Stephen Miran on Regulatory Dominance, Shrinking the Fed's Balance Sheet, and the Return of Monetarism — Macro Musings with David Beckworth

Stephen Miran is a former governor of the Federal Reserve, a former chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Donald J. Trump, and currently a senior strategist for Hudson Bay Capital Management. In Steve's third appearance on the show, he discusses his life as chair of the Council of Economic Advisers and as a Federal Reserve governor, the Fed's balance sheet, regulatory dominance, the future of the discount window, the possible return of monetarism, and much more.

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Recorded on August 20th, 2026

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Timestamps

00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:42 - Life as CEA Chair
00:08:40 - Reducing the Fed's Balance Sheet
00:42:23 - A Return to Monetarism?
00:54:32 - Outro