Rachel Ziemba is a senior analyst for Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (CEEMEA) and global macroeconomic issues at Roubini Global Economics. She has a particular interest in the macroeconomics of oil-exporting nations, including the management of oil wealth and energy-sector supply risks. She also does extensive work on global macroeconomic issues, particularly foreign-exchange reserve accumulation, sovereign-wealth management and economic imbalances. Prior to joining RGE, Rachel worked for the Canadian International Development Agency in Cairo, Egypt, and the International Development Research Centre in Ottawa, Canada. Rachel has served as an expert commentator for Bloomberg, CNBC, the Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal and other media outlets, and her research has been cited by the Economist and in papers from the IMF, World Bank, European Central Bank and U.S. Federal Reserve. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Chicago with honors, and a Master of Philosophy degree in international relations with a specialization in international political economy from St. Antony’s College, Oxford University. She is the co-author of “Scenarios for Risk Management and Global Investment Strategies” (with William T. Ziemba), published by Wiley in January 2008.

Recent Blog Posts by Rachel Ziemba

• Canada’s Trade Ties: Harper Heads to China February 5th, 2012
• Nigeria Lifting Fuel Subsidies: Needed but Implementation to be Challenging January 3rd, 2012
• Saudi Arabia: Planning a Cutback? December 27th, 2011
• A Taste for RMB in Africa… September 22nd, 2011
• The News from Marseilles: Pledges for the Arab Spring September 12th, 2011
• RGE’s Rachel Ziemba on Bloomberg: ‘Libya’s Frozen Assets to Take Time to Access’ August 23rd, 2011
• GIC! CIC! SWF Reports Oh My! July 26th, 2011
• East Africa and the Horn: Drought Fallout July 25th, 2011
• LIA Portfolio Snapshot May 26th, 2011
• Egypt: And the Money Starts Rolling In? May 23rd, 2011
• China’s US$3 Trillion problem: One Expensive Peg April 14th, 2011
• MENA/Kuwait: Not All Cabinet Shuffles Are Alike… April 4th, 2011
• RGE Wednesday Note – Syria: The Latest Victim of the Arab Spring March 30th, 2011
• RGE’s Wednesday Note – Fallout From the MENA Days of Rage March 2nd, 2011
• Political Uncertainty Across the MENA Region February 28th, 2011
• Will Credit Growth Support Russia’s Economic Growth in 2011? February 15th, 2011
• MENA Government Responses to Civil Unrest February 11th, 2011
• Will New Regulations Bring Continued Rebalancing for Canadian Housing? February 10th, 2011
• RGE’s Wednesday Note – Unrest in Egypt, Uncertainty in the Region February 2nd, 2011
• Policy Continuity in Egypt Despite Protests January 28th, 2011
• Will Strong Canadian Consumption Continue in 2011? January 24th, 2011
• RGE’s Wednesday Note – Question Marks in the Arab World January 19th, 2011
• Managing Canada’s Recovery January 18th, 2011
• Iran: Subsidy Cuts May Fuel Inflation and Civil Unrest January 7th, 2011
• China: EU’s Knight? December 22nd, 2010
• Parliamentary Jockeying in Kuwait December 17th, 2010
• Oman: Steady Stream of Consciousness December 10th, 2010
• Can World Cup Frenzy Keep Qatar Growing After Gas Momentum Fades? December 2nd, 2010
• Canadian Inflation: Softness Continues? November 22nd, 2010
• RGE’s Wednesday Note – Will GOP Gains Mean Ethanol Producer Losses? November 10th, 2010
• What’s the Outlook for U.S. Ethanol Subsidies? November 9th, 2010
• How Valuable Is China’s Value-Added IP Data? November 5th, 2010
• South Africa: Inflation Threatens November 1st, 2010
• Bank of Canada on Hold as Domestic and U.S. Demand Cools October 18th, 2010
• Could Ukraine Introduce Capital Controls? October 15th, 2010
• China Buying JGBs, Japan Buying Treasurys September 21st, 2010
• Happy Belated Birthday OPEC? September 15th, 2010
• RGE Wednesday Note: A Balancing Act for the Bank of Canada September 15th, 2010
• Overheating Housing Market Concerns Canadians September 13th, 2010
• Kuwait: Struggling to Build Up Infrastructure September 1st, 2010
• Canada: Can Consumption Drive the Great White North? August 30th, 2010
• Canada’s Tepid Income Growth Likely to Moderate Strong Private Consumption August 23rd, 2010
• Foreign Credit for MENA? August 19th, 2010
• RGE’s Wednesday Note: How the Other Half Looks August 4th, 2010
• RGE’s Wednesday Note: No Golden Ticket July 21st, 2010
• Frontier Markets Shy Away from International Debt Markets July 20th, 2010
• A Few Takeaways from the May TIC Data July 16th, 2010
• A Fuss Over Chinese Leading Indicators? June 29th, 2010
• RGE’s Wednesday Note: The Economics of the World Cup June 16th, 2010
• Can Economists Predict the World Cup Winner? June 11th, 2010
• RGE’s Wednesday Note: Currency Considerations at the U.S.-China Summit May 19th, 2010
• The IMF on Imbalances: Back to Business as Usual? April 23rd, 2010
• RGE’s Wednesday Note – Reading the Tea Leaves for Q2 and Beyond April 21st, 2010
• Unpacking China’s Trade Deficit April 12th, 2010
• RGE Wednesday Note – Iraqi Oil: A Riddle in the Sands April 7th, 2010
• Loonie Back Above Parity April 6th, 2010
• RMB Politics Boiling Over March 18th, 2010
• U.S.-China Tensions: Co-Dependency Pains March 17th, 2010
• Fox Business Interview with RGE’s Rachel Ziemba Discussing China’s Bubbles March 15th, 2010
• Kuwait Finally Going the Whole Nine Yards? March 15th, 2010
• Still Buying Treasurys… March 15th, 2010
• ADIA Parts the Curtain… A Tiny Bit March 14th, 2010
• Energy Sector Royalty Changes in Alberta March 12th, 2010
• Canada’s Growth: Not Yet a Win? March 2nd, 2010
• RGE’s Wednesday Note: Still No Tightening in China February 24th, 2010
• Will the Year of the Tiger Drive Markets? February 15th, 2010
• Iranian Bank Tremors February 12th, 2010
• A Glimpse Inside the CIC’s Portfolio February 7th, 2010
• China’s Reserves: The Challenges of US$2.4 Trillion January 15th, 2010
• Risk of a Chinese Bust? January 14th, 2010
• Could Capital Inflows to EM be Slowing? January 5th, 2010
• Canadian Housing Worries? December 30th, 2009
• RGE’s Wednesday Note – Energy Insecurity in 2010 and Beyond? December 23rd, 2009
• Copenhagen’s Eleventh Hour December 17th, 2009
• How Much Unity in the United Arab Emirates? December 9th, 2009
• RGE Wednesday Note – The Economics of Copenhagen December 9th, 2009
• Wednesday Note – After Dubai December 2nd, 2009
• What is China’s Exit Strategy? November 16th, 2009
• Chinese Monetary Policy: Little Effect on Overcapacities, and Risks of Blowing a Property Bubble October 21st, 2009
• Are Sovereign Funds Back? A Roundup October 8th, 2009
• CNBC Squawk Box Interviews with RGE’s Rachel Ziemba, Jim Rogers and others Discussing China at 60 October 7th, 2009
• Chinese Credit Policy: Is Fine-Tuning Prompting Too Much of a Property Boom? September 29th, 2009
• RGE Monitor – The G20’s Crowded Agenda September 23rd, 2009
• The July TIC Data: In for the Long Term? September 16th, 2009
• What do Istithmar’s Troubles Signal for other Sovereign Investors? September 14th, 2009
• Ripples of 9/11 Continue 8 Years On September 11th, 2009
• RGE Monitor – Is Resource Nationalism Back? September 9th, 2009
• OPEC and the Oil Market September 4th, 2009
• The China Effect August 26th, 2009
• How Much Do the Major Sovereign Wealth Funds Manage? August 3rd, 2009
• What’s on the Table at the U.S. China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED)? July 24th, 2009
• May TIC Data: Still Buying U.S. Assets, but Just the Liquid Ones July 17th, 2009
• Chinese Reserves: Boiling Over Again? July 15th, 2009
• China’s GDP Growth and Electricity Contraction: Not a Contradiction After All? July 15th, 2009
• RGE Monitor – China Economic Outlook: Q2 2009 Update July 15th, 2009
• GCC Sovereigns: A Little Better Off July 9th, 2009
• Will the Global Warming Bill Cool the Global Economy? July 1st, 2009
• Russia’s Reserve Currency Idea June 7th, 2009
• Another Blow To The GCC Monetary Union: the UAE Pulls Out May 20th, 2009
• RGE Monitor – Are Commodity Prices Getting Ahead of Fundamentals? May 20th, 2009
• Brazil and China: Moves Towards a New Economic order? May 18th, 2009
• Will a ‘Bad Bank’ Provide A Solution To Kuwait’s Financial Woes? May 17th, 2009
• Stress-testing Islamic Finance May 10th, 2009
• China’s Sluggish Q1 Reserve Growth April 12th, 2009
• GCC sovereigns Resort to the Bond Market March 31st, 2009
• Aabar-Daimler: Abu Dhabi makes a bid for the auto sector? March 22nd, 2009
• Citi and Sovereign Funds: A Post-Mortem March 17th, 2009
• OPEC Cuts: Will They or Won’t They? A Postmortem March 15th, 2009
• The Re-Emergence of Global Protectionism: A Newer Version of Smoot-Hawley? March 9th, 2009
• How Severely Will Asia Be Affected By the Global Recession? March 8th, 2009
• What Role Could Bonds Have in the Quest for New Sources of Finance in the GCC? March 6th, 2009
• Gulf Liquidity: Shifting Petrodollar Assets March 4th, 2009
• How Worried Should We Be About Dubai? Update: Is the Bailout Underway? February 22nd, 2009
• How Are GCC (and Other) Sovereign Funds Faring? An Update February 21st, 2009
• China’s resource buys February 21st, 2009
• Meeting the U.S. Financing Needs February 18th, 2009
• The December TIC data… February 18th, 2009
• Will China Be the First To Recover? February 17th, 2009
• Russia and Kazakhstan: A Tale of Two Devaluations February 8th, 2009
• Davos Debate: Reshaping the Future of the Global Financial System January 28th, 2009
• Canadian 2009 Budget: How Much Will New Spending Stimulate the Canadian Economy? January 26th, 2009
• Parsing the Chinese Hard Landing January 25th, 2009
• Obama’s Presidential Honeymoon Faces Daunting Economic and Geo-Political Tasks January 22nd, 2009
• GCC Investments: A Change of Fortune January 14th, 2009
• Saudi 2009 Budget: Deficit -Bound December 29th, 2008
• Eight Asian Predictions for the Year of the Ox December 21st, 2008
• Raiding The Sovereign Rainy Day Fund December 16th, 2008
• A Wakeup Call for the New Foreign Policy Team? December 3rd, 2008
• Canada’s fiscal politics: The Plot Thickens December 3rd, 2008
• Can Russia Avoid a Hard Landing? November 28th, 2008
• Sovereign Wealth Funds: Tallying the Losses (Again) November 26th, 2008
• Obama’s Asian Priorities November 18th, 2008
• More on the Chinese fiscal stimulus November 15th, 2008
• Qatar and Abu Dhabi to Barclays Rescue: Latest Developments in the World of Sovereign Wealth November 2nd, 2008
• Can OPEC Stem the Downward trend? October 23rd, 2008
• Whither the Oil Price? October 12th, 2008
• Russia’s bailout package just keeps getting bigger October 8th, 2008
• Fallout of the Global Financial Turmoil in the Middle East September 23rd, 2008
• SWF Watch: Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) September 22nd, 2008
• Russia: In Crisis-mode September 18th, 2008
• Sovereign funds investing in energy? Maybe not through indices? September 12th, 2008
• Is there an oil price floor and where is it? September 11th, 2008
• German Government and Business Responses to Sovereign Wealth September 2nd, 2008
• US Oil Production and Hurricanes: Insecurity of Demand Trumps Insecurity of Supply? August 30th, 2008
• One Year Later, Still Crunch Time August 22nd, 2008
• GCC Sovereign Wealth and Islamic Finance August 15th, 2008
• Conflict in Georgia: Economic and Financial Fallout August 11th, 2008
• As 08.08.08 approaches… August 7th, 2008
• Is China Suffering an Olympic Shock? August 5th, 2008
• GE/Mubadala: More Partnership for Sovereign Wealth Funds July 22nd, 2008
• Who’s Going to Bail Out the Banks? July 21st, 2008
• Have We Passed the Turning point for Oil? July 18th, 2008
• Every Barrel Now Counts: What Prospects for more oil Supplies? July 2nd, 2008
• Sovereign Wealth Fund Watch: US Taxation and Banking Oversight June 17th, 2008
• Should Canada Save More of Its Oil Windfall? June 16th, 2008
• Still Petro-dollars June 9th, 2008
• More about the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) June 6th, 2008
• Why is Canada Growing More Slowly Than the U.S.? June 5th, 2008
• Editor’s Pick: Politics Pressuring the Renminbi? May 30th, 2008
• Asia, $130 oil and subsidies May 23rd, 2008
• Brazil, OPEC and Oil Fundamentals May 12th, 2008
• The Crowded Sovereign Wealth Universe May 8th, 2008
• Russia Goes Global May 5th, 2008
• The New Saudi Investment Vehicle April 28th, 2008
• Tracking GCC Savings and Borrowings April 27th, 2008
• Globalization of the Natural Gas Market? April 24th, 2008
• New CFIUS Regulations: How Significant For Sovereign Investors? April 22nd, 2008
• Canadian Dollar and Oil: No Longer So Close April 17th, 2008
• Editor’s Pick: Do Investors Fight the Last War? April 14th, 2008
• Petrodollar Recycling: Focus on the Banks April 9th, 2008
• How Exposed is Canada to the US Economy? April 8th, 2008
• Are Sovereign Funds Buying Into Energy? April 7th, 2008
• Sovereign Wealth Funds Investing in Africa: A Part of Growing South-South Investment April 3rd, 2008
• So How Large Are Sovereign Wealth Funds? April 2nd, 2008
• Editor’s Pick: Rising Tigers of the Chinese Banking Sector March 31st, 2008
• Petrodollars: How to Spend It March 20th, 2008
• The US, Abu Dhabi and Singapore Get in a Room… March 20th, 2008
• Sovereign Funds: The writing on the wall… March 18th, 2008
• Still Buying Treasuries March 17th, 2008
• Bear: A Road Not Taken March 17th, 2008
• Iran: Follow the (oil) money March 13th, 2008
• Sovereign Wealth Fund Watch: US Taxation and Banking Oversight March 6th, 2008
• SWF Watch: Norway: Upping EM and Property Exposure March 4th, 2008
• Responding to the World of Sovereign Wealth February 29th, 2008
• Sovereign Wealth Funds as Development Funders February 25th, 2008
• With $100 Oil, How Are Asian Countries Responding? February 20th, 2008
• Tracking State Holding Companies and Sovereign Investors of the UAE February 19th, 2008
• President Bush’s African Trip February 18th, 2008
• Editor’s Pick: End of A North American Trade Era February 15th, 2008
• Editor’s Pick: Chinese Commodity Hunting February 15th, 2008
• So, What Are Sovereign Wealth Funds Targeting?: Assessing Benchmarks February 3rd, 2008
• Loonie Prospects January 31st, 2008
• More Transparency for Sovereign Funds? January 26th, 2008
• The Sovereign Wealth Economic Forum… A New Entrant January 23rd, 2008
• Sovereign Wealth to the Rescue? (Again) January 15th, 2008
• Reassessing Risks in 2008 January 10th, 2008
• Editor’s Pick: Housing Finance in Asia January 7th, 2008
• A Race Developing Among SWFs… January 2nd, 2008
• Are All Sovereign Investors Becoming More Activist? December 19th, 2007
• How Is China Funding the Chinese Investment Corporation (CIC)? December 5th, 2007