Departments.
His coverage included macro forecasting, monetary policy and exchange rate in Argentina, India, Japan, Saudi Arabia, the Philippines and Ukraine.

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