Mary Daly on Fed Policy, the Economic Impacts of AI, and the Future of the Feds Framework

Published: May 13, 2024, 4:01 a.m.

Mary Daly is the president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, a voting member of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), and is also a 28-year veteran of the Federal Reserve System. President Daly joins David for this special live episode of Macro Musings to talk about her non-linear career path to the world of monetary policy, the long-term economic impacts of AI, the future outlook for Fed policy and the Fed\u2019s framework, and much more.

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Transcript for this week\u2019s episode.

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Timestamps:

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(00:00:00) \u2013 Intro

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(00:01:30) \u2013 Mary Daly\u2019s Background

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(00:06:09) \u2013 Recent Inflationary Trends and the Future of Fed Policy

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(00:15:39) \u2013 The Trajectory of R-Star Over the Medium to Long-Run

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(00:19:06) \u2013 The Long-Term Economic Impacts of AI

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(00:29:51) \u2013 Expectations for the Upcoming Fed Framework Review

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(00:33:35) \u2013 Prospects for Nominal GDP Targeting at the Fed

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(00:36:58) \u2013 Fed Policymaking During an Election Year

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(00:38:16) \u2013 Audience Q&A Period

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(01:01:09) \u2013 Outro