Juanyi(Jenny) Xu received a B.A. (1996) in Economics and a M.A. in Political Economics (1998) from Zhejiang University, China, a M.A. (1999) in Economics and a Ph.D. (2004) in Economics from the University of British Columbia.

Jenny's research interests are in international macroeconomics, monetary economics, macroeconomics and international trade. She is currently working on using stochastic dynamic general equilibrium model to explain the exchange rate disconnect puzzle. She is also working on optimal monetary policy and exchange rate policy for emerging market countries, and the formation and the policy implication of the world dollar standard.

Recent working papers include:
· “Noise Traders and Exchange Rate Disconnect Puzzle”, Working paper, May 2004;
· "Global Monetary Policy under a Dollar Standard (with Michael Devereux and Kang Shi), CEPR Working Paper 4317, March 2004;