Scott Sumner on Monetary Policy Confusion in Our Current Policy Debates

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Macro Musings with David Beckworth

2026-02-02

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Scott Sumner is the Ralph G. Hawtrey Chair Emeritus of Monetary Policy and the founder of the Monetary Policy Program at Mercatus. Scott returns to the show, to discuss his life post Mercatus, nominal GDP counterfactuals of the pandemic and the Great Financial Crisis, the role of QE in inflation, the fears about Fed independence, and much more. Check out the transcript for this week's episode, now with links. Recorded on January 15th, 2025 Subscribe to David's Substack: Macroeconomic Policy Nexus Follow David Beckworth on X: @DavidBeckworth Follow the show on X: @Macro_Musings Check out our Macro Musings merch! Subscribe to David's new BTS YouTube Channel  Timestamps 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:34 - Scott's Life Post Mercatus 00:05:28 - Nominal GDP Targeting 00:19:53 - Quantitative Easing 00:38:28 - Fed Framework Review 00:42:36 - Fed Independence 01:04:33 - Outro
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  • 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.

  • Our guest today is Scott Sumner.

  • Scott is the Ralph G.

  • Hotry Chair Emeritus of Monetary Policy and my former colleague here at the Mercatus Center.

  • Scott joins us today to catch us up to speed on what he has been doing,

  • as well as his thoughts on U.S.

  • monetary policy over the past few years.

  • Scott, welcome back to the show.

  • Thanks for inviting me, David.

  • Good to be here.

  • Good to have you on.

  • It's gonna be great to catch up with you.

  • It's been a while and I will remind the listeners that you were the very first guest on Macro Musing Scott,

  • so you kind of blaze the trail of all these 500 plus episodes that have followed.

  • Also, it's worth pointing out, I've said this before,