José Manuel González-Páramo

José Manuel González-Páramo was born in Madrid in 1958. He was awarded a PhD in economics from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) in 1985 and another, also in economics, from Columbia University in 1986. In 1988 he was appointed Professor of Economics at UCM, where he has taught courses in public finance, European economics and public management. His publications and research have focused primarily on fiscal policy, the economic effects of public spending and taxation, and the costs and benefits of disinflation. From 1985 to 1994 he was an economic adviser to and consultant for various public and private institutions, including the Spanish Ministry of Economics and Finance, the Fundación Fondo para la Investigación Económica y Social, the Banco de España, the European Commission and the World Bank. He has been involved in working groups on economic and financial matters at the Bank for International Settlements and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. He was appointed Member of the Governing Council of the Banco de España in 1994 and subsequently of its Executive Board in 1998. In this capacity, he has been jointly responsible for setting the policy line on major issues encompassing monetary policy, economic analysis, preparations for Economic and Monetary Union and financial supervision and regulation. In 2004 he joined the European Central Bank as a Member of the Executive Board.

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