Megan Greene is director of economic research on Western Europe and the eurozone at Roubini Global Economics. Megan’s research specializations include the eurozone debt crisis, the ECB, Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain, Italy and Germany. She regularly appears in broadcast and print media. From 2007-11, she worked as an economist at the Economist Intelligence Unit, serving as the company’s euro-crisis expert and focusing on developments in the PIIGS and Germany, as well as at the EU-level. Prior to working as an economist, Megan was a political risk consultant at Oxford Analytica, an investment banking analyst at JP Morgan Chase and an advisor to the Liechtenstein royal family on eradicating money laundering from the principality’s financial services industry. She holds a master’s degree from Nuffield College, the University of Oxford, and received a BA in political economy from Princeton University.
Recent Blog Posts by Megan Greene
- Misconstruing Germany Will Prove to Be Death of the Euro
- Worst of the Eurozone Crisis Is Not Over Yet
- September Will Be a Doozy Again This Year
- ECB Will Build a Bridge…But to Where?
- A Spanish Bailout? Don’t Hold Your Breath
- EU Summit: Some Good Progress, But Any Game Changers?
- EFSF/ESM Bond Buying in Primary Market Not Much Better
- Markets Tire of EZ Tricks: RGE’s Parul Walia Sits Down with Megan Greene for a Discussion on the EZ Summit and Implications for Europe and the UK
- EFSF/ESM 2ndary Market Bond Purchases Wouldn’t Bring Much Relief
- Greek Elections: Returning to the Unsustainable Status Quo
- Spanish Bank Bailout Unlikely to Succeed
- EU-Wide Bank Deposit Scheme: Neither Politically Feasible nor Credible
- Ireland Should Vote Yes on the Fiscal Compact
- Greek Politics: A Step Towards the Exit
- Bloomberg Video with RGE’s Megan Greene: Spain is Insolvent, Bailout to Come
- Spain Following in Ireland’s Footsteps
- Why Spain Won’t Regain Market Confidence
- EZ Break-Up Stands to Benefit the Core
- RGE’s Christian Menegatti and Megan Greene Chat about the EZ – Fewer Headlines, Just as Many Problems
- Eurozone Crisis: In the Eye of the Storm
- Why Greece Could Be Better Off Outside the EZ
- Note from Athens: Feeling on the Ground Has Palpably Changed
- Has the 3-year LTRO Changed the Path Forward for the EZ Crisis?
- German Proposal for Greece’s Compliance: Accelerating Eurozone Exit
- 3yr LTRO: Breaking or Strengthening the Banking/Sovereign Feedback Loop?
- Remember Greek PSI?
- ESM Loses All Its Teeth


