Landings Hard and Soft: The Fed, 1965-2020 with Alan Blinder | Markus Academy | Ep. 82

Follow the link for full summary: https://markusacademy.substack.com/p/... Link to sign up for the webinar series: https://markusacademy.substack.com/ On Friday, February 11, Alan Blinder joined Markus’ Academy for a lecture on Landings Hard and Soft: The Fed, 1965-2020. Blinder is the Gordon S. Rentschler Memorial Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University, and a regular columnist for The Wall Street Journal. Introductory remarks by Markus Brunnermeier. Timestamps [0:00] Introductory remarks [7:30] Overview of soft landings and tightenings [21:24] Tightening Period 1965-1966 [23:59] Tightening Period 1967-1969 [26:57] Tightening Period 1972-1974 [30:55] Tightening Period 1977-1980 [34:19] Tightening Period 1980-1981 [38:13] Tightening Period 1983-1984 [39:57] Tightening Period 1988-1989 [42:31] Tightening Period 1993-1995 [46:39] Tightening Period 1999-2000 [48:30] Tightening Period 2004-2006 [51:08] Tightening Period 2015-2019 [53:10] Yield curve [58:47] Fed put [1:04:50] Tightening/loosening symmetries?