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Sea change in Fed balance sheet thinking

The conversation noted a significant shift in the Overton window at the Federal Reserve, with new leadership and external pressure opening a debate on moving to a smaller balance sheet and different operating system.

Central Banks Abroadchief research officer and chief economist at the Bank Policy Instituteon Macro Musings with David Beckworth

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CONTESTED · 247 MENTIONS · 170 EPISODES · 33 SHOWS

9 JUL 2025 — 17 AUG 2026 · YESTERDAY

69 SUPPORT · 35 CHALLENGE · 2 REPEAT · 141 MENTIONED

9 JUL 2025 · FIRST HEARD
GRANT'S CURRENT YIELD PODCAST
- Fade the three Fed rate cuts priced for 2024
53 EPISODES BETWEEN · 69 MENTIONS · 110 NOT KEPT
1. 110 EPISODES NOT SHOWN
2. 27 JUL 2026 · 3W AGO
  THE DIVIDEND CAFE
  - Fed rate hike unlikely despite market speculation
3. 28 JUL 2026 · 3W AGO
  BLOOMBERG SURVEILLANCE
  - Fed expected to hold rates amid sufficient credibility
4. 28 JUL 2026 · 3W AGO
  WEALTHION - BE FINANCIALLY RESILIENT · 2 MENTIONS
  - Eliminating forward guidance reduces market over-speculation
  - Fed rate hikes needed to anchor long bond yields · CHALLENGES
5. 28 JUL 2026 · 3W AGO
  CNBC FAST MONEY
  - Federal Reserve rate hike risk underpriced
6. 29 JUL 2026 · 3W AGO
  BLOOMBERG SURVEILLANCE
  - Fed hawkish descents signal September rate hike
7. 29 JUL 2026 · 3W AGO
  BLOOMBERG SURVEILLANCE · 2 MENTIONS
  - Fed's pause and reduced guidance steepen yield curve
  - Fed communication confusion drives curve steepening
8. 29 JUL 2026 · 3W AGO · CHALLENGES
  THE DIVIDEND CAFE
  - Fed's pause and curve steepening signal growth
9. 29 JUL 2026 · 3W AGO
  WSJ WHAT'S NEWS
  - Fed rate pause pressures market interest rates
10. 29 JUL 2026 · 3W AGO
  MONETARY MATTERS WITH JACK FARLEY
  - Fed shifts to laissez-faire guidance and steeper curve
11. 29 JUL 2026 · 3W AGO
  CNBC FAST MONEY
  - Yield curve steepens on Fed inflation doubts
12. 29 JUL 2026 · 3W AGO
  MARKETPLACE
  - Fed pauses rate hikes amid internal division
13. 29 JUL 2026 · 3W AGO
  THE OPTIONS INSIDER RADIO NETWORK
  - Fed's new regime targets money supply
14. 30 JUL 2026 · 3W AGO
  PROF G MARKETS
  - Fed funds rate to remain on hold
15. 30 JUL 2026 · 3W AGO · CHALLENGES
  WEALTHION - BE FINANCIALLY RESILIENT
  - Overhauling Fed balance sheet strategy and rate cuts
16. 30 JUL 2026 · 3W AGO
  MACROVOICES
  - Inflation persistence keeps long bond yields high
17. 30 JUL 2026 · 3W AGO
  THE POMP PODCAST
  - Fed should tighten via balance sheet, not rates
18. 31 JUL 2026 · 3W AGO
  BANKLESS · 2 MENTIONS
  - Fed fights inflation via QT, not rate hikes
  - Fed's Warsh keeps rate hikes on the table
19. 31 JUL 2026 · 3W AGO
  THE DIVIDEND CAFE · 4 MENTIONS
  - Market tightening may preclude Fed hikes
  - Balance sheet runoff precedes rate hikes
  - No inherent trade-off between inflation and jobs
  - Rate hikes in 2024 appear less likely
20. 31 JUL 2026 · 3W AGO
  BLOOMBERG SURVEILLANCE
  - Fed credibility issues over policy inconsistencies
21. 31 JUL 2026 · 3W AGO
  CNBC FAST MONEY
  - Fed opacity risks increased market volatility
22. 31 JUL 2026 · 3W AGO
  MARKETPLACE
  - Fed credibility questioned on inflation resolve
23. 1 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  THE JULIA LA ROCHE SHOW · 2 MENTIONS
  - Path to Fed credibility: hike rates, shrink balance sheet · CHALLENGES
  - Treasury is the dog, Fed is the tail
24. 1 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  WSJ WHAT'S NEWS
  - Fed rate hike bets push Treasury yields up
25. 2 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  MONETARY MATTERS WITH JACK FARLEY
  - Walsh's Fed focused on market reform, not hikes
26. 3 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  FORWARD GUIDANCE · 3 MENTIONS
  - Fed's new lever: long-end yields over short rates
  - Long-term bond yields may be near a top · CHALLENGES
  - Warsh using balance sheet to tighten long end
27. 3 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  BLOOMBERG SURVEILLANCE
  - Market steepening yield curve doing Fed's job
28. 3 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  MOTLEY FOOL MONEY
  - Fed credibility loss, not high rates, is the risk
29. 3 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  THE DIVIDEND CAFE
  - Fed balance sheet expansion equivalent to a rate cut
30. 4 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  THE JULIA LA ROCHE SHOW
  - Fed's narrow policy window risks control loss
31. 4 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  WEALTHION - BE FINANCIALLY RESILIENT
  - Fed behind the curve, facing multiple hikes
32. 5 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  FORWARD GUIDANCE
  - Fed's intentional steepening to tighten policy
33. 5 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  BLOOMBERG SURVEILLANCE
  - Rise in long-term yields driven by real yields, not inflation fears
34. 6 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  BLOOMBERG SURVEILLANCE
  - Bond market tightening financial conditions for Fed
35. 6 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  THOUGHTFUL MONEY · 2 MENTIONS
  - Fed should exit mortgage-backed securities
  - Warsh's hawkish reform faces political debt reality
36. 6 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  CNBC FAST MONEY
  - Fed's September hike hinges on inflation data
37. 7 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  BLOOMBERG SURVEILLANCE
  - Soft jobs report shifts Fed calculus toward hold
38. 7 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  BLOOMBERG SURVEILLANCE
  - Higher yields and steeper curve warranted
39. 7 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO · CHALLENGES
  WHAT BITCOIN DID
  - Fed pause, not hike, is the bullish macro setup
40. 7 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  MOTLEY FOOL MONEY
  - Jobs report signals Fed inaction
41. 7 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  MARKETPLACE · 2 MENTIONS
  - Fed's focus may shift from inflation to jobs
  - FOMC members filling forward guidance vacuum
42. 8 AUG 2026 · 1W AGO
  THOUGHTFUL MONEY
  - Fed rate hike odds recede on weak payrolls
43. 10 AUG 2026 · 1W AGO
  MACRO MUSINGS WITH DAVID BECKWORTH · 2 MENTIONS
  - R-double-star as a financial-stability benchmark
  - Central bank balance sheet debate is multi-dimensional
44. 10 AUG 2026 · 1W AGO · CHALLENGES
  REAL VISION DAILY BRIEFING
  - Soft US inflation data points to Fed cuts
45. 10 AUG 2026 · 1W AGO · CHALLENGES
  THE DIVIDEND CAFE
  - Weak jobs data reduces likelihood of Fed hike
46. 10 AUG 2026 · 1W AGO
  CNBC FAST MONEY
  - Market misreading Fed Chair Warsh as dovish
47. 11 AUG 2026 · 1W AGO
  WEALTHION - BE FINANCIALLY RESILIENT
  - Fed credibility on the line, needs September hike
48. 11 AUG 2026 · 1W AGO
  CNBC FAST MONEY
  - Fed should have hiked to preserve optionality
49. 12 AUG 2026 · 6D AGO
  TOP TRADERS UNPLUGGED
  - Warsh Fed seen as hawkish, curbing inflation expectations
50. 12 AUG 2026 · 6D AGO
  FORWARD GUIDANCE · 5 MENTIONS
  - Kevin Warsh as the credible dove in hawk's clothing
  - Post-Volcker Fed policy has gotten progressively easier
  - Removing Fed forward guidance reduces capital misallocation · CHALLENGES
  - Fed faces dovish structural shift
  - Treasury fair value near 6%
51. 12 AUG 2026 · 6D AGO
  THE OPTIONS INSIDER RADIO NETWORK
  - Watch US rates market, not Fed policy
52. 12 AUG 2026 · 6D AGO
  MONETARY MATTERS WITH JACK FARLEY
  - Long-term Treasury yields headed to 6-8%
53. 12 AUG 2026 · 6D AGO
  CNBC FAST MONEY
  - Fed needs 75 bps of hikes to regain control
54. 13 AUG 2026 · 5D AGO · CHALLENGES
  THE JULIA LA ROCHE SHOW
  - Warsh Fed brings higher uncertainty, favors gold
13 AUG 2026 · 5D AGO
BLOOMBERG SURVEILLANCE
- Fed needs a hike to restore credibility
13 AUG 2026 · 5D AGO
MACROVOICES
- Front-end vs long-end bond positioning split
14 AUG 2026 · 4D AGO
MARKETPLACE · 2 MENTIONS
- Fed faces rock and a hard place
- Bond market signaling higher rates
15 AUG 2026 · 3D AGO
THOUGHTFUL MONEY · 2 MENTIONS
- Fed rate hike not supported by wage data
- Fed likely on hold, next move a cut not a hike · CHALLENGES
15 AUG 2026 · 3D AGO
EURODOLLAR UNIVERSITY · 2 MENTIONS
- 30-year yield rise is curve normalization, not vigilantes
- Bill market shows fading Fed hike odds
17 AUG 2026 · YESTERDAY
MACRO MUSINGS WITH DAVID BECKWORTH · 3 MENTIONS
- Fed's demand-driven system history
- Sea change in Fed balance sheet thinking · THIS IDEA
- Balance sheet shrinkage needs market incentives

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