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Hosted by David Beckworth of the Mercatus Center, Macro Musings is a podcast which pulls back the curtain on the important macroeconomic issues of the past, present, and future.

Jan 27, 2020

Joseph Gagnon is a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and formerly, a senior staffer at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. Joseph is also a returning guest to Macro Musings, and he joins the show today to discuss his recent policy brief titled, “Are Central Banks Out of Ammunition to Fight a Recession? Not quite.” Specifically, David and Joseph discuss the variety of monetary policy tools available to central banks to combat the next recession (with special emphasis on the Federal Reserve, European Central Bank, and Bank of Japan). Joseph also makes the case that the ECB should adopt a formal review of its monetary policy framework.

 

Transcript for the episode: https://www.mercatus.org/bridge/podcasts/01242020/joseph-gagnon-central-banks%E2%80%99-ability-fight-next-recession

 

Joseph’s Twitter: @GagnonMacro

Joseph’s PIIE profile: https://www.piie.com/experts/senior-research-staff/joseph-e-gagnon

 

Related Links:

 

*Are Central Banks Out of Ammunition to Fight a Recession? Not Quite.* by Joseph Gagnon & Christopher Collins

https://www.piie.com/publications/policy-briefs/are-central-banks-out-ammunition-fight-recession-not-quite

 

*Priorities for Review of the ECB’s Monetary Policy Strategy* by Jeremie Cohen-Setton, Christopher Collins, and Joseph Gagnon

https://www.piie.com/commentary/speeches-papers/priorities-review-ecbs-monetary-policy-strategy

 

*How Did Quantitative Easing Really Work? A New Methodology for Measuring the Fed's Impact on Financial Markets* by Ramin Toloui

https://siepr.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/publications/19-032.pdf

 

David’s blog: macromarketmusings.blogspot.com
David’s Twitter: @DavidBeckworth