MNI FedSpeak Podcasts

An exceptionally good January jobs report indicates an even stronger U.S. labor market than previously thought, Richmond Fed senior adviser Thomas Lubik tells MNI.

Stubborn inflation pressures could force the Federal Reserve to resume rate hikes later in the year after an expected pause in the next couple of meetings, ex-Richmond Fed economist Peter Ireland tells MNI. 

Minneapolis Fed Economist Simon Mongey tells MNI that his research on vacancies and job matching suggests worries about a large spike in unemployment are overdone.

Minneapolis Federal Reserve Research Director Andrea Raffo says inflation is still uncomfortably high but recent reports show signs of moderation. He also says that U.S. labor supply is a question mark this year, and global trade resilience argues against a new era of faster inflation.

Former finance minister adviser Robert Asselin discusses inflation pressures on fiscal and monetary policy.

A fragile financial system presents risks to the Federal Reserve's ability to raise interest rates enough to bring down inflation, says former Officer of Financial Research Director Richard Berner.

Thorsten Koeppl, a Queen's University economics professor and Bank of Canada research award winner, discusses how to handle coming losses on the central bank's bond purchase program and a potential further slowdown in interest-rate hikes.

The Bank of England may need to hike interest rates as high as 6% despite a looming UK recession, ex-MPC member Willem Buiter tells MNI. 

​The Fed's aggressive push to raise interest rates in the face of 40-year high inflation risks an overtightening of monetary conditions that could send the economy into recession, says Jeff Fuhrer, a former senior policy advisor at the Boston Fed.

Canadian trade finance bank EDC chief economist Stuart Bergman discusses why the global economy can cycle through next year without a recession if policymakers avoid hitting any pebbles.

Olivier Blanchard, the former IMF chief economist, sees only a narrow path to avoiding recession as the Fed will have to keep hiking rates to deal with high and stubborn inflation pressures.

Atlanta Fed economist Brent Meyer tells MNI it's no surprise the September CPI report showed persistently high inflation and that it will likely be months if not another year before inflation responds to rising interest rates.

Toronto Centre President Babak Abbaszadeh discusses training Ukraine’s central bankers on crisis management and helping supervisors worldwide improve policy coordination through the pandemic.

San Francisco Fed economist Nicolas Petrosky-Nadeau tells MNI the Fed is seeing an orderly slowdown in the labor market, with job openings peaking for a number of sectors and quits rates falling without layoffs taking off. We also discuss labor participation.

Atlanta Fed Research Director David Altig tells MNI the economy may yet skirt recession as the Fed battles historic inflation, but he admits the path is narrow. 

Danielle DiMartino Booth, a former Dallas Fed advisor, tells MNI the U.S. economy is already effectively in recession but the Fed is going to keep hiking aggressively anyway. 

Atlanta Fed Economist Patrick Higgins talks to MNI about the regional bank's closely watched GDPNow measure, which he said is unlikely to show a recession any time soon. 

Ex-Fed Vice Chair Alan Blinder discusses Chair Powell's hawkish Jackson Hole speech, 'nearly unprecedented' U.S. inflation, and his new book on the history of U.S. monetary and fiscal policy.

Philadelphia Fed President Patrick Harker talks exclusively to MNI about inflation pressures, the direction of interest rates and financial conditions on the sidelines of the Kansas City Fed's Annual Jackson Hole Symposium. 

Ex-Fed Vice Chair Donald Kohn says a very hot labor market makes the Fed's hoped-for "soft landing" even harder to achieve. 

Thomas Hoenig, former president of the Kansas City Fed, previews the upcoming Annual Jackson Hole Symposium, which he hosted for 20 years. 

St. Louis Fed President James Bullard tells MNI rates may have to go higher than the Fed has already signaled, adding it's too soon to say U.S. inflation has peaked. 

MNI Fed reporter Jean Yung discusses her takeaway from the Fed's latest 75 basis point rate hike and her impressions from attending Fed Chair Powell's press conference.

St. Louis Fed senior researcher Ana Hernandez Kent discusses her research on how single moms and other financially-challenged groups are recovering from the pandemic recession.

Former Fed board economist Bill Nelson breaks down why he's concerned that the cost to taxpayers from QE and its reversal is underappreciated.