{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Marijn Bolhuis on Fiscal R-star and its Implications for Macroeconomic Policy","description":" Marijn Bolhuis is an economist in the World Economic Studies Division of the IMF\u2019s&amp;nbsp;research department. In Marijn\u2019s 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\u2019s 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) \u2013 Intro (00:01:38) \u2013 Marijn Bolhuis\u2019 Career Path (00:06:02) \u2013 Fiscal R-Star (00:45:30) \u2013 Cost of Money and Consumer Sentiment (00:51:43) \u2013 Outro  ","author_name":"Macro Musings with David Beckworth","author_url":"http:\/\/macromarketmusings.blogspot.com\/","html":"<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>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/183037815"}