IMF RESEARCHER

Email: MBolhuis@imf.org

Personal WebPage: https://sites.google.com/site/mabolhuis/home_1

Fluent In: Dutch.

Previous Experience:

Economist, Strategy, Policy and Review Department, Macro Policy Division.

Economist, African Department, Regional Studies Division.

PhD Researcher, European Department, Eastern 2 Division.

Country work or Mission Assignment:

Turkey, Seychelles, Guinea-Bissau, Suriname

IMF Books and Working Papers:

How the Brady Plan Delivered on Debt Relief: Lessons and Implications , Working Paper No. 2023/258 , December 15, 2023

Fragmentation in Global Trade: Accounting for Commodities , Working Paper No. 2023/073 , March 24, 2023

Global Supply Chain Disruptions: Challenges for Inflation and Monetary Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa , Working Paper No. 2023/039 , February 24, 2023

The More the Merrier? A Machine Learning Algorithm for Optimal Pooling of Panel Data , Working Paper No. 20/44 , February 28, 2020

Deus ex Machina? A Framework for Macro Forecasting with Machine Learning , Working Paper No. 20/45 , February 28, 2020

IMF Country Reports

Suriname: Fourth Review Under the Extended Arrangement Under the Extended Fund Facility, Requests for Extension of the Arrangement, Augmentation of Access, Modification of Performance Criteria, and Financing Assurances Review-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Suriname

Suriname: Third Review Under the Extended Arrangement Under the Extended Fund Facility-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Suriname

Guinea-Bissau: Request for a Three-Year Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility-Press Release; and Staff Report

IMF Occasional Papers, Pamphlets, and Special Issues Papers

Seychelles Selected Issues: IMF Country Report No. 22/250

iMFdirect Blog Posts

Africa’s Inflation Among Region’s Most Urgent Challenges

F&D articles

The Costs of Geoeconomic Fragmentation

Other Published Materials

World Economic Outlook Chapter 3: Fragmentation and Commodity Markets: Vulnerabilities and Risks, October 2023

Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa, April 2023

Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa, October 2022

Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa, April 2022

Publications in Journals (Refereed)

Bolhuis, M. A., Cramer, J. N., & Summers, L. H. (2022). The coming rise in residential inflation. Review of Finance, 26(5), 1051-1072.

Bolhuis, M. A., Cramer, J. N., & Summers, L. H. (2022). Comparing past and present inflation. Review of Finance, 26(5), 1073-1100.

Bolhuis, M. A. (2024). Catch-Up Growth and Inter-industry Productivity Spillovers: Evidence from Trade Data. The World Bank Economic Review, lhad044.

Publications in Books and Conference Volumes

Geoeconomic fragmentation: Accounting for commodities, in: Geoeconomic Fragmentation: The Economic Risks from a Fractured World Economy, edited by Shekhar Aiyar Andrea Presbitero Michele Ruta, 2 Oct 2023

Other Published Materials

Bolhuis, M. A., Cramer, J. N., Schulz, K. O., & Summers, L. H. (2024). The Cost of Money is Part of the Cost of Living: New Evidence on the Consumer Sentiment Anomaly (No. w32163). National Bureau of Economic Research.

Bolhuis, M. A., Rachapalli, S. R., & Restuccia, D. (2021). Misallocation in Indian agriculture (No. w29363). National Bureau of Economic Research.

Email: MBolhuis@imf.org

Personal WebPage: https://sites.google.com/site/mabolhuis/home_1

Fluent In: Dutch.

Previous Experience:

Economist, Strategy, Policy and Review Department, Macro Policy Division.

Economist, African Department, Regional Studies Division.

PhD Researcher, European Department, Eastern 2 Division.

Country work or Mission Assignment:

Turkey, Seychelles, Guinea-Bissau, Suriname

IMF Books and Working Papers:

How the Brady Plan Delivered on Debt Relief: Lessons and Implications , Working Paper No. 2023/258 , December 15, 2023

Fragmentation in Global Trade: Accounting for Commodities , Working Paper No. 2023/073 , March 24, 2023

Global Supply Chain Disruptions: Challenges for Inflation and Monetary Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa , Working Paper No. 2023/039 , February 24, 2023

The More the Merrier? A Machine Learning Algorithm for Optimal Pooling of Panel Data , Working Paper No. 20/44 , February 28, 2020

Deus ex Machina? A Framework for Macro Forecasting with Machine Learning , Working Paper No. 20/45 , February 28, 2020

IMF Country Reports

Suriname: Fourth Review Under the Extended Arrangement Under the Extended Fund Facility, Requests for Extension of the Arrangement, Augmentation of Access, Modification of Performance Criteria, and Financing Assurances Review-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Suriname

Suriname: Third Review Under the Extended Arrangement Under the Extended Fund Facility-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Suriname

Guinea-Bissau: Request for a Three-Year Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility-Press Release; and Staff Report

IMF Occasional Papers, Pamphlets, and Special Issues Papers

Seychelles Selected Issues: IMF Country Report No. 22/250

iMFdirect Blog Posts

Africa’s Inflation Among Region’s Most Urgent Challenges

F&D articles

The Costs of Geoeconomic Fragmentation

Other Published Materials

World Economic Outlook Chapter 3: Fragmentation and Commodity Markets: Vulnerabilities and Risks, October 2023

Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa, April 2023

Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa, October 2022

Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa, April 2022

Publications in Journals (Refereed)

Bolhuis, M. A., Cramer, J. N., & Summers, L. H. (2022). The coming rise in residential inflation. Review of Finance, 26(5), 1051-1072.

Bolhuis, M. A., Cramer, J. N., & Summers, L. H. (2022). Comparing past and present inflation. Review of Finance, 26(5), 1073-1100.

Bolhuis, M. A. (2024). Catch-Up Growth and Inter-industry Productivity Spillovers: Evidence from Trade Data. The World Bank Economic Review, lhad044.

Publications in Books and Conference Volumes

Geoeconomic fragmentation: Accounting for commodities, in: Geoeconomic Fragmentation: The Economic Risks from a Fractured World Economy, edited by Shekhar Aiyar Andrea Presbitero Michele Ruta, 2 Oct 2023

Other Published Materials

Bolhuis, M. A., Cramer, J. N., Schulz, K. O., & Summers, L. H. (2024). The Cost of Money is Part of the Cost of Living: New Evidence on the Consumer Sentiment Anomaly (No. w32163). National Bureau of Economic Research.

Bolhuis, M. A., Rachapalli, S. R., & Restuccia, D. (2021). Misallocation in Indian agriculture (No. w29363). National Bureau of Economic Research.