Recent media and podcast appearances and testimony

Testimony before the House Financial Services Committee Task Force on Monetary Policy, Treasury Market Resilience, and Economic Prosperity, March 18, 2026. Hearing on: Revisiting the Treasury-Fed Accord. My written statement. Timely topic. 

CNBC Squawk Box, January 23, 2026. Conversation with Steve Liesman about the monetary policy outlook. 

Kathleen Hays Presents: Central Bank Central, Posted December 14, 2025. Discussing most recent FOMC meeting, particularly Treasury purchase announcement, plus the announcement of reappointment of Reserve Bank presidents. 

CNBC Money Matters, December 10, 2025. FOMC meeting preview with Sara Eisen, in which I predict a "very hawkish" press conference. I was a bit too optimistic. 

BNN Bloomberg (Canada), October 7, 2025. Interview with Andrew Bell on the U.S. economy and monetary policy outlook as the government shutdown continues. YouTube version.

Macroeconomic Policy Nexus, September 11, 2025. Live stream with David Beckworth of Macro Musings discussing the Fed's recently revised framework (formally, "Statement on Longer-Run Goals and Monetary Policy Strategy"), including review of the 2020 revisions and the 17 year process that led to the original 2012 statement.

Kathleen Hays: In Memoriam Charles Plosser, Posted September 2, 2025. Mickey Levy, Loretta Mester and I join Kathleen Hays to share reflections on our friend Charlie Plosser, who passed away August 14, 2025. 

Ballotpedia: A Brief History of the Fed, Posted August 21, 2025. Great conversation with host Norm Leahy, focusing in particular on the evolution of the Fed's independence.

Kathleen Hays Presents: Central Bank Central: Fed Independence Project - Part 4, Posted August 5, 2025. Also discussing central bank independence.

Kathleen Hays Presents: Central Bank Central, July 31, 2025. Video podcast with Kathleen Hays discussing FOMC press conference that day and the outlook for monetary policy. 

Sky News Australia, July 20, 2025. Interview with Ed Boyd discussing Fed independence.

MNI FedSpeak Podcasts, May 23, 2025. Article (paywalled). Audio (outside the paywall). Interview with Pedro da Costa, discussing the outlook for monetary policy and the history of Fed credit policy.

Full Disclosure with Roben Farzad (NPR), April 25, 2025. Audio. Video. Interview with Richmond's own Roben Farzad, discussing possible tariff effects, monetary policy outlook, Fed independence and more.

CNBC Closing Bell Overtime, April 14, 2025. Interview with David Faber. 

Kathleen Hays Presents: Central Bank Central, April 7, 2025. Video podcast with Kathleen Hays from the Shadow Open Market Committee meeting in Washington D.C. We discussed the paper I presented there about the role of the maximum employment mandate in the Fed's monetary policy framework, and why in the current framework review the Fed should push ahead to a better-grounded treatment.

CNBC Squawk Box, March 28, 2025. Interview with Becky Quick and Steve Liesman after the release of February PCE data. 

Kathleen Hays Presents: Central Bank Central, January 11, 2025. Video podcast with Kathleen Hays on Fed policy prospects in 2025. 

Macro Musings with David Beckworth, podcast interview posted December 9, 2024. We discussed the recent Hoover Institution Conference on the 50th Anniversary of the Shadow Open Market Committee and the paper I presented there about the historical evolution of the Fed's lending doctrines and SOMC commentary on Fed credit policy. We also touched on my recent Mercatus Center Special Study comparing the 18th century origins of the idea that the central bank should be a "lender of last resort" with modern Federal Reserve practice.

Kathleen Hays Presents: Central Bank Central, October 18, 2024. Video podcast with Kathleen Hays discussing the paper I presented at the Hoover Institution Conference commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Shadow Open Market Committee. 30 minutes. Paper. Conference.

CNBC Squawk on the Street, July 30, 2024. Leslie Picker previewing FOMC meeting.

Macro Musings with David Beckworth, podcast interview posted June 26, 2024. We discussed some recent Fed governance reform proposals, lessons the Fed should learn about how it responded to the inflation surge of 2021, and what ought to be addressed in the Fed's next framework review.

Kathleen Hays Presents: Central Bank Central, June 12, 2024. Video podcast with Kathleen Hays discussing the outcome of day's FOMC meeting. 30 minutes.

BNN Bloomberg (Canada), June 12, 2024. Interview with Paul Bagnell before the FOMC announcement.

CNBC Squawk Box, June 12, 2024. Interview with Becky Quick previewing of FOMC meeting. 

"What Lessons Should the Federal Reserve Learn from the Recent Inflation Surge?", University of California San Diego 2024 Economics Round Table Lecture Series, May 2, 2024. Slides. Video.

Kathleen Hays Presents: Central Bank Central, March 25, 2024. Video podcast with Kathleen Hays discussing monetary policy. 34 minutes.

Mornings with Maria, Interview with Maria Bartiromo on Fox Business News, March 18, 2024. FOMC meeting preview. Starts with a brief clip of Nick Timiraos that she asks me to react to. 

Macro Musings with David Beckworth, podcast interview posted February 12, 2024. We discussed some governance issues that may have affected the way in which the Fed responded to the inflation surge of 2021.

Kathleen Hays Presents: Central Bank Central, February 6, 2024. Video podcast with Kathleen Hays discussing the Fed policy outlook. 33 minutes.

CNBC Squawk on the Street, January 29, 2024. Interview with Carl Quintanilla and Leslie Picker previewing FOMC meeting.

The College of Central Bankers Conversation Series - The Global Interdependence Center, November 27, 2023, video 36:54. Conversation with Kathleen Stephansen of the Global Interdependence Center. We discussed the "neutral interest rate," a mysterious and often misunderstood latent variable that is quite important to the conduct of monetary policy.

CNBC Squawk on the Street, November 1, 2023. Interview with Sara Eisen previewing FOMC meeting.

CNBC Squawk Box, September 19, 2023. Interviewing with Becky Quick previewing of FOMC meeting. 

BNN Bloomberg (Canada), June 14, 2023. Interview with Jacqueline Hansen after FOMC meeting.

CNBC Squawk on the Street, June 14, 2023. Interview with Sara Eisen, previewing FOMC meeting. 

CNBC Squawk Box, June 7, 2023, Monetary policy outlook. 

CNBC Squawk Box, March 21, 2023, Preview of FOMC meeting. 

BNN Bloomberg, February 1, 2023, Reaction to FOMC meeting. 

CNBC Squawk Box, December 15, 2022, Reaction to FOMC meeting. 

Bloomberg Markets Asia, December 14, 2022, Reaction to FOMC meeting; interview with Kathleen Hays.

Macro Musings with David Beckworth, podcast interview posted August 15, 2022. We discussed "the traditions of the Richmond Fed, the history of the Federal Reserve’s implicit inflation target prior to 2012, the two percent inflation target the Fed formalized in 2012, the more recent transition to an average inflation target, what the Fed should consider during its next comprehensive framework review, and much more."

Bloomberg Surveillance, July 22, 2022. FOMC preview.

Bloomberg: Daybreak Australia. June 15, 2022. Reaction to June 2022 FOMC meeting. 

Shadow Open Market Committee, "The Fed's Inflation Challenge" Winter 2022 Eventcast. April 29, 2022. Link to YouTube recording. Link to Shadow Open Market Committee web page. Panel discussion with Former Federal Reserve Bank Presidents Charles Plosser (Philadelphia) and William Dudley (New York), moderated by Athanasios Orphanides. 

Global Interdependence Center Virtual Event, Fed Independence and the Divided U.S. Congress, March 24, 2022, Panel discussion with Former Federal Reserve Bank Presidents Charles Plosser (Philadelphia) and Dennis Lockhart (Atlanta), hosted by Peter Gold of TheGoldGroup. I am grateful to the Global Interdependence Center for putting on this timely event. 

Bloomberg Markets , March 22, 2022, More reaction to March FOMC meeting. I believe the Fed seems to have missed out on the chance to bring down inflation without raising unemployment appreciably. 

BNN Bloomberg (Canada) , March 16, 2022, reaction to March FOMC meeting.

Bloomberg Markets , February 9, 2022, Consumer Price Index Report

Bloomberg Surveillance , January 26, 2022, previewing the January FOMC meeting.

Bloomberg Surveillance, November 15, 2021, discussing the Fed's inflation problem.

Bloomberg Surveillance, August 30, 2021.

Business Conversations: The Economy and COVID-19 with Ed Grier and Jeff Lacker, VCU School of Business, April 7, 2020.

Cato Institute Daily Podcast - The Federal Reserve's Ongoing Mission Creep, interview with Caleb O. Brown, posted December 21, 2018, recorded November 15, 2018.

Breakingviews - The Exchange, Reuters podcast hosted by Rob Cox, posted October 9, 2018, recorded September 5, 2018. Discussing the financial crisis of 2007-09 from the perspective of the Richmond Federal Reserve district. 

The Farr Cast, podcast, with Michael Farr, posted and recorded September 25, 2018; my segment starts at about 27:00.

Full Disclosure, podcast on NPR One, with Roben Farzad, posted September 20, 2018, recorded September 17, 2018.