Macro Musings with David Beckworth

Loretta Mester on How to Improve the Fed’s Operating Framework

Jon Hartley on the Shadow Open Market Committee and Macroeconomic Policy

Tara Sinclair on Real-time Economic Analysis and the Fed’s Upcoming Framework Review

Joseph Gagnon on the Trinity of COVID-era Inflation and the Upcoming Fed Framework Review

Emilio Ocampo on Dollarization and the State of the Argentine Economy

Jonathon Hazell on the Costs and Causes of Inflation and the Phillips Curve Debate

Thomas Drechsel on the Effects of Political Pressure and Identifying Monetary Policy Shocks

Matthew Pines on the Geopolitical and National Security Implications of Cryptocurrency Adoption

Travis Hill on the Discount Window, Receivership Funding, and Financial Tokenization

Catherine Pakaluk on *Hannah’s Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth*

Stephen Miran on Activist Treasury Issuance and the Monetary Policy Implications of a Second Trump Term

This episode explores the impact of activist Treasury issuance (ATI) on monetary policy and the potential political motivations behind it. Against the backdrop of the Federal Reserve's aggressive interest rate hikes and quantitative tightening, guest Stephen Miran and host David Beckworth analyze the unusual increase ...

Carola Binder on the History of Inflation, the Fed Framework Review, and the Promise of Nominal GDP Targeting

Samim Ghamami on How to Reform the Treasury Market

Kyla Scanlon on the “Vibecession”, the Vibe Economy, and the Path to Growing American Wealth

Sam Schulhofer-Wohl on How to Improve Treasury Market Resiliency

Nicholas Anthony on *Digital Currency or Digital Control: Decoding CBDC and the Future of Money*

This episode explores the implications of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) and their potential impact on the future of money. Against the backdrop of Facebook's Libra initiative, which spurred significant interest in CBDCs among policymakers, the discussion delves into the different types of CBDCs—retail, whole...

James Bullard on FAIT, Nominal GDP Targeting, and the Fed’s Upcoming Framework Review

Josh Lipsky on Financial Statecraft, Cross-border Payments, and the Global Status of the Dollar

Steven Kelly on the Financial Stability Implications of the Discount Window

Ernie Tedeschi on the US Safe Harbor Premium and the Current Path of R-Star