Adam Posen
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first heard Aug 2025
last heard 1 Sep
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And the in the Fed system that's not specified.
So and it varies over time, partly because of the chairman, chair, excuse me, partly because of the chair, partly because of the political surroundings, partly because of the economy.
But for example at the European Central Bank
It is for all the attention deservedly President Lagarde gets.
Um, it is very much meant to be
a consensus driven organization and really try to get as many people on board as possible and that's part of because they're representing nations, not districts within one nation.
At the Bank of England when I served and still it's and this is something Chair Walsh evokes now.
Invokes, I should say.
Um
is it's all about discussion.
What what what Kevin calls friendly debate or whatever.
Yeah, that's what he says, you're right.
Um and the Bank of England really prioritizes that.
The Fed has generally on average given more power and deference to the chair.
Um certainly basically since Volcker, so the last forty five years.
Uh it varies over time.
But essentially there's always something.
So a financial crisis Ben Bernanke wanted
started running the committee trying to open it up more, more debate, but financial crisis came and you really wanted Ben making the decisions, and there wasn't time
And then there were these crazy US rules about you can't have more than four people in the room from the committee at one time without it becoming a then you have to take notes, right?
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