Agnès Bénassy-Quéré | |
Office: | Deputy Governor of the Banque de France |
Predecessor: | Sylvie Goulard |
Birth Date: | 15 March 1966 |
Birth Place: | Paris, France |
Education: | ESCP Business School Paris Dauphine University |
Workplaces: | Paris School of Economics French Ministry of the Economy and Finance Centre d'Etudes Prospectives et d'Informations Internationales |
Discipline: | Economics |
Awards: | Prix du meilleur jeune économiste de France |
Main Interests: | International monetary systems Exchange rates Economic policy European integration |
Agnès Bénassy-Quéré (born 15 March 1966) is a French economist who has been serving as Deputy Governor of the Banque de France since 2023.[1]
From 2020 to 2023, Bénassy-Quéré was the chief economist at the Direction générale du Trésor (or French Treasury).[2] She is also a professor of economics at University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and at the Paris School of Economics.[3]
Bénassy-Quéré's research interests include the international monetary systems, exchange rates, economic policy, and the European integration.[4]
Bénassy-Quéré worked for the Ministry of the Economy and Finance before moving to academic positions successively at Cergy-Pontoise University (1993–1996), Lille 2 (1996–1999), Paris-Ouest (2000–2004) and École Polytechnique (2009–2011).
In addition, Bénassy-Quéré also served as a deputy director (1998–2006) and as director (2006–2012) of the Centre d'Etudes Prospectives et d'Informations Internationales (CEPII).
Bénassy-Quéré's research was awarded Best Young French Economist Award by Cercle des économistes and Le Monde in 2000 (together with Bruno Amable).[5]