MNI FedSpeak Podcast

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.