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Jeanna Smialek on the Year-End Review of 2020 Financial Markets, the Fed, and US Monetary Policy

Published: Dec. 21, 2020, 5:30 a.m.

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Jeanna Smialek covers the Federal Reserve and the economy for The New York Times, and joins Macro Musings to recap and summarize the highs and lows of US monetary policy during 2020. Specifically, David and Jeanna discuss the recent histories of Federal Reserve rate hikes and the persistence of low inflation, the nascent optimism about the economy at the start of 2020, the Fed\\u2019s policy response to COVID, and what lessons the Fed will be taking into the future.

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Transcript for the episode can be found here.

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Jeanna\\u2019s Twitter: @jeannasmialek

Jeanna\\u2019s New York Times archive: https://www.nytimes.com/by/jeanna-smialek

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Related Links:

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*Janet Yellen\'s Lift Off (CMFA Working Paper No. 001)* by George Selgin

https://www.alt-m.org/2020/12/04/janet-yellens-lift-off-cmfa-working-paper-no-001/

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*Measuring the Natural Rate of Interest: International Trends and Determinants* by Kathryn Holston and Thomas Laubach

https://www.frbsf.org/economic-research/files/wp2016-11.pdf

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David\\u2019s Twitter: @DavidBeckworth

David\\u2019s blog: http://macromarketmusings.blogspot.com/

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