Welcome to my website! I am an Economist in the Research Department at the International Monetary Fund. I received my Ph.D. and M.A. in Economics from Bilkent University; and a B.Sc. in Electrical-Electronics Engineering from METU. My current research interests are monetary economics, identification and inferences in macroeconometric models.

Research Interests: Business Cycle Economics, Macroeconometrics, Monetary Policy and Fiscal Policy.

Email: oakbal[at]imf[dot]org; farukakbal[at]gmail[dot]com