Peter Stella on the Fed's Off-Balance Sheet Transactions and Public Financing of the COVID-19 Crisis

Peter Stella is a former IMF official, where he led the Central Banking and Monetary and Foreign Exchange divisions, and he now hosts a webpage titled *Central Bank Archeology*. Peter is also a former guest of Macro Musings, and rejoins to talk about the COVID-19 crisis, central bank balance sheets, and more. David and Peter also discuss the dangers and challenges of the Fed's off-balance sheet transactions, how the government should approach crisis financing, and who should be managing the country's public debt.

The transcript for the episode can be found here.

Peter's Twitter: @Stellar_Consult

Peter's Voxeu profile: https://voxeu.org/users/peterstella0

Peter's Research Gate archive: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Peter_Stella

Related Links:

Peter's *Central Bank Archaeology* website: https://www.centralbankarchaeology.com/

*Macro Musings: Peter Stella on Debt, Safe Assets, and Central Bank Operations*

https://macromusings.libsyn.com/144-peter-stella-on-debt-safe-assets-and-central-bank-operations

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