About these summaries
Octagon has summarized 4 episodes of Macro Musings published between Oct 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026. The companies discussed most often are Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Fidelity Investments and Visa. Frequent guests include Christina Skinner, Darrell Duffie and Martha Miller. Each summary lists key takeaways, short timestamped quotes and the companies and tickers mentioned, with a link to the full episode.
Most-mentioned tickers
- V 1
Most-mentioned companies
- Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia 1
- Fidelity Investments 1
- Visa 1
Frequent guests
- Christina Skinner 1
- Darrell Duffie 1
- Martha Miller 1
- Patrick Harker 1
- Todd Fox 1
Episodes
- Martha Miller and Todd Fox on the Future of Payments and Financial Innovation | Macro Musings
Todd Fox of Visa and Martha Miller of Fidelity argue that payments innovation is being driven by a fast-moving technology stack, while regulation and policy must adapt more…
- Darrell Duffie on the Fed’s Balance Sheet and the Changing Financial System | Macro Musings
Darrell Duffie argued that the Fed’s balance sheet is harder to shrink than many policymakers assume because reserve demand has become sticky.
- Patrick Harker on Real-Time Payments and the Future of the Federal Reserve | Macro Musings
Patrick Harker traces an unusually varied path from engineering student and football player to academic leader, White House Fellow, and Philadelphia Fed president.
- Christina Skinner on the Financial Stability Oversight Council and Central Bank Independence
Christina Skinner argues that the Financial Stability Oversight Council should be understood less as a designation machine and more as a coordinating body that helps the U.S…
Macro Musings, its episodes and artwork belong to Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Octagon is not affiliated with the show; these pages are independent summaries.
