James Yetman

James Yetman

Senior Economist
Monetary and Economic Department, Economics for Asia and the Pacific

Following completion of his PhD at Queen's University in Canada, James Yetman spent three years in the Research Department at the Bank of Canada. He then moved to Asia, joining the School of Economics and Finance at the University of Hong Kong, where he remained for seven years. He joined the BIS in May 2008.


Fields of interest

  • Monetary policy
  • International capital flows

Selected Publications

  • "Estimating Dynamic Euler Equations with Multivariate Professional Forecasts," with Gregor W. Smith. Economic Inquiry, forthcoming.
  • "Consumption and Real Exchange Rates in Professional Forecasts," with Michael B. Devereux and Gregor W. Smith. Journal of International Economics, 86(1), Jan. 2012: 33-42.
  • "Exporting Recessions: International Links and the Business Cycle." Economics Letters, 110(1), Jan. 2011: 12-14
  • "Leverage Constraints and the International Transmission of Shocks," with Michael B. Devereux. Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 42(s1), Sep. 2010: 71-105.
  • "Price Adjustment and Exchange Rate Pass-through," with Michael B. Devereux. Journal of International Money and Finance, 29(1), Feb. 2010: 181-200.
  • "The Long-Run Output-Inflation Trade-off with Menu Costs," with Alex W.Y. Ho. North American Journal of Economics and Finance, 19(3), Dec. 2008: 261-273.