Avinash Ramlogan

Senior Economist with more than twenty years of experience at the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago. Specialty areas include macroeconomic research, monetary policy, financial stability analysis, financial sector surveillance, and climate policy analysis. Currently the Senior Economist of the Macroprudential Analysis Unit, leading analytical work supporting systemic risk assessment, stress testing, and macroprudential analysis. Extensive experience in translating research into policy advice and financial sector reforms. Published research papers in areas such as monetary policy, fiscal policy, financial stability, and climate change.

Significant contributions:

• Co-developed the macroprudential stress testing framework to improve financial stability analysis and policy implementation.

• Led the development of the Residential Mortgage Market Reference Rate to add transparency to pricing and terms and conditions of residential mortgages so borrowers could make informed decisions on home acquisition.

• Co-developed a house price index to track housing market risks and assist borrowers and lenders in making informed decisions.

• Promoted financial literacy in the country. having served on the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago's National Financial Literacy Programme Committee.

• Published various research papers on monetary policy, fiscal policy, stress testing, and climate change.

• Current work on a text-based inflation expectations indicator to improve monetary policy implementation.

Ramlogan, A., & Nelson, A., 2024, Assessing the Influence of Fiscal and Monetary Policies on Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Latin American Journal of Central Banking, 5, 100114, 

Ramlogan, A., Edwards, S., & Dhanessar, A., 2020, External Shocks and Monetary Policy Responses: The Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago and Its Operational Sphere, In Compilation of Working Papers, Vol. 1. 

Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago., Ramlogan, A., & Sookram, S., 2020, Coordination of Monetary and Fiscal Policies in Trinidad and Tobago, In Compilation of Working Papers, Vol. 1. Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago., 

Hilaire, A., Henry, A., Dhoray-Baig, S., Ramlogan, A., & Mitchell, T., 2011, Exploring the Benefits of Stress Testing: The Case of Trinidad and Tobago, Research Papers, Vol. 2, No. 1. 

Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago., Ramlogan, A., Mitchell-Ryan, T., & Cheong, D., 2009, An Assessment of the Impact of the Sectoral Distribution of Commercial Bank Credit on Economic Growth and Development in Trinidad and Tobago, Central Bank of Barbados Working Paper.

Editorial Committee Member, Protecting Your Shelter: Understanding Property Insurance, National Financial Literacy Programme, 

Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago, 2009, Monetary Management in Trinidad and Tobago, A Chronology 1964 - 2004, Opening the Door to Your Own Home, A Guide to Home Ownership, 2013

BIS–IMF Bank Resolution Online Course 

IMF Macroeconometric Forecasting

HarvardX Data Science: Probability

IBM Python Basics for Data Science

EDHEC Economics and Policies of Climate Change

CARTAC Climate Risk and Financial Stability

IMF Economics of Exchange Rates, Government of China Seminar on Bank and Monetary Management, over 60 additional professional development programmes.

Currently developing expertise in the Python programming language. 

• Hydroponics Agriculture: To gain a better appreciation of its operations in my country.
• Policies to improve Inclusive Growth

• Awarded an Additional Scholarship in 1999/2000 from the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago to pursue a B.Sc. Degree in Economics at the University of the West Indies