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Macro Musings

Hosted by Senior Research Fellow David Beckworth, the Macro Musings podcast pulls back the curtain on the important macroeconomic issues of the past, present, and future.

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Nellie Liang on Stablecoins After GENIUS, Private Money, and the Global Dollar

September 14, 2026

Will stablecoins strengthen the dollar’s international role?

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Stephen Miran on Regulatory Dominance, Shrinking the Fed’s Balance Sheet, and the Return of Monetarism

September 7, 2026

Could Divisia money have helped the Fed spot inflation sooner?

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Donald Kohn on the Fed’s Past, Present, and Future

August 31, 2026

What can today's Fed learn from the Greenspan era?

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Ben Harris on AI, Fiscal Sustainability, and the Resilience of the U.S. Economy

August 24, 2026

Can faster growth fix America's debt problem?

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Bill Nelson on Shrinking the Fed’s Balance Sheet and Reviving Interbank Markets

August 17, 2026

Is the Fed falling behind other central banks?

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Gianluca Benigno on Central Bank Balance Sheets, Stablecoins, and Nonlinear Inflation

August 10, 2026

What can the Swiss National Bank teach the Fed?

Barry Eichengreen, Paul Blustein, and Brendan Greeley on Dollar Dominance

August 3, 2026

Will a grandfather’s love change if his grandkids grow up to love crypto?

David Wessel on the Fed’s Current Inflection Point

July 27, 2026

Is the FOMC really just like high school?

Sam Lyman on the Digital Payments Race Between the US and China

July 20, 2026

What does it mean when President Trump says he wants the US to become a crypto superpower?

Stephan Luck on What History can Teach Us about Financial Stability

July 13, 2026

What can 372 million newspaper articles and George Bailey from It’s a Wonderful Life teach us about preventing banking crises?