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It Was Not Effective, But We’ll Do It Again
It Was Not Effective, But We’ll Do It Again Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren has some interesting comments about QE today. The Bond Buyer reports Rosengren Expects Fed to Again Resort to Asset Purchases. Although large scale asset purchase programs may not be as effective as previously believed, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Eric […]
ECB minutes reveal fears over Trump currency wars
ECB minutes reveal fears over Trump currency wars Account of January meeting also show communications differences on QE A man wearing a monkey costume passes in front of the old European Central Bank building in Frankfurt, Germany Photograph: EPA Euro zone concerns over the weakness of the dollar were laid bare in a set of […]
Fed President Sounds Panic Over Level Of US Debt
Fed President Sounds Panic Over Level Of US Debt Nearly a decade after the US unleashed its biggest debt-issuance binge in history, made possible only thanks to the Fed’s monetization of nearly $4 trillion in deficits (and debt issuance), the Fed is starting to get nervous about the (un)sustainability of the US debt. The Federal […]
Latest Wealth Data Shows Disproportionate Gains to the Rich During Era of QE
LATEST WEALTH DATA SHOWS DISPROPORTIONATE GAINS TO THE RICH DURING ERA OF QE Analysts will be watching the Bank of England closely this Thursday for any hints about its plans to raise interest rates. But despite rumours of further hikes, it’s worth remembering that we’re still living in an unprecedented era for monetary policy. Interest […]
Is The Fed Back To “Quantitative Easing?”
Is The Fed Back To “Quantitative Easing?” The Fed added $11 billion to its SOMA account for the week ending yesterday. It purchased $11 billion in mortgage securities directly from banks. This injects $11 billion into the banking system. Cash is “high powered” money, meaning it can be leveraged 10x (banks need to hold […]
Danielle DiMartino Booth: Don’t Count On The Powell Fed To Rescue The Markets
Danielle DiMartino Booth: Don’t Count On The Powell Fed To Rescue The Markets The new Fed Chair may break from his predecessors The recent gut-wrenching drop in asset prices began on the first day of the job for new Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. How is Mr. Powell likely to react to a suddenly sick-looking market? […]
A Warning Knell From the Housing Market–Inciting a Riot
A WARNING KNELL FROM THE HOUSING MARKET – INCITING A RIOT? Global residential real estate prices continue to rise but momentum is slowing Prices in Russia continue to fall but Australian house prices look set to follow After a decade of QE, real estate will be more sensitive to interest rate increases As anyone who […]
Weekly Commentary: The Grand Crowded Trade of Financial Speculation
Weekly Commentary: The Grand Crowded Trade of Financial Speculation Even well into 2017, variations of the “secular stagnation” thesis remained popular within the economics community. Accelerating synchronized global growth notwithstanding, there’s been this enduring notion that economies are burdened by “insufficient aggregate demand.” The “natural rate” (R-Star) has sunk to a historical low. Conviction in […]
The Pension Ponzi Scheme is Coming to an End
The Pension Ponzi Scheme is Coming to an End Inevitably, all things must come to an end. Our entire problem with government is we have ZERO accountability and ZEROqualification standards to even run for office. The Democrats have put forth blacks and women, not because of their abilities, but simply because they want to […]
Fed’s QE Unwind Accelerates Sharply
Fed’s QE Unwind Accelerates Sharply With a sense of urgency. No more dilly-dallying around. The Fed’s balance sheet for the week ending January 31, released this afternoon, completes the fourth month of QE-unwind. And it’s starting to be a doozie. This “balance sheet normalization” impacts two types of assets: Treasury securities and mortgage backed securities […]
QE…The Gift That Just Kept Giving…Is Now Taking
QE…The Gift That Just Kept Giving…Is Now Taking I know the Federal Reserve doesn’t effectively create money or directly monetize. I know this because then Fed chief, Ben Bernanke, told us so (HERE). But still, something has me wondering about that exchange, now almost a decade ago. The simplest of math. The plan to utilize quantitative […]
US National Debt Will Jump by $617 Billion in 5 Months
US National Debt Will Jump by $617 Billion in 5 Months Just as the Fed accelerates its QE Unwind. Treasuries reacted. While everyone is trying to figure out how to twist the new tax cut to their advantage and save some money, the US Treasury Department just announced how much net new debt it will […]
Will Monetary Policy Trigger Another Financial Crisis?
Getty Images Will Monetary Policy Trigger Another Financial Crisis? Sustained unconventional monetary policies in the years after the 2008 global financial crisis created the conditions for the second-longest bull market in history. But they also may have sown the seeds of the next financial crisis, which might take root as central banks continue to normalize […]
‘Perfect storm’: Global financial system showing danger signs, says senior OECD economist
‘Perfect storm’: Global financial system showing danger signs, says senior OECD economist The world financial system is as dangerously stretched today as it was at the peak of the last bubble but this time the authorities are caught in a “policy trap” with few defences left, a veteran central banker has warned. Nine years of […]
What Will Rising Mortgage Rates Do to Housing Bubble 2?
What Will Rising Mortgage Rates Do to Housing Bubble 2? Oops, they’re already rising. The US government bond market has further soured this week, with Treasuries selling off across the spectrum. When bond prices fall, yields rise. For example, the two-year Treasury yield rose to 2.06% on Friday, the highest since September 2008. In the […]
