Swati Dhingra

Swati Dhingra (born 1980) is an Associate Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics and an external member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee.[1][2]

Early life and education[edit]

She hails from Shaharanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Her parents moved to India during the 1947 partition and are into a small business of buying and selling shawls.[3] She earned her undergraduate degree from Delhi University, holds an MA from the Delhi School of Economics and obtained an MS and a PhD in Economics from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.[4] She did post doctoral fellowship at Princeton University. She lives with her partner Islington, north London.[3]

She has been a prominent critic of Brexit.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Dr Swati Dhingra". London School of Economics. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Dr. Swati Dhingra". Bank of England. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  3. ^ a b Partington, Richard (3 December 2022). "Swati Dhingra of the Bank of England: 'Are we going to end up deepening the recession?'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Chancellor appoints Dr. Swati Dhingra to the Monetary Policy Committee". gov.uk. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  5. ^ Inman, Phillip (12 May 2022). "Swati Dhingra to join Bank of England's monetary policy committee". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 September 2022.