Faris Maulana

Faris Maulana is pursuing his Master of Arts in International and Development Economics at Yale University. Born and raised in Jakarta, Indonesia, Faris graduated cum laude with a degree in Economics from the University of Indonesia in 2018. His interest in international economics led him to write and publish an honor thesis studying the impact of democracy on Southeast Asian (ASEAN) countries' intra-regional and extra-regional trade.

Before joining Yale, Faris served as a Junior Economist in the Economic and Monetary Policy Department of the Central Bank of Indonesia, where he was responsible for conducting macroeconomic assessments, research, and writing policy notes to support Bank Indonesia’s monetary policy formulation. With five years of experience as a central bank economist, Faris has developed proficiency and interest in macroeconomics and monetary policy, with a particular focus on how structural economic development impacts inflation dynamics and influences central bank monetary policy formulation.