Olivier Bizimana

Last Updated: May 31, 2019

Olivier Bizimana is an Economist in the Research Department of the International Monetary Fund. Prior to joining the IMF in 2015, he was a Senior Economist in the Global Economics Team at Morgan Stanley in London. Previously he was responsible for economic research for the euro area at Credit Agricole Group in Paris. He also taught postgraduate courses in macroeconomics at Paris-Dauphine University for five years. His research interests include: international finance, monetary policy, macro-econometrics, and business cycle fluctuations. He holds a Ph.D. and an M.Phil. in Economics from Paris-Dauphine University, France; and an M.Sc. in Economics and Statistics from the Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l’Administration Economique (ENSAE) in Paris, France.

Email: OBIZIMANA@imf.org

Fluent In: French.

Education:

Ph.D., Economics, Paris-Dauphine University

M.Sc., Economics & Statistics, ENSAE

M. Phil., Economics, Paris-Dauphine University


Previous Experience:

Senior Economist , Morgan Stanley, London, UK, 2010-2015

Senior Economist, Credit Agricole Group, Paris, France, 2004-2010


Teaching:

Lecturer, Master's program in Economics and International Affairs, Paris-Dauphine University, 2005-2010


Field of Expertise:

Monetary Policy

Open Economy Macroeconomics

Macro-Financial Issues

International Finance

Economic Modeling

IMF Books and Working Papers:

Estimates of Potential Output and the Neutral Rate for the U.S. Economy , Working Paper No. 18/152 , July 06, 2018

Multivariate Filter Estimation of Potential Output for the United States , Working Paper No. 17/106 , May 04, 2017

Multivariate Filter Estimation of Potential Output for the Euro Area and the United States , Working Paper No. 15/253 , December 01, 2015

Olivier Bizimana is an Economist in the Research Department of the International Monetary Fund. Prior to joining the IMF in 2015, he was a Senior Economist in the Global Economics Team at Morgan Stanley in London. Previously he was responsible for economic research for the euro area at Credit Agricole Group in Paris. He also taught postgraduate courses in macroeconomics at Paris-Dauphine University for five years. His research interests include: international finance, monetary policy, macro-econometrics, and business cycle fluctuations. He holds a Ph.D. and an M.Phil. in Economics from Paris-Dauphine University, France; and an M.Sc. in Economics and Statistics from the Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l’Administration Economique (ENSAE) in Paris, France.

Email: OBIZIMANA@imf.org

Fluent In: French.

Education:

Ph.D., Economics, Paris-Dauphine University

M.Sc., Economics & Statistics, ENSAE

M. Phil., Economics, Paris-Dauphine University


Previous Experience:

Senior Economist , Morgan Stanley, London, UK, 2010-2015

Senior Economist, Credit Agricole Group, Paris, France, 2004-2010


Teaching:

Lecturer, Master's program in Economics and International Affairs, Paris-Dauphine University, 2005-2010


Field of Expertise:

Monetary Policy

Open Economy Macroeconomics

Macro-Financial Issues

International Finance

Economic Modeling

IMF Books and Working Papers:

Estimates of Potential Output and the Neutral Rate for the U.S. Economy , Working Paper No. 18/152 , July 06, 2018

Multivariate Filter Estimation of Potential Output for the United States , Working Paper No. 17/106 , May 04, 2017

Multivariate Filter Estimation of Potential Output for the Euro Area and the United States , Working Paper No. 15/253 , December 01, 2015