Ermal Hitaj

Function/Position
Principal Economist, Economic Risk Analysis
Ermal Hitaj is a Principal Economist in the Economic Risk Analysis division at the European Stability Mechanism (ESM). Before joining the ESM, he worked as an economist at the International Monetary Fund.
Ermal holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Maryland – College Park.
Ermal’s current research field is macroeconomics, with a focus on debt sustainability analysis, fiscal rules, and macroeconomic stability in monetary unions.