2025 Macro Musings Retrospective

David Beckworth and producer Sam Alburger dive into the last year of Macro Musings. They discuss David's foray into Substack, their favorite episodes of the year, the most popular episodes of 2025, David's push for NGDP targeting, this year's most hotly contested episode, how the year 2025 will be remembered in macro history, and much more.

Check out the transcript for this week's episode, now with links.

Recorded on December 10th, 2025

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Timestamps

00:00:00 - Intro

00:01:16 - Macroeconomic Policy Nexus

00:12:24 - David's All-Star AI FOMC

00:14:46 - Most Entertaining Economist Debate

00:16:46 - Underrated or Favorite Episodes

00:24:30 - Most Popular Episodes

00:26:15 - The Push for Nominal GDP Targeting

00:32:10 - Accountability at the Fed

00:36:23 - Bitcoin Policy Summit

00:40:28 - Macro Musings at the Atlanta Federal Reserve

00:44:32 - Review of 2024 in Macro

00:47:17 - Macro in 2025

00:51:40 - Thank You

00:55:48 - Outro