Michael Saunders (economist)

{{short description|British economist with Citigroup}}

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Michael Saunders is a British economist, and a senior economic advisor at the consultancy Oxford Economics. In August 2016 he became an external member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee, replacing Martin Weale.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36056076|title=Citigroup's Saunders is new rate setter for Bank's MPC|work=BBC News |date=15 April 2016 |access-date=2016-04-16}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/04/15/citibank-economist-michael-saunders-appointed-as-bank-of-england/|title=Citibank economist Michael Saunders appointed as Bank of England rate setter|website=The Telegraph|date=15 April 2016 |access-date=2016-04-16 |last1=Spence |first1=Peter }}{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/apr/15/bank-of-england-appoints-michael-saunders-to-mpc|title=Bank of England appoints Michael Saunders to MPC|last=Allen|first=Katie|date=2016-04-15|newspaper=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|access-date=2016-04-16}}

Saunders studied econometrics at the London School of Economics (LSE).

Saunders worked for a short time as an economist at Greenwell Montagu (now HSBC) and the Institute for Fiscal Studies, before joining Citigroup, in 1990, rising to become Head of European Economics.