{"podcast":{"title":"The Human Action Podcast","slug":"the-human-action-podcast-1569402","podcast_index_feed_id":1569402,"rss_url":"https://mises.org/podcast-feed/127168","website_url":"https://mises.org/podcasts/human-action-podcast","image_url":"https://cdn.mises.org/images/2024-03/HAPod_2400_20240311.jpg","author":"Mises Institute","episode_count":150,"summary":"The Human Action Podcast features in-depth interviews on current topics in economics through an Austro libertarian lens.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-14T14:17:51.725947+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-human-action-podcast-1569402"},"episode":{"title":"Robert Aro on the Fed's Reverse Repo Trick","slug":"robert-aro-on-the-fed-s-reverse-repo-trick","published_at":"2026-04-27T20:00:28+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-human-action-podcast-1569402/robert-aro-on-the-fed-s-reverse-repo-trick","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-human-action-podcast-1569402","url":"https://mises.org/podcasts/human-action-podcast/robert-aro-feds-reverse-repo-trick","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/cdn.mises.org/2026-04/HAPod-547-20260427.mp3","summary":"Bob sits down with researcher Robert Aro to review his recent Mises.org article on why the widely anticipated post-QT crash never materialized. They trace the answer back to the Fed's reverse repo facility, which quietly injected trillions back into the financial system even as the official balance sheet was shrinking, and what the depletion of that buffer might mean for what comes next. Related: Robert's Power & Market Post, \"Why the Crash Was Delayed\": Mises.org/HAP547a Bob’s Article, “The Inverted Yield Curve and Recession”: Mises.org/HAP547b The Mises Institute is giving away 100,000 copies of Hayek for the 21st Century. Get your free copy at Mises.org/HAPodFree","meta_description":"Bob sits down with researcher Robert Aro to review his recent Mises.org article on why the widely anticipated post-QT crash never materialized. They trace…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":null,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-human-action-podcast-1569402/episodes/robert-aro-on-the-fed-s-reverse-repo-trick/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-human-action-podcast-1569402/robert-aro-on-the-fed-s-reverse-repo-trick.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}