Andrew Levin and Christina Parajon Skinner on *Central Bank Undersight: Assessing the Feds Accountability to Congress*

Published: March 25, 2024, 4:01 a.m.

Andy Levin is a professor of economics at Dartmouth University and a former senior staffer at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. Christina Parajon Skinner is a legal scholar at the University of Pennsylvania and formerly was legal counsel to the Bank of England. Andy and Christina have co-authored a new article titled, *Central Bank Undersight: Assessing the Fed\u2019s Accountability to Congress,* and they rejoin David on Macro Musings to talk about it. Specifically, they discuss the Fed\u2019s power under a constitutional authority, the three sources of Fed undersight, proposals for reform, and more.

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*Central Bank Undersight: Assessing the Fed\u2019s Accountability to Congress* by Andrew Levin and Christina Parajon Skinner

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*Andrew Levin on the Costs and Benefits of QE4 and the Future of the Fed\u2019s Balance Sheet* by Macro Musings