Episodes
The official Fed historian, Jonathan Rose, joins Steven and I on the show today to discuss technology's role in the March 2023 bank runs as well as bank runs from history. Article: “Understanding the Speed and Size of Bank Runs in Historical Comparison" Twitter: @thejonrose Book: Well Worth Saving: How the New Deal Safeguarded Home Ownership (publisher, Amazon) Website: https://www.federalreservehistory.org/
Published 06/02/23
Published 06/02/23
The beautiful thing about Jeanna Smialek's new book is that its core thesis has been tested and proven out in unbelievably prescient ways in just the 6 weeks since it came out. Review⁠ it!! It's a book for you Fed Watchers - and your parents! Seriously! @JeannaSmialek & @StevenKelly49 & @KalebNygaard
Published 04/19/23
A conversation with WSJ reporter, Jon Hilsenrath, about his book on the love story of Janet and George and the way they broke through in the economics field and in policy. I enjoyed this conversation as much as I loved the book. Even if you think you know Yellen's story - this podcast will show a depth and insight that I promise will delightfully surprise you! The Book Jon's latest at the Journal Jon on LinkedIn Kaleb on twitter Kaleb's guest post on Steven Kelly's substack about...
Published 03/01/23
Back behind the mic with my favorite political Fed Watcher. Derek Tang, CEO and co-founder of Monetary Policy Analytics at LH Meyer, joins the show to talk about the make up, dramas, and twists and turns he expects this year.  Analysis on FOMC meeting minutes on twitter: @macroderek
Published 02/08/23
Two important topics on the table today with the one and only Steven Kelly.  Debt Ceiling Headroom: The Fed Has an Extra $14 Billion Does Bank Regulation Really Just Push Risk to the Shadows? on twitter: @KalebNygaard and @StevenKelly
Published 01/20/23
The most lucid translator of Fed speak, Greg Ip joins the show to recap not only this week's FOMC meeting but also the wild year that was 2022.  On twitter: @greg_ip @kalebnygaard Greg's column on the FOMC meeting, Jerome Powell’s Grim Inflation Outlook Is at Odds With Markets
Published 12/16/22
There's one person who has thought more about the philosophical and economic principles undergirding the Federal Reserve, central banks, and independent agencies - Paul Tucker. In his new book, Global Discord Values and Power in a Fractured World Order, Paul takes a step back to consider international organizations, and how their institutional design and legitimacy hold in a changing global power dynamic.  Carey Mott, from the Yale Program on Financial Stability, joins me as cohost in this...
Published 11/23/22
We've had lots of active Fed journalists on the show to talk about their work and reporting. But no one can open up about the true inner-workings quite like former WSJ economics editor and all around Fed Wizard, David Wessel!  At Brookings In Fed We Trust: Ben Bernanke's War on the Great Panic Only the Rich Can Play: How Washington Works in the New Gilded Age on twitter: @davidmwessel, @StevenKelly49, @KalebNygaard
Published 11/09/22
Matt Klein is the founder of The Overshoot, one of the most influential economic newsletters on the market. He joins the show today to talk give us an inside look into the creation of The Overshoot and discuss the FOMC meeting this week, how we got here, and where things are going.  The Overshoot (sign up asap to lock in the lower rate!) Trade Wars Are Class Wars (also check out this piece from The Overshoot, which is the first in a series that Matt is doing on reviewing the theories of the...
Published 09/23/22
This is an exciting time to be Fed Watching and no one is doing it better than Neil Irwin, who joins the show today to talk about Jackson Hole, the ups and downs since,  what comes next for the central bank, and a behind the scenes look at the creation of the Axios Macro daily newsletter.  Newsletter: Axios Macro w/@Courtenay_Brown Book: The Alchemists: Three Central Bankers and a World on Fire Conference Panel: Cato Institute Monetary Conference Twitter: @Neil_Irwin and @KalebNygaard
Published 09/07/22
How are the SEPs prepared? What goes into the Tealbook? What's the real purpose of the blackout period? These and so much more on the inner workings of the FOMC with former Board Monetary Affairs director and current Yale professor, Bill English.  Bill's recent book (summary blog post, full book - which is downloadable for free!) with Angel Ubide and Kristin Forbes. List of "Come with Me to the FOMC" speeches on twitter: @StevenKelly49, @KalebNygaard
Published 07/25/22
Federal Reserve police officers were the first to find the Watergate burglars...and that's only the beginning of this incredible story!! Seriously, listen to the whole thing because there are so many wild gems. Nixon Presidential Library oral history with John E. Sheehan Fed's IG report on accusations re Watergate and loans to Iraq on twitter @KalebNygaard (Tankus tweet that inspired the episode)
Published 07/05/22
What on earth happened this week?! Steven and I chat about the leak (was it? wasn't it?) and the FOMC meeting.  on twitter: @StevenKelly49, @KalebNygaard Howard's follow-up to Powell goes unanswered (at 9:17)
Published 06/16/22
Fed communication has evolved a lot in the last few decades, and few people have been in better places to view it than Tony Fratto, Founding Partner at Hamilton Place Strategies and former WH Deputy Press Secretary and Assistant Secretary of the US Treasury. The Greenspan days, the global financial crisis, the Trump tweets, the pandemic, the trading scandal, and inflation - we cover a lot of ground! Tony's podcast The Macrocast on twitter: @TonyFratto, @KalebNygaard
Published 05/25/22
Delighted to have Lev Menand, Associate Professor of Law at Columbia, on the show today to talk about his new book and the policy implications today.  The Fed Unbound: Central Banking in a Time of Crisis On twitter: @LevMenand, @KalebNygaard
Published 05/17/22
Michael Derby, WSJ Fed beat reporter who broke the original financial disclosure for Dallas Fed President Robert Kaplan, comes back on the show to chat about past Dallas Fed presidents and Lorie Logan, the current SOMA manager at the New York Fed and next Dallas Fed president.  Michael's article on twitter: @michaelsderby, @stevenkelly49, @kalebnygaard
Published 05/12/22
The one and only - the author of Politico's Morning Money newsletter, Kate Davidson. We talk about Michael Barr's nomination process and how he may fit into the still new position of Vice Chair for Supervision. We also talk about the other Fed nominees, monetary policy past and future, and how Morning Money is made.  Sign up for Morning Money @KateDavidson, @StevenKelly49, @KalebNygaard Quarles interview with Rob Blackwell we mention in the episode
Published 05/05/22
No one outside the Fed (and there have to be only like two or three within the Fed) have thought more about the Fed's emergency lending authorities than Steven Kelly. Today he's on the show for the ins and outs of these three angles: - The DW & 13(3) covid-era data disclosures - Does the Fed *have* to use SPVs? (thread) - The case for prepping for an emergency commodities facility Bloomberg oped Original notes on the commodities facility 2008 legal memo AIG warrants draft...
Published 04/20/22
David's excellent papers: Banks, Corporatism, and Collaboration in the Administrative State Against Being Against the Revolving Door Washington Post article on Circle and the Boston Fed On twitter: @ZaringDavid, @StevenKelly49, @KalebNygaard David's book: The Globalized Governance of Finance
Published 04/05/22
Fellow Fed governance explorer Derek Tang joins the show to talk about the latest. From the nominations to Congressional debates about the Fed and everything in between! on Twitter: @macroderek, @lhmeyermacro, @KalebNygaard LHMeyer.com
Published 03/30/22
Dorein Nunez is on a mission to increase diversity at the Federal Reserve Bank and branch boards of directors. A delightful chat with him today with stories of running physical commercial paper as a high school intern on Wall Street, to activist college days collecting signatures for the Community Reinvestment Act, to his work today.  Dorien can be reached at omniresearch (at) aol (dot) com I'm on twitter @KalebNygaard My CRA paper with Peter Conti-Brown and Brian Feinstein
Published 03/23/22
Author of the hottest Fed book on the market today, Nick Timiraos, joins Steven Kelly and I to recap yesterday's FOMC meeting and talk about his new book.  Trillion Dollar Triage book FOMC meeting article The two articles that inspired the book: (1) March 30, 2020 called “The Fed Transformed: Jay Powell Leads Central Bank into Uncharted Waters”, (2) April 27, 2020 called "The Federal Reserve Is Changing What It Means to Be a Central Bank" w/Jon Hilsenrath. on twitter: @NickTimiraos,...
Published 03/17/22
Economic warfare during WWI with the incredible historian Nick Lambert! Stories of disrupted supply chains that are eerily similar to today, levels of destruction a true economic war can cost, how challenging conducting economic warfare can be, and much more.  Planning Armageddon: British Economic Warfare and the First World War (Harvard UP, 2012) War Lords and the Gallipoli Disaster: How Globalized Trade Led Britain to Its Worst Defeat of the First World War (Oxford UP, 2021) on twitter:...
Published 03/07/22
Breaking down the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on the Fed with New York Times Fed beat journalist, Jeanna Smialek.  Jeanna's latest articles The West’s Plan to Isolate Putin: Undermine the Ruble (article) Russia Tried to Isolate Itself, but Financial Ties Called Its Bluff (article) The Fed chair pledges to bring inflation under control and signals wariness on wages (article) Article by Ana Swanson: Ukrainian Invasion Adds to Chaos for Global Supply Chains on twitter:...
Published 03/03/22