Came across this podcast and found it to be fantastic. A lot of good info on how the system works. These are a few that i found to be really good. Feb 18th 2019 - Peter Stella on Debt, Safe Assets, and Central Bank Operations https://macromusings.libsyn.com/144-peter-stella-on-debt-safe-assets-and-central-bank-operations Jun 8th 2020 - Peter Stella on the Fed’s Off-Balance Sheet Transactions and Public Financing of the COVID-19 Crisis https://macromusings.libsyn.com/pet...s-and-public-financing-of-the-covid-19-crisis Oct 7th 2019 - Bill Nelson on the Repo Market Stress, the Fed's Operating System, and the Prospects for a Standing Repo Facility https://macromusings.libsyn.com/bil...nd-the-prospects-for-a-standing-repo-facility Jul 20th 2020 - Bill Nelson on the Fed’s Policy Tools in the Post-COVID Economy https://macromusings.libsyn.com/bill-nelson-on-the-feds-policy-tools-in-the-post-covid-economy
Another great talk worth listening to. Sep 21st 2020 - Carolyn Sissoko on the Collateral Supply Effect and Other Concerns in the Money Market https://macromusings.libsyn.com/car...effect-and-other-concerns-in-the-money-market
Found this one very informative. Apr 5th 2021 - Scott Skyrm on the Dynamics of the Repo Market in 2021 https://macromusings.libsyn.com/scott-skyrm-on-the-dynamics-of-the-repo-market-in-2021
July 5th 2021 - Agustin Carstens on Central Banking in Emerging Markets, the Distributional Footprint of Monetary Policy, and Central Bank Digital Currency https://macromusings.libsyn.com/agu...tary-policy-and-central-bank-digital-currency A quote from the BIS guy. Topic regarding Covid recovery response from CB.
^ Of course they would say that. The only reason why there may have been any drop in bankruptcy rates in Australia was that the government put SMEs on a cash drip. That’s not accommodative monetary policy, it’s fiscal.
Actually, it probably helped big companies with their balance sheets, they’re the only ones that borrowed more.
Whatever the government is, chicken, egg, dinosaur. They’re the ones that spend and take money from the real economy.
Nice talks about Milton Friedman's views. July 19th 2021 - Scott Sumner on What Milton Friedman Would Think of Monetary Policy Today https://macromusings.libsyn.com/sco...friedman-would-think-of-monetary-policy-today
Thought this was a great talk on stablecoins and banking history. One of those interesting talks that really make you think about what money is. August 2nd 2021 - Larry White on Stablecoins, Money Market Funds, and the History of Free Banking https://macromusings.libsyn.com/lar...-market-funds-and-the-history-of-free-banking
Good talk discussing the FED's FedNow system (its version of the the RBA's Fast Settlement Service). It's all going centralised. October 10th 2022 - George Selgin on Recent Trends and Developments in Macroeconomics https://macromusings.libsyn.com/george-selgin-on-recent-trends-and-developments-in-macroeconomics
Good talk discussing US sanctions, de-dollarisation and gold. March 22nd 2023 - Dan McDowell on Bucking the Buck: US Financial Sanctions and the International Backlash Against the Dollar https://macromusings.libsyn.com/dan...the-international-backlash-against-the-dollar