Macro Musings with David Beckworth27 Jan 2025

The Fed Framework Review: Macro Musings' Greatest NGDP Targeting Hits

On this special greatest hits compilation episode our host David Beckworth primes listeners for the Fed Framework Review by highlighting the best snippets from past shows discussing nominal GDP targeting. This episode includes Mary Daly's thoughts on NGDP targeting, Evan Koenig on the basics of NGDP targeting, George Selgin on Powell's hesitations with NGDP targeting and how it responds to supply shocks, Jim Bullard on the financial stability of NGDP targeting, Eric Sims on the New Keynesian argument for NGDP targeting, Carola Binder on the benefits of NGDP targeting, Charlie Evans on the prospects of NGDP target, and much more.

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Timestamps:

(00:00:00) – Intro

(00:02:31) – Mary Daly on Nominal GDP Targeting Considerations for the 2024-25 Fed Framework Review

(00:06:13) – Evan Koenig on the Basics and Preferred Structure of a Nominal GDP Targeting Framework

(00:14:17) – George Selgin on Chair Powell's Concerns About Nominal GDP Targeting

(00:21:35) – Jim Bullard on the Financial Stability Argument for Nominal GDP Targeting

(00:24:12) – Eric Sims on the New Keynesian Rationale for Nominal GDP Targeting

(00:28:23) – Carola Binder on Two Major Benefits of Nominal GDP Targeting

(00:33:40) – George Selgin on How Nominal GDP Targeting Would Handle Supply Shocks

(00:46:55) – Charlie Evans on the Prospects for Nominal GDP Targeting During the 2024-25 Fed Framework Review

(00:50:57) – Bonus Segment: Enhancing the Nominal GDP Targeting Framework

(00:53:08) – Gauti Eggertsson on the Merits of a Cumulative Nominal GDP Level Target

(00:55:50) – Scott Sumner on Targeting a Nominal GDP Futures Contract

(01:04:25) – Outro

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