Florian Misch is a Senior Economist in France team of the European Department at the IMF. He is also working on issues related to Artificial Intelligence and has been part of the Norway, Romania, and Sweden teams, interrupted by a stint at the European Stability Mechanism. Prior to joining the European Department, Florian worked in the IMF’s Fiscal Affairs Department, as a freelance economic policy consultant for organizations such as the New Zealand Treasury and the World Bank, and as researcher at the Centre for European Economic Research. He maintains an active research agenda, and his analytical work covers issues related to macroeconomic policy, productivity and digitalization. Florian holds a PhD in economics from the University of Nottingham.