Carlos Fernández Valdovinos (born February 9, 1965, in
Asunción,
Paraguay) is a Paraguayan economist. Between October 2013 and August 2018 he was the president of the
Central Bank of Paraguay.
Fernández Valdovinos began his career at the Central Bank of Paraguay as the Section Head for Monetary Programming in 1991–1992. He served as an advisor for the managing director of the Economic Research Division in 1999–2001, and was later appointed managing director of the same division in 2001 and served until 2004.
Beginning in 2004, Fernández Valdovinos transferred to the
World Bank headquarters in
Washington, D.C., where he served as senior economist covering
Argentina until 2006. Later, he served in the
International Monetary Fund (IMF) as senior economist covering the EMEA region from 2006 to 2011. Furthermore, he served as the IMF Resident Representative in
Bolivia and
Brazil.
On October 3, 2013, Fernández Valdovinos was nominated to replace Jorge Corvalan as president of the Central Bank of Paraguay, until August 2018.
In October 2018, he was appointed to the Board of Directors of Banco Basa.
Further evidence on Friedman's hypothesis: The case of Paraguay December (2001)[25] Cuadernos de Economía, No. 115. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
Inflation and economic growth in the long run 16 (2003).[26] Economics Letters Elsevier-North Holland, Vol. 80, No. 2, pp. 167–173.
^Fernández Valdovinos, Carlos; Alexander, Monge Naranjo (2004-05-01).
"Economic Growth in Paraguay". Economic and Social Study Series. Inter-American Development Bank.
^Fernández Valdovinos, Carlos (2003-08-01). "Inflation and economic growth in the long run". Economics Letters. 80 (2): 167–173.
doi:
10.1016/S0165-1765(03)00085-5.