Antonio Fatas
Professor of Economics
The Portuguese Council Chaired Professor of European Studies
Biography
Antonio Fatás is a Professor of Economics at INSEAD. He received his PhD in Economics from Harvard University. He is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic and Policy Research in London and has worked as an external consultant for international organisations such as the International Monetary Fund, the OECD and the World Bank.
He teaches the macroeconomics core course in the MBA programme, as well as different modules on the global macroeconomic environment in the Executive Education. His research focuses on the study of business cycles, fiscal policy and the economics of European integration. His articles appear in academic journals such as the Quarterly Journal of Economics, Journal of Monetary Economics, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of International Economics, Journal of Economic Growth, European Economic Review and Economic Policy.
He teaches the macroeconomics core course in the MBA programme, as well as different modules on the global macroeconomic environment in the Executive Education. His research focuses on the study of business cycles, fiscal policy and the economics of European integration. His articles appear in academic journals such as the Quarterly Journal of Economics, Journal of Monetary Economics, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of International Economics, Journal of Economic Growth, European Economic Review and Economic Policy.
Latest posts
The World Economy in 2026: Post-Inflection Point
Antonio Fatas
Business, trade and trade-offs in the new world order.
The World Economy in 2025
Antonio Fatas
Professor Antonio Fatás sizes up the major issues that could disrupt the global economy this year.
China: Caught in the Middle-Income Trap?
A. Fatas, I. Mihov
What would it take for China to get back on its growth trajectory?
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What’s Behind the Tech Layoffs?
C. Lin, A. Fatás, H. Bresman, M. Mortensen, W. Jiang
INSEAD faculty on the state of the labour market and what’s to come for firms and employees.
China is Back: What Its Reopening Means for the World
L. Fang, C. Lin, G. Chen, X. R. Luo, B. Zhou, A. Fatás
What the world economy, businesses and investors could expect from China’s return to the fray.
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A Perfect (Macroeconomic) Storm
Antonio Fatás
The outlook for the world economy next year doesn’t inspire optimism.