Alfonso Velasco Tamames
Europe analyst, Economist Intelligence Unit

Alfonso is an analyst in the Europe team at EIU, carrying out economic and political analysis of regions in the south and south-east of Europe. He has a background in applied macroeconomics and financial economics.

Alfonso previously spent 10 months as a trainee in DG-Economics at the European Central Bank. Prior to that, he co-founded a macroeconomic research company specialising in EU and US economic analysis.

Alfonso holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Emory University with a specialization in macroeconomics and financial economics.

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