Katif Jabbar

Produced regular macro surveillance tools and reports using Excel and Python on frontier/EM Asia-Pacific economies (Indonesia, Fiji, Solomon Islands) covering growth outlook, inflation, monetary policy, external sector, and sovereign debt, contributing analytical outputs to IMF technical assistance programs. Built and managed econometric models in EViews and R (Bayesian SVAR, Panel SVAR, ARDL) to model impact of energy price shocks on inflation and output across Eurozone economies for working paper in progress. Modelled sovereign debt trajectories in Excel and conducted stress tests for Indonesia, Fiji, Solomon Islands using IMF debt sustainability framework for technical assistance.

Presented to over 60 government staff.

Economic Research Analyst at International Monetary Fund (2024-09 – Present)

• Produced regular macro surveillance tools and reports using Excel and Python on frontier/EM Asia-Pacific economies (Indonesia, Fiji, Solomon Islands) covering growth outlook, inflation, monetary policy, external sector, and sovereign debt, contributing analytical outputs to IMF technical assistance programs.
• Built and managed econometric models in EViews and R (Bayesian SVAR, Panel SVAR, ARDL) to model impact of energy price shocks on inflation and output across Eurozone economies for working paper in progress.
• Modelled sovereign debt trajectories in Excel and conducted stress tests for Indonesia, Fiji, Solomon Islands using IMF debt sustainability framework for technical assistance. Presented to over 60 government staff.
• Built automated macroeconomic data pipelines in Python and Excel integrating IMF WEO, WDI, and Haver (through Excel), reducing manual data processing time by 60% and improved model update frequency.
• Developed Excel-based analytical tools and presentations examining historical yield curves across Indonesia, Fiji, and Cambodia to interpret market rate expectations and inform monetary policy assessments.

Investment Analyst Intern at Tristar Investment Management – Single Family Office (2023-11 – 2024-01)

• Analyzed fixed-income securities using Excel, Bloomberg, and Python, including funds, corporate and sovereign bonds, and FRNs. Analyzed credit quality, relative value, yields/spread, duration and risk.
• Developed fixed-income investment proposal incorporating strategies such as laddering and cash-flow matching to achieve fund objectives and presented proposal to investment team.
• Authored bi-weekly investment outlooks for fixed income and formulated asset allocation recommendations.

Corporate Development Intern (debt fundraising) at Neuron Mobility (2023-04 – 2023-08)

• Developed cash flow models for operating regions to advise C-suite on financing needs and debt tolerance.
• Built the 3-statement financial model and deck, managed data room and CRM database for debt fundraising.

Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Economics with Distinction – National University of Singapore, Yale-NUS College (2020-08 – 2024-08)

Semester Exchange in BSc. Economics and Finance – Queen Mary, University of London (2023-01 – 2023-06)