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Andrew Levin and Christina Parajon Skinner on *Central Bank Undersight: Assessing the Fed's Accountability to Congress*

Andrew Levin and Christina Parajon Skinner on *Central Bank Undersight: Assessing the Fed's Accountability to Congress*

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Andy Levin is a professor of economics at Dartmouth University and a former senior staffer at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. Christina Parajon Skinner is a legal scholar at the University of Pennsylvania and formerly was legal counsel to the Bank of England. Andy and Christina have co-authored a new article titled, *Central Bank Undersight: Assessing the Fed's Accountability to Congress,* and they rejoin David on Macro Musings to talk about it. Specifically, they discuss the Fed's power under a constitutional authority, the three sources of Fed undersight, proposals for reform, and more.

 

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