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5 min read🎙️ The Speakers & Context
- The Format: Host-led discussion with short expert interviews, styled as a "briefing" for the incoming Fed chair.
- The Key Players:
- Hosts: Darian Woods and Wayland Wong (NPR Planet Money reporters), providing neutral framing on economic policy and Fed dynamics.
- Experts: Skanda Amarnath (Director, Employ America think tank—credible for full employment advocacy and macro stability alternatives); Aditya Bhave (Senior US Economist, Bank of America—data-driven view on rates and growth); Sarah Binder (Professor, George Washington University; co-author The Myth of Independence—expert on Fed-Congress relations).
- The Vibe: Advisory and reflective, like a policy memo—urgent on politics but data-focused, avoiding partisanship.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:00) **Trump Nominates Kevin Warsh as Fed Chair**
- 2 (02:52) **Jerome Powell's Advice to New Chair**
- 3 (03:05) **Skanda Amarinov on Fed Independence**
- 4 (05:04) **Aditya Bhave on Interest Rates and Economy**
- 5 (07:17) **Sarah Binder on Fed Accountability**
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Show Notes
Kevin Warsh has been tapped as the next chair of the Federal Reserve. We’re sure that he’ll have a lot of questions about how to run the Fed if confirmed. So we put together this briefing.
On today’s show, three Fed watchers give their advice for the next chair. On politics, interest rate cuts and dealing with the Fed’s repeated trading scandals. Oh, and can someone please forward this episode to Kevin Warsh?
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One Fed battle after another
Lisa Cook and the fight for the Fed
A primer on the Federal Reserve's independence
It's hard out there for a Fed chair
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On today’s show, three Fed watchers give their advice for the next chair. On politics, interest rate cuts and dealing with the Fed’s repeated trading scandals. Oh, and can someone please forward this episode to Kevin Warsh?
Related episodes:Â
One Fed battle after another
Lisa Cook and the fight for the Fed
A primer on the Federal Reserve's independence
It's hard out there for a Fed chair
For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org. Fact-checking by Sierra Juarez. Music by Drop Electric. Find us: TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Newsletter.
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