The Fed Just Got the Perfect Cover for the Collapse of the US Economy
"The public doesn’t realize it yet, but many of the businesses that shut down over the past couple months are not coming back."
5 June 2020 - 05:23
Fed Chair Powell Just Made this Dangerous “About Face” on U.S. Debt
"And it only took a little more than one year to do it."
1 May 2020 - 21:48
Did the Fed Really Just Save Mutual Funds from Disaster?
"The return to “infinite” QE could potentially inflate the dollar, burst asset bubbles, and threaten the long-term safety of the economy."
3 April 2020 - 13:48
Lance Roberts: The Fed Is Trying to Inflate a Fourth Bubble to Fix the Third
"Welcome to United States of Japan."
26 March 2020 - 16:13
US Federal Reserve Fires Most of Its Bullets in Attempt to Curb Market Panic
"Bottom line, the Fed has started up the “money printing press” again, and in an attempt to curb market panic, has essentially cut rates to zero. But that hasn’t worked out well so far, because the market is still in panic mode."
20 March 2020 - 01:48
Michael Lebowitz and Jack Scott: A Black Swan in the Ointment
"An event that has a 1% chance of occurring but would cause a massive loss of wealth should not be ignored."
4 March 2020 - 19:48
Ron Paul: Can the Fed Save Us from Climate Change?
"History shows that the most effective way to protect the environment is via a system of private property rights and free markets. Private property owners are better stewards of the environment than are government bureaucrats because private property owners have greater incentives to maintain the value of their property. This is why the greatest pollution in history was in the communist countries of the 20th century."
3 March 2020 - 14:58
Deciphering Gibberish: Why ‘Not-Quantitative Easing’ Is Quantitative Easing
"The Fed and media are vehemently defending the latest round of repurchase market (“repo”) operations and T-bill purchases as “not QE.” Before the Fed even implemented these new measures, Jerome Powell was quick to qualify their actions accordingly: “My colleagues and I will soon announce measures to add to the supply of reserves over time,” “This is not QE.”"
13 February 2020 - 07:48
Social Security COLA Lags behind Federal Reserve’s Inflation Target
"When food and energy prices begin to soar, you’ll want an asset that can help you maintain the lifestyle you’ve worked so hard for."
24 January 2020 - 10:48
Lance Roberts: Yes, Rates Are Still Going to Zero
Kiley: "If the U.S. economy entered a recession soon and interest rates fell in line with levels seen during the moderate recessions of 1990 and 2001, yields on even longer-dated Treasury securities could fall to or below zero."
23 January 2020 - 19:48
Bill Blain: Reason Is a Rare and Precious Commodity
The issue of Fed vs President is not going away – while the market broadly believes Powell’s and the Fed’s independence is sacrosanct, and Trump can’t sack him, it damages the credibility of the Presidency that Trump still tries to bully the Fed. But – critically - it shouldn’t have that much effect on markets, because we all know that’s just the way it is...
19 November 2019 - 10:48