BONUS: George Selgin on the Fed Taper and Shrinking the Fed’s Balance Sheet

George Selgin is a senior fellow and director emeritus of the Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives at the Cato Institute and is also a long-time returning guest of Macro Musings. In this bonus segment from the previous conversation, George rejoins the podcast to talk about the Fed’s near-term plans to shrink its balance sheet, the impact of the standing repo facility on demand for reserves, the potential benefits of returning to a corridor operating system, and more.     Check out Ideas of India: https://www.discoursemagazine.com/tag/ideas-of-india-podcast/ Subscribe to Ideas of India on your favorite podcast app.   Transcript for the episode can be found here.   George’s Twitter: @GeorgeSelgin George’s Cato Institute profile: https://www.cato.org/people/george-selgin   Related Links:   *Floored!* by George Selgin https://www.cato.org/working-paper/floored   *The Menace of Fiscal QE* by George Selgin https://www.cato.org/books/menace-fiscal-qe   *Churning at the Fed* by Milton Friedman https://miltonfriedman.hoover.org/internal/media/dispatcher/214260/full   David’s Twitter: @DavidBeckworth David’s blog: http://macromarketmusings.blogspot.com/