Prakash Loungani

At Johns Hopkins, Prakash Loungani is the Program Director and a senior lecturer for the MS in Applied Economics program.

Prior to joining AAP, Loungani worked at the International Monetary Fund, where he was an assistant director, and in the Federal Reserve System, as well as at the University of Florida. He has extensive administrative experience, as well as teaching experience as an adjunct for Johns Hopkins University’s Advanced Academic Programs division, SAIS, and Carey Business School and is an active researcher and commentator who blogs as the Unassuming Economist.

Prakash holds a PhD in economics from the University of Rochester.

Featured Works

• Confronting Inequality: How Societies Can Choose Inclusive Growth, Jonathan Ostry, Prakash Loungani and Andrew Berg, Columbia University Press, 2019
• “Energy Inflation and Consumption Inequality,” Luca Bettarelli, Julia Estefania-Flores, Davide Furceri, Prakash Loungani, and Pietro Pizzuto, Energy Economics, August 1, 2023
• “Will COVID-19 Have Long-Lasting Effects on Inequality? Evidence from Past Pandemics,” Davide Furceri, Prakash Loungani, Jonathan David Ostry, and Pietro Pizzuto, Journal of Economic Inequality, April 14, 2022

Media Mentions

• “Dude, Where’s My Recession?” The New York Times, July 11, 2023
• “India’s Regional Inequality Could Be Politically Explosive,” The Economist, October 27, 2022
• “An Astonishing Record,” The Financial Times, May 30, 2014