I submitted the following trailer as part of the podcast competition sponsored by Squarespace and Gimlet Creative. Enjoy! I also announce the end of Season 2. As always, I can be reached for comments, feedback, or questions on twitter or via my website <a href="http://www.thebanksterpodcast.com/">www.thebanksterpodcast.com</a>.

I submitted the following trailer as part of the podcast competition sponsored by Squarespace and Gimlet Creative. Enjoy! I also announce the end of Season 2. As always, I can be reached for comments, feedback, or questions on twitter or via my website www.thebanksterpodcast.com.

The Bankster Podcast

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Why the Meeting Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee matter. As always, I can be reached for comments, feedback, or questions on twitter or via my website www.centralverse.org.

Why the Meeting Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee matter. As always, I can be reached for comments, feedback, or questions on twitter or via my website www.centralverse.org.

Meeting Minutes Matter

A rebroadcast of our very first episode on the 2nd year anniversary of The Bankster Podcast.

A rebroadcast of our very first episode on the 2nd year anniversary of The Bankster Podcast.

Episode 1 - Show No Signs of Panic (Rebroadcast)

Of equal importance to the final decision of the next New York Fed President is the process by which this decision was made. Today we unwind that complex process. As always, I can be reached for comments, feedback, or questions on twitter or via my website www.thebanksterpodcast.com.Send an email to alexander@thebanksterpodcast.com to get early beta access to our new website <a target="_blank" href="http://www.centralverse.org">www.centralverse.org</a>

Of equal importance to the final decision of the next New York Fed President is the process by which this decision was made. Today we unwind that complex process. As always, I can be reached for comments, feedback, or questions on twitter or via my website www.thebanksterpodcast.com.Send an email to alexander@thebanksterpodcast.com to get early beta access to our new website www.centralverse.org

NY Fed President, The Process

Too many important events of the past two weeks, so we’ve started a new series called News Flash. Today’s Flashes include: Bear Stearns, The Senate Dodd Frank Bill, NYFed’s Presidential Search, and the FOMC meeting. As always, I can be reached for comments, feedback, or questions on twitter or via my website www.thebanksterpodcast.com.

Centralverse News Flash 3/23/2018

A Riksbanken video gave me a good laugh, and a 350th birthday is cause for celebration and reflection. On today’s episode: (1) very briefly how did it start. &nbsp;(2) its relationship with the Euro. (3) its policy goals. (4) and finally its role in the Nobel Prize of Economics. As always, I can be reached for comments, feedback, or questions on twitter or via my website <a href="http://www.thebanksterpodcast.com">www.thebanksterpodcast.com</a>.

A Riksbanken video gave me a good laugh, and a 350th birthday is cause for celebration and reflection. On today’s episode: (1) very briefly how did it start. &nbsp;(2) its relationship with the Euro. (3) its policy goals. (4) and finally its role in the Nobel Prize of Economics. As always, I can be reached for comments, feedback, or questions on twitter or via my website www.thebanksterpodcast.com.

Riksbanken 350

Global equity markets dropped drastically on Jerome Powell’s first day at the Federal Reserve. When markets quiver a question you’ll hear analysts and journalists bring up is, “Will the Chair use the Greenspan Put?” On today’s episode, a brief primer on the Greenspan Put. As always, I can be reached for comments, feedback, or questions on twitter or via my website www.thebanksterpodcast.com.

The Greenspan Put

Round V of the listener favorite, Centralverse Q&A: Who really chooses the Chair? And who is second in command at the Central Bank? If you have questions you’d like answered on the podcast send them in. As always, I can be reached for comments, feedback, or questions on twitter or via my website www.thebanksterpodcast.com.

Centralverse Q&A, Round V

As Janet Yellen leaves on her final day as Chair of the Federal Reserve System we take a look back at the last complicated transition from one Chair to the next - that of Marriner Eccles 70 years ago to the day. As always, I can be reached for comments, feedback, or questions on twitter or via my website www.thebanksterpodcast.com.

Eccles #5, Chair No More

A look at the State of the Federal Reserve in 2018. As always, I can be reached for comments, feedback, or questions on twitter or via my website www.thebanksterpodcast.com.

State of the Fed 2018

Round IV of the listener favorite, Centralverse Q&A: What does the CFPB have to do with the Federal Reserve? Who is Marvin Goodfriend? If you have questions you’d like answered on the podcast send them in. As always, I can be reached for comments, feedback, or questions on twitter or via my website www.thebanksterpodcast.com.

Centralverse Q&A, Round IV

Two members of the FOMC gave very similar speeches last week. Their message? In preparation for the next economic downturn, we need to define the “expansion” of tools we used during the the Great Recession. As always, I can be reached for comments, feedback, or questions on twitter or via my website www.thebanksterpodcast.com.

Policy Tools

o appointments at the Federal Reserve last week. One I’m certain you heard about and another one I’m just as certain you did not hear about. On today’s episode a quick recap - the new Chair of the Federal Reserve and the new Secretary of the FOMC. As always, I can be reached for comments, feedback, or questions on twitter or via my website <a href="http://www.thebanksterpodcast.com">www.thebanksterpodcast.com</a>.

o appointments at the Federal Reserve last week. One I’m certain you heard about and another one I’m just as certain you did not hear about. On today’s episode a quick recap - the new Chair of the Federal Reserve and the new Secretary of the FOMC. As always, I can be reached for comments, feedback, or questions on twitter or via my website www.thebanksterpodcast.com.

Two New Guys

Can you imagine one of the current candidates for Federal Reserve Chair demanding significant structural changes to the system before accepting nomination? Can you imagine the president and then congress actually agreeing to such requests? Eccles. 1934.

Eccles #4 - Becoming Fed Chairman

Another set of great questions on today’s round of Centralverse Q&A: Who is in the running for Chair of the Federal Reserve? And, briefly, what does the Federal Reserve Chair do? If you have questions you’d like answered on the podcast send them in. As always, I can be reached for comments, feedback, or questions on twitter or via my website www.thebanksterpodcast.com.

Centralverse Q&A, Round III

I summarize and explain recent Central Banking and Monetary Policy related news from the Federal Reserve and Central Banks from around the world. Then I take a more in depth look into a historical event or person that helped shape what central banking is today.

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