Steven Kelly is the associate director of research as the Yale Program on Financial Stability. Steven returns to the show to discuss his new model, the Treasury Equity Model of the Federal Reserve’s emergency lending.

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Recorded on January 23rd, 2025

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Timestamps:

(00:00:00) – Intro

(00:00:47) – The Discount Window and Its Current Momentum

(00:03:22) – Evaluating the Treasury-Equity Model of Fed Emergency Lending

(00:07:33) – The Fed’s Section 13(3) Facilities

(00:12:54) – Creation of Section 13(3)

(00:16:46) – Currency Swap Lines

(00:18:36) – Beginnings of the Treasury-Equity Model

(00:28:16) – Treasury-Equity Model During COVID-19 Pandemic

(00:40:12) – Banking Turmoil of 2023

(00:46:15) – Advice for the Fed

(00:47:50) – Outro

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