MiB: Claudia Sahm, CEA & Federal Reserve Economist
This week, we speak with Claudia Sahm, former Section Chief at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and Senior Economist...
Milton Friedman Would Oppose Judy Shelton as Fed Appointee
If the president gets his way, Judy Shelton will bring crackpot goldbuggery back to the central bank. This week, the Senate...
Torsten Sløk to Apollo from Deutsche Bank
Negative interest rates not the right tool for this shock Source: Torsten Sløk, Deutsche Bank Research Torsten Sløk, chief...
60 Minutes: Chairman Powell on the Coronavirus-Ravaged Economy
The head of the U.S. central banking system tells Scott Pelley how high he thinks unemployment will go, what tools the Fed still has to...
MiB: Understanding the Fed’s Impact on Markets
The Coronavirus pandemic has led to an unprecedented economic collapse, both here and around the globe. The Federal Reserve responded by...
MiB: Christopher Whalen on Banks & the Fed
This week, we speak with Christopher Whalen, an investment banker and former Federal Reserve researcher. He is the founder of Whalen...
MiB: The Fed’s Rescue & the Bond Markets
In an extraordinary attempt to help the economy in the midst of a pandemic-driven economic downturn, the Federal Reserve’s balance...
60 Minutes: Neel Kashkari on this Economic Emergency
The former Treasury official who was in charge of the $700 billion government response to the 2008 financial crisis tells 60 Minutes what...
MiB: How to Fix the Fed
What should you do about an interventionist central bank that pretends to be a laisse faire regulator? That was the main topic in our...
How Much Shall We Blame the Fed?
I have been having an ongoing debate with a friend who is part of the contingency of people who blame the Fed for many of the evils in...