After reviewing Sebastian Mallaby's 700-page biography of former US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan late last year, Lowy Institute Nonresident Fellow Stephen Grenville sat down with Mallaby (a Council on Foreign Relations Senior Fellow) on Friday to discuss how US President Donald Trump is likely to influence the Fed, the prospects for the US economy (and thus the global economy), what lessons the Reserve Bank of Australia might draw from the US experience, and how Trump is likely to interact with the Bretton Woods institutions.
Quick comment: Sebastian Mallaby on Trump, the Fed and the global economy
Stephen Grenville's intervew with Sebastian Mallaby covered Trump, the US Federal Reserve, what the RBA can learn from America and how Trump might interact the World Bank and IMF.
The Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building (Photo: Flickr/Federalreserve)
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