Manmohan Singh is the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Financial Markets Infrastructure. Manmohan returns to the show to discuss whether money still matters, the impacts of the GENIUS ACT, the lobbying show down over stablecoins in the US, stablecoins impact on the Eurodollar market, and much more.

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Recorded on September 10th, 2025

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Timestamps

00:00:00 - Intro

00:02:12 - Does Money Still Matter?

00:10:33 - Stablecoins

00:37:53 - Stablecoins and the Eurodollar Market

00:53:15 - Outro

Raphael Bostic is the president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. In President Bostic’s first appearance on the show, he discusses his love of birding, what that teaches him about central banking, the unique role of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, switching for FIT to FAIT back to FIT, what to do about inflation, the importance of globalization, rising fiscal pressures, and much more.

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Recorded on September 23rd, 2025

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Timestamps

00:00:00 - Intro

00:01:34 - Birding

00:06:07 - Birding's Connection to Central Banking

00:09:05 - Atlanta Fed

00:15:27 - Fed Framework Revisions

00:24:31 - Inflation

00:32:23 - Forecasted Long-Run Federal Funds Rate

00:37:43 - Globalization

00:39:13 - Fiscal Pressures

01:03:39 - Outro

Jon Hartley is a macroeconomist and affiliated scholar at the Mercatus Center. Jon returns to the show to discuss the most recent Hoover Monetary Conference, the legacy of John Taylor, why central banks should be using his new measure of r-star, the status of debt management at the US Treasury, and much more.

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Recorded on August 26th, 2025

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Timestamps

00:00:00 - Intro

00:05:56 - John Taylor’s Contributions to Economics

00:34:10 - Better Measure of R-Star

00:48:11 - The Government’s Debt Management Policy

01:03:39 - Outro