Francisco Rodríguez (economist)

From 2000 to 2004, he served as the head of the economic and financial advisory of the Venezuelan National Assembly.[1]

Rodríguez joined Bank of America Merrill Lynch in August 2011 as Chief Andean Economist, covering the economies of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. In 2012 he successfully called the Venezuelan presidential elections with an out-of-consensus prediction that Chávez would be re-elected by a comfortable margin.[3] He joined Torino Economics, the economic analysis branch of New-York based Torino Capital in July 2016 as chief economist.[2] Rodríguez left Torino Economics on 3 September 2019.[4]

In May 2016, Rodríguez was part of a group of economists under an initiative promoted by the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) to present an economic stabilization program to the government of Nicolás Maduro, who until then had refused to implement necessary monetary and fiscal reforms to contain prices, stabilize the exchange rate and foster production recovery. The plan was shelved by the Maduro administration.[5]

On 20 May, Falcón accused Maduro of rigging the elections and refused to recognize the results.[6] Both him and Rodríguez claimed the election was not valid.[7]

Rodríguez co-edited, jointly with Ricardo Hausmann:

• Ricardo Hausmann and Francisco R. Rodríguez, ed. (2014). Venezuela Before Chávez: Anatomy of an Economic Collapse. ISBN 978-0-271-05631-9.