Senior Macroeconomic Modeling Expert

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Key Responsibilities

DSGE Model Development and Maintenance

• Design, develop, and maintain a DSGE model tailored to the Saudi economy, reflecting oil and non-oil dynamics and key structural features.
• Specify and implement core DSGE model blocks, including:
• Households and consumption decisions
• Firms, production, and price-setting behavior
• Labor markets and wage dynamics
• Fiscal policy rules and government behavior
• Monetary and financial transmission mechanisms
• External sector and terms-of-trade shocks
• Ensure internal model consistency and economic coherence across all blocks.

Estimation, Calibration, and Validation

• Calibrate and/or estimate DSGE model parameters using Saudi data and relevant international benchmarks.
• Conduct model validation, impulse response analysis, and robustness checks.
• Maintain clear documentation of model structure, assumptions, parameters, and solution methods.

Shock and Policy Analysis

• Use the DSGE model to analyze macroeconomic, fiscal, financial, and external shocks, including oil price volatility and global demand conditions.
• Assess policy transmission channels and dynamic responses to alternative policy rules and scenarios.

Capacity Building and Institutionalization

• Support internal capacity by documenting the DSGE model, workflows, and solution routines.
• Train and guide analysts in updating the model, running simulations, and interpreting results to ensure continuity and institutional memory.