📈Business & Finance
Economist
Analyzes markets, trade and financial processes
Studies how markets, international trade and the economy at large work, and produces forecasts and recommendations.
What they do
- ▹Models how a change in prices, taxes or the somoni's exchange rate would affect a business or a budget
- ▹Prepares analytical briefs and forecasts for company or government leadership
- ▹Assesses the economic impact of new projects, laws or investments
- ▹Compares Tajikistan's indicators with other countries in the region
Skills you need
- ▹Economic analysis and modeling
- ▹Working with macro- and microeconomic indicators
- ▹Excel and statistical software
- ▹English for international statistics
- ▹Defending conclusions in front of leadership
Focus on these subjects at school
MathematicsGeographyA foreign language
Where they work
- ▹Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
- ▹The National Bank of Tajikistan and commercial banks' analytics departments
- ▹International organizations (World Bank, ADB) and their projects in Tajikistan
- ▹Research centers and universities
- ▹Strategic-planning departments of large companies
Pros
- + Opens the door to analytics, banking and international organizations
- + Desk-based work that also suits remote consulting
Challenges
- − Conclusions often rest on incomplete or outdated data
- − Forecasts rarely come true exactly, and the economist gets the blame
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