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When Fake Money Becomes Scarce
When Fake Money Becomes Scarce Remaining Focused A rousing display of diversions this week assured the American populace was looking every which way but right under its collective nose. Midterm elections. White House spats with purveyors of fake news. The forced resignation of Attorney General Sessions… Old drug warrior (otherwise recused) on his way […]
Hilarious How Wall-Street Crybabies Whine about the Fed’s QE Unwind after a Decade of “Wealth Effect”
Hilarious How Wall-Street Crybabies Whine about the Fed’s QE Unwind after a Decade of “Wealth Effect” Their “Everything Bubble” is being pricked “gradually,” and they don’t like it. Wall Street has been moaning, groaning, and crying out loud about the Fed’s current monetary policies – raising rates and unwinding QE. They fear that these policies […]
Here are all the ways inflation is happening today
Here are all the ways inflation is happening today Something strange happened in the markets last month that signals trouble ahead… When stocks fell from their September highs, you would have expected investors to run for cover in the world’s safe-haven asset – US Treasurys. But that’s not what happened. While stocks were plunging, Treasurys […]
The State of the American Debt Slaves, Q3 2018
The State of the American Debt Slaves, Q3 2018 Consumers are being lackadaisical again with their plastic. Consumer debt – or euphemistically, consumer “credit” – jumped 4.9% in the third quarter compared to the third quarter last year, or by $182 billion, to almost, but no cigar, $4 trillion, or more precisely $3.93 trillion (not […]
The Fed Crying Has Begun
The Fed Crying Has Begun So stocks dropped a little in October. Ok they actually dropped a lot and all of a sudden the S&P 500 was miles away from the all those optimistic 3,000+ year end targets. And what happens when stocks drop hard? Bulls cry for the Fed to come to the rescue. […]
Fed’s Balance Sheet Shrinks The Most Since Start Of QT; QE Unwind Hits $321 Billion
Fed’s Balance Sheet Shrinks The Most Since Start Of QT; QE Unwind Hits $321 Billion On Monday, when discussing the two key, opposing forces facing stocks this week, we said that while on one hand stock buybacks will make a triumphant return, as companies with $50bn of quarterly buybacks exited their blackout periods, and the […]
Wall Street Moves to Gut Post-Crisis Financial Rules
WALL STREET MOVES TO GUT POST-CRISIS FINANCIAL RULES ON THE CAMPAIGN trail, Donald Trump frequently pledged to “dismantle” the Dodd-Frank financial reforms passed in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. On Wednesday, with the Federal Reserve’s release of a proposal to roll back capital and liquidity requirements, he caught his big whale. Those requirements, imposed by […]
The Fed’s QE Unwind Hits $321 Billion
The Fed’s QE Unwind Hits $321 Billion The “up to” exacts its pound of flesh. Over the four-week period from October 3 through October 31, the Federal Reserve shed $35 billion in assets, according to the Fed’s weekly balance sheet released Thursday afternoon. This brought the balance sheet to $4,140 billion, the lowest since February […]
Just in Time Stimulus: Fed Proposes Looser Rules for Large U.S. Banks
Just in Time Stimulus: Fed Proposes Looser Rules for Large U.S. Banks The Fed’s proposal marks one of the most significant rollbacks of bank regulations since Trump took office. The Wall Street Journal reports Fed Proposes Looser Rules for Large U.S. Banks The Federal Reserve announced one of the most significant rollbacks of bank rules […]
The Fed’s Mandate To Pick Your Pocket – The Real Price Of Inflation
The Fed’s Mandate To Pick Your Pocket – The Real Price Of Inflation “Inflation is everywhere and always a monetary phenomenon.” – Milton Friedman This oft-cited quote from the renowned American economist Milton Friedman suggests something important about inflation. What he implies is that inflation is a function of money, but what exactly does that […]
Treasury Announces Record Debt Sale In Upcoming Refunding Auction
Treasury Announces Record Debt Sale In Upcoming Refunding Auction Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is about to surpass Timothy Geithner’s achievement of selling a record amount of notes and bonds as he seeks to finance America’s soaring budget deficit. According to the latest quarterly refunding statement, the US Treasury is about to sell a record amount […]
Fed To Ease Liquidity Requirements For Regional Banks As Brainard Warns Of More Bailouts
Fed To Ease Liquidity Requirements For Regional Banks As Brainard Warns Of More Bailouts On Wednesday the Federal Reserve is set to vote on proposals that would further ease capital requirements for banks with assets of $700 billion or lower, expanding on Trump’s promise to deregulate Wall Street. The biggest benefits will come to banks […]
The Corporate Debt Bubble
The Corporate Debt Bubble The largest asset bubbles occur while economic growth and inflation remain positive, but subdued, for extended periods of time. According to its dual mandate, the Federal Reserve focuses primarily on growth and price stability, and tends to ignore the creation of asset bubbles as long as economic activity is not running […]
Trump Is Right, the Fed Is Crazy
Trump Is Right, the Fed Is Crazy President Trump recently called the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hikes crazy. Leaving aside President Trump’s specific complaint, which is likely motivated by the belief that low rates will help him win reelection, he is right that “crazy” is a good way to describe the Federal Reserve. When not […]
