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Trump Urges Fed To Cut Rates, Launch QE To Counter “Strong” Dollar
Trump Urges Fed To Cut Rates, Launch QE To Counter “Strong” Dollar President Trump took to Twitter this morning to admonish Fed Chair Powell (something he hasn’t done for a little while). Trump said “Would be sooo great if the Fed would further lower interest rates and quantitative ease.” Why? The economy is doing great right? […]
Peter Schiff: Jerome Powell Is Resurrecting the Inflation Monster Paul Volcker Slayed
Peter Schiff: Jerome Powell Is Resurrecting the Inflation Monster Paul Volcker Slayed Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker passed away last week. Volker was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, but served most of his term under President Ronald Reagan. Volker was best-known for fighting inflation with interest rate hikes. At the peak, Volker pushed rates […]
George Selgin on Frozen Money Markets & Competing With the Fed in Payments
George Selgin on Frozen Money Markets & Competing With the Fed in Payments New York | In this issue of The Institutional Risk Analyst, we feature a timely conversation with Dr. George Selgin, senior fellow and director of the Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives at the Cato Institute and Professor Emeritus of Economics at […]
Fed’s Emergency Repo Operation Oversubscribed As Repo Rates Spike To December High
Fed’s Emergency Repo Operation Oversubscribed As Repo Rates Spike To December High Ahead of today’s massive liquidity drain, which according to some calculations will be as much as $100 billion between $54BN in coupon settlements from last week’s Treasury auctions and an additional $50 billion or so in corporate income tax payments to the Treasury… … which […]
A “Market” That Needs $1 Trillion in Panic-Money-Printing by the Fed to Stave Off Implosion Is Not a Market
A “Market” That Needs $1 Trillion in Panic-Money-Printing by the Fed to Stave Off Implosion Is Not a Market It was all fun and games enriching the super-wealthy but now the karmic cost of the Fed’s manipulation and propaganda is about to come due. A “market” that needs $1 trillion in panic-money-printing by the Fed […]
The State of the Canadian Debt Slaves, How They Compare to American Debt Slaves, and the Bank of Canada’s Response
The State of the Canadian Debt Slaves, How They Compare to American Debt Slaves, and the Bank of Canada’s Response “The high household debt load is the most important risk facing the financial system”: Bank of Canada Governor Poloz, another central banker that bemoans the effects of this handiwork. Canadian households, rated near the top […]
Hyperinflation, Money Demand, and the Crack-up Boom
Hyperinflation, Money Demand, and the Crack-up Boom In the early 1920s, Ludwig von Mises became a witness to hyperinflation in Austria and Germany — monetary developments that caused irreparable and (in the German case) cataclysmic damage to civilization. Mises’s policy advice was instrumental in helping to stop hyperinflation in Austria in 1922. In his Memoirs, however, […]
A History of Inflationary Money: From 1844 to Nixon
A History of Inflationary Money: From 1844 to Nixon So that we can understand the financial and banking challenges ahead of us, this article provides an historical and technical background. But we must first get an important definition right, and that is the cause of the periodic cycle of boom and bust. The cycle of […]
Quantum leap for banks as ABN AMRO questions gold price discovery
Quantum leap for banks as ABN AMRO questions gold price discovery Earlier this week, an interesting article appeared on the website of the major Dutch bank ABN Amro, written by the bank’s currency and precious metals strategist, Georgette Boele. The article, titled “A world with two gold prices?”, questions how, if gold is a safe haven […]
Really Bad Ideas, Part 8: Yield Curve Control And Mega-Stimulus
Really Bad Ideas, Part 8: Yield Curve Control And Mega-Stimulus It’s been obvious for a while that the next phase of global monetary madness would be both spectacular and very different from the previous phase. The question was whether the difference would be in degree or kind. Now the answer is looking like “both.” Let’s […]
Bubbles Are Brutal
Bubbles Are Brutal Nothing makes sense in their late stages Asset bubbles are brutal. The most difficult time to remain centered and focused is during their last stages as everyone around you is going nuts. Logic has been tossed out the window, sentiment is manic, and every narrative – the stories we hear and use […]
Moving towards low-carbon lifestyles: a question of collective action
Moving towards low-carbon lifestyles: a question of collective action Our way of life must change if we want to avoid climate breakdown—but how much can we do as individuals? Ahead of the upcoming ICTA-UAB Conference on Low-Carbon Lifestyle Changes, Joël Foramitti, Lorraine Whitmarsh and Angela Druckman are outlining a roadmap. ***** Recent news about the state […]
Central Banks Alarming Move Towards Social Engineering
Central Banks Alarming Move Towards Social Engineering Recently the central banks have found themselves grasping at straws when it comes to moving the economy forward. Signs have begun to appear on the horizon that in the future they will attempt to expand their power by increasing their role in social engineering. This is a term […]
Is the Corporate-Debt Bubble Ripe Yet?
Is the Corporate-Debt Bubble Ripe Yet? What does it mean when the Fed and other central banks jointly bemoan the effects of their own policies? Worried about not being able to keep all the plates spinning? This is the transcript from my podcast last Sunday, THE WOLF STREET REPORT: The Federal Reserve, the ECB, the individual […]
GOLD & SILVER PRICE UPDATE: And What Most Precious Metals Analysts Are Missing
GOLD & SILVER PRICE UPDATE: And What Most Precious Metals Analysts Are Missing The gold and silver prices continue to consolidate since reaching new five-year highs in the summer. Gold is nearly $100 lower from its high of $1,566 on September 4th, while silver is down more than $3 from its $19.75 peak on the […]
