Economic Adviser - Monetary Policy Strategy Division

Biography

Eric is an Economic Adviser at the Bank of England. Prior to this, he was Senior Economist at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand and lectured in economics at the University of Auckland. His research focuses on the interface between central bank communication and committee deliberation. Eric is also a Research Associate at the ANU Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis and a CFA charterholder.

Eric's selected academic publications

Repercussions of the Russia–Ukraine war - Tong, E., International Review of Economics and Finance (2024)
US structural drivers of international portfolio returns - Jang, B., So, I. and Tong, E., North American Journal of Economics and Finance (2023) 
Information spillovers of US monetary policy - Gai, P. and Tong, E., Journal of Macroeconomics (2022) 
US monetary policy and global financial stability - Tong, E., Research in International Business and Finance (2017)

This page was last updated 28 November 2025