Karan Bhasin
Welcome

Karan Bhasin

I am a graduate student in Economics at the State University of New York at Albany. My research focuses on applied econometrics and monetary economics, with particular attention to inflation dynamics, expectations, and forecasting. Before graduate school, I held positions at think tanks, government agencies, and multilateral institutions. You can reach me at kbhasin@albany.edu.

Applied Econometrics Forecasting Monetary Economics

Papers & Publications
with Kajal Lahiri and Prakash Loungani · November 2025
with Surjit S Bhalla and Prakash Loungani · Economic & Political Weekly, Vol. 61, No. 3 · January 2026
with Surjit S Bhalla · Economic & Political Weekly, Vol. 60, No. 45 · November 2025
with Surjit S Bhalla · Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 59, No. 28
with Surjit S Bhalla and Prakash Loungani · IMF Working Paper No. 2023/007 · January 2023
with Surjit S Bhalla and Arvind Virmani · IMF Working Paper No. 2022/069 · April 2022

Courses
University at Albany, SUNY — Undergraduate
Eco 350: Money & Banking Summer 2025
Eco 350: Money & Banking Spring 2025
Eco 111: Principles of Economics (Macro) Winter 2024
Eco 350: Money & Banking Fall 2024
Eco 111: Principles of Economics (Macro) Summer 2024
Eco 111: Principles of Economics (Macro) Spring 2024
Johns Hopkins University (AAP) — Graduate
Eco 634: Economic Growth Summer 2025
Eco 634: Economic Growth Fall 2024
Eco 615: Macroforecasting & Time Series Fall 2024

Policy Commentaries
with Surjit S Bhalla & Prakash Loungani · VoxEU · May 2025
with Surjit S Bhalla & Tirthatanmoy Das · Ideas for India · March 2025
with Aziz Sunderji & Prakash Loungani · Econofact · March 2024
with Surjit S Bhalla · Brookings Institution · March 2024
with Surjit S Bhalla · Brookings Institution · September 2023
with Hites Ahir & Prakash Loungani · IMF Blog · March 2023
with Surjit S Bhalla · Ideas for India · October 2022
with Surjit S Bhalla & Arvind Virmani · Brookings Institution · April 2022

Selected Presentations
with Prakash Loungani · International Housing Association Interim Meetings · September 2023
with Prakash Loungani · International Housing Association Global Meetings · February 2023
with Prakash Loungani & Hites Ahir · Federal Forecasting Conference · September 2022
with Prakash Loungani & Hites Ahir · International Housing Association Meetings · August 2022

Data & Program Files
Living-Standards Project
An exercise aimed at the collection and dissemination of important development data. In the first stage, data on poverty lines across Indian states along with different poverty estimates will be made available to researchers studying poverty, inequality, and growth in India. Data hosted at living-standards.org.
India's Household Employment Data
Access India's Periodic Labor Force Survey (PLFS) data in Stata format for various rounds: