Overview
The International Monetary Fund is recruiting a Research Analyst in Washington, DC for quantitative economic and financial research support.
Full job description
This contractual Research Analyst role supports economists with data, quantitative analysis and research. The official posting lists an initial one-year contract renewable up to four cumulative years depending on institutional need and performance, and highlights econometrics plus tools such as Stata, EViews or R, with programming skills such as Python or C++ as useful assets.
Requirements & qualifications
The official IMF posting lists a bachelor's degree in economics, finance, statistics, mathematics, computer science, data science or a related field, relevant quantitative experience, and notes that these positions are filled with candidates physically residing in the local Washington, DC metropolitan area.
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Verified on the official IMF Workday careers page on 23 August 2026; the posting showed an active Apply action and was open when checked. Date-only posting end information is preserved without inventing a closing clock time.
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