Swati Dhingra

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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

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]

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References

  1. "Dr Swati Dhingra". London School of Economics . Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  2. "Dr. Swati Dhingra". Bank of England . Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  3. 1 2 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.