Welcome to Macro Musings,
where each week we pull back the curtain and take a closer look at the most important macroeconomic issues of the past,
present, and future.
I am your host, David Beckworth,
a senior research fellow with the Mercatus Center at George Mason University,
and I'm glad you decided to join us.
Welcome to the 2025 Macro Musings end of year retrospective.
My name is Sam Alburger, and I'm one of the producers of macro musings.
It's my esteemed privilege to welcome today's distinguished guest.
He's the maestro of macro, the proprietor of the macroeconomic policy nexus substack,
and my good friend, David Beckworth.
Welcome, David.
Well, thank you for having me on the podcast, Sam.
Absolutely.
We're here again for our second annual retrospective.
I appreciate that you let me take the hosting duties for another spin this year.
You know, today we're going to talk about the last year in macro musings land,
peel back the curtain on the making of the show,
discuss big trends and events that happened in the last year,
and then we're going to definitively decide how this year will be remembered in macroeconomic history.