Matthew Tong

Senior Economic Adviser, Monetary Policy Division

Biography

Matt is a Senior Economic Adviser in the Monetary Policy Strategy Division. His work focuses on risk assessment and scenario analysis to inform the MPC’s policy decisions and communication.

Matt has held a number of positions since joining us in 2003. He was Senior Manager of the Household, Corporate, Trade and Fiscal teams in Structural Economics Division during 2018-2024 and Editor of the Monetary Policy Report during 2014-2018. Prior to that he worked in the Macro Financial Analysis Division and the Monetary Assessment and Strategy Division. His research interests are in macro-finance, monetary policy transmission and central bank communication.

Matthew's selected academic publications

The Long-Run Information Effect of Central Bank Communication, with S Hansen and M McMahon, Journal of Monetary Economics (2019)
QE and the gilt market: a disaggregated analysis, with MAS Joyce, Economic Journal (2012)
The financial market impact of quantitative easing in the United Kingdom, with MAS Joyce, A Lasaosa and I Stevens, International Journal of Central Banking (2011)