1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Marijn Bolhuis is an economist in the World Economic Studies Division of the IMF’s&amp;nbsp;research department. In Marijn’s first appearance on the podcast he discusses his new paper,&amp;nbsp;which introduces the idea of a fiscal r-star, and expands on another paper which helps&amp;nbsp;economists understand why consumer sentiment is so depressed, despite relatively low unemployment&amp;nbsp;and inflation coming back to target. Check out the transcript for this week’s episode, now with links. Follow David on X: @DavidBeckworth Follow Marijn on X: @MA_Bolhuis Follow the show on X:&amp;nbsp;@Macro_Musings Check out our new AI chatbot: the Macro Musebot! Join the new Macro Musings&amp;nbsp;Discord server! Join the Macro Musings&amp;nbsp;mailing list! Check out our Macro Musings&amp;nbsp;merch! Subscribe to David's new BTS YouTube Channel&amp;nbsp; Timestamps: (00:00:00) – Intro (00:01:38) – Marijn Bolhuis’ Career Path (00:06:02) – Fiscal R-Star (00:45:30) – Cost of Money and Consumer Sentiment (00:51:43) – Outro Macro Musings with David Beckworth http://macromarketmusings.blogspot.com/ <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/34716185/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/183037815