Podcasts Business Non-Profit Macro Musings with David Beckworth Megan Greene on How to Use Monetary and Fiscal Policy to Fight the Coronavirus Crisis

Megan Greene on How to Use Monetary and Fiscal Policy to Fight the Coronavirus Crisis

Published: March 11, 2020, 4:30 a.m.

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Megan Greene is a senior fellow at Harvard University\\u2019s Kennedy School and a senior fellow in international economics at Chatham House. Formerly, Megan was a chief economist on Wall Street and she currently has a bi-weekly column in the Financial Times on global macroeconomics. She joins the show today to talk about the coronavirus and the appropriate policy response to it as well as the future countercyclical macro policy in the United States. David and Megan also discuss the Fed\\u2019s future framework, arguments against the recent 50 basis point rate cut, and why the Fed should consider following the ECB\\u2019s lead on TLTROs as well as negative interest rates.

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Transcript for the episode can be found here: https://www.mercatus.org/bridge/tags/macro-musings

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Megan\\u2019s Twitter: @economistmeg

Megan\\u2019s website: https://economistmeg.com/about/

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Related Links:

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*Coronavirus May Be Worse Than Wall Street Is Wagering* by Megan Greene

https://www.ft.com/content/44c9391c-5489-11ea-a1ef-da1721a0541e

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David\\u2019s blog: macromarketmusings.blogspot.com
David\\u2019s Twitter: @DavidBeckworth

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