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QE for the People
QE for the People Myrmikan’s May letter discussed how the Fed had already begun to ease nancialconditions, though the method was so subtle that few understood what the central bank was doing. Banks are required to keep required reserves at the Fed. Banks that nd themselves with a de cient reserve level have to borrow reserves […]
Is Powell Playing Fed Games?
Is Powell Playing Fed Games? The Federal Reserve will be adding assets to its balance sheet again, but Powell insists it’s not “quantitative easing” The Federal Reserve will be adding assets to its balance sheet again, but Powell insists it’s not “quantitative easing”James GorrieWRITEROctober 10, 2019 Updated: October 10, 2019Share Apparently, the “repo market” purchases by […]
ECB “Whistleblowers” Emerge: Former Central Bankers Cry Out Against Draghi’s Monetary Insanity
ECB “Whistleblowers” Emerge: Former Central Bankers Cry Out Against Draghi’s Monetary Insanity It’s not just disgruntled CIA officials that have decided the best way to stage a coup is by way of “whistleblowing” – former central bankers are using a similar approach when it comes to the root cause of all of society’s ills: failed […]
What the Hell is the ECB Doing?
What the Hell is the ECB Doing? Danielle DiMartino poses an interesting question regarding the ECB. I have a set of answers. What is the ECB Doing? I started thinking about that question weeks ago. I have a set of answers and even started writing this post before DiMartino brought it to the forefront. There […]
Fiat Money Cannibalization in America
Fiat Money Cannibalization in America An Odd Combination of Serenity and Panic The United States, with untroubled ease, continued its approach toward catastrophe this week. The Federal Reserve cut the federal funds rate 25 basis points, thus furthering its program of mass money debasement. Yet, on the surface, all still remained in the superlative. S&P […]
More Money Pumping Won’t Make Us Richer
More Money Pumping Won’t Make Us Richer Whenever a central bank introduces easy monetary policy, as a rule this leads to an economic boom — or economic prosperity. At least this is what most commentators hold. If this is however the case then it means that an easy monetary policy can grow an economy. But […]
Stunning Consensus Emerges: Fed May Announce Launch Of QE In Just A Few Hours
Stunning Consensus Emerges: Fed May Announce Launch Of QE In Just A Few Hours It was back on August 6, in an article titled “Forget China, The Fed Has A Much Bigger Problem On Its Hands“, where we explained why in response to the coming dollar funding shortage and liquidity crunch (we warned about this […]
Will the Bank of England join the loose money bandwagon?
Will the Bank of England join the loose money bandwagon? As the year of the 325th anniversary of the Bank of England’s foundation, and as the month of one of the Bank’s more important rate-setting decisions since 2008, September provides a congruous occasion on which to reflect on the history of the BoE and consider […]
Draghi Goes All Out: ECB Cuts Rates, Restarts Open-Ended QE, Changes Forward Guidance, Eases TLTRO, Introduces Tiering
Draghi Goes All Out: ECB Cuts Rates, Restarts Open-Ended QE, Changes Forward Guidance, Eases TLTRO, Introduces Tiering With the market worried that Mario Draghi could surprise hawkishly in his parting announcement… … that is how the market initially interpreted today’s ECB press release, which cut already negative deposit rates for the first time since 2016 to […]
Blain’s Morning Porridge – Sept 5th 2019
Blain’s Morning Porridge – Sept 5th 2019 “Slipping down Raki and reading Maynard Keynes…” We really should focus on the signals emanating from bond markets. Forget the current political madness – yesterday saw a number of key moments for bond markets: UK Chancellor Sajid Javid hitting the spend button in the UK (whether it actually […]
For Second Week In A Row, Fed Buys Treasuries (AKA, QE4!?!)
For Second Week In A Row, Fed Buys Treasuries (AKA, QE4!?!) Summary: After 250 weeks without a purchase of Treasuries (since Oct. 2014), for the second week in a row, the Federal Reserve bought Treasuries.The $14 billion in purchasing is in stark contrast to zero purchases since Quantitative Easing ended and selling during Quantitative Tightening.When […]
Mr. President, This Is How To Get The Fed To Launch Quantitative Easing
Mr. President, This Is How To Get The Fed To Launch Quantitative Easing Yesterday, after countless demands that the Fed cut interest rates, Trump finally made his first, long anticipated formal demand that the Fed should pursue “some quantitative easing“: ✔ · Aug 19, 2019 Our Economy is very strong, despite the horrendous lack of vision by […]
Aussie Reserve Bank, Considering “Extreme Measures”, Admits “We’re Almost Out Of Ammo”
Aussie Reserve Bank, Considering “Extreme Measures”, Admits “We’re Almost Out Of Ammo” At least one reserve bank globally is starting to ponder the question that many central banks across the world will soon inevitably be asking: what happens if we cut to zero and the economy continues to falter? This has led Australia to start considering QE, […]
12 Reasons Why Negative Rates Will Devastate The World
12 Reasons Why Negative Rates Will Devastate The World It has been a thesis over 20 years in the making, but with every passing day, SocGen’s Albert Edwards – who first coined the term “Ice Age” to describe the state of the world in which every debt issue ends up with a negative yield as […]
For The First Time In 6 Years, No Central Bank Is Hiking
For The First Time In 6 Years, No Central Bank Is Hiking The global central bank experiment with renormalization is officially over. After roughly half the world’s central banks hiked rates at least once in 2018, the major central banks have returned to easing mode, and as the chart below shows, for the first time […]
