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Banksters Win Again – “Audit the Fed” Bill Fails in the Senate
Banksters Win Again – “Audit the Fed” Bill Fails in the Senate When it comes to the Fed, Congress is mired in hypocrisy. The anti-regulation, de-regulation crowd on Capitol Hill shuts its mouth when it comes to the most powerful regulators of all – you and the Federal Reserve. Meanwhile, Congress goes along with the […]
What’s Behind the Fed’s Decision to Raise Interest Rates in a Struggling Economy?
What’s Behind the Fed’s Decision to Raise Interest Rates in a Struggling Economy? Much has been written and broadcast over the past few weeks in the financial media and the business pages of general-interest newspapers debating the wisdom of the decision in December by Fed Chair Janet Yellen and the Federal Reserve Board to raise […]
Sen. Rand Paul: The Fed Is Crippling America
Sen. Rand Paul: The Fed Is Crippling America Anadolu Agency—Getty ImagesThe Federal Reserve Building in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 27, 2014. Rand Paul is a U.S. senator from Kentucky and a Republican presidential candidate. Mark Spitznagel is the chief investment officer of Universa Investments and senior economic adviser to the Paul campaign. The country deserves […]
Fed Official Confesses Fed Rigged Stock Market — Crash Certain
Fed Official Confesses Fed Rigged Stock Market — Crash Certain In a dynamite interview, Richard Fisher, former president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, gave what may be the biggest confession you’ll ever see and hear from a Federal Reserve insider: the Federal Reserveknowingly “front ran” the US stock market recovery (i.e., manipulated […]
Fork the Economy
Fork the Economy I’ve given up on fixing the economy. The economy is not broken. It’s simply unjust. There’s a difference. We have to stop looking at our economy as a broken system, but one that is working absolutely true to its original design. It’s time to be progressive — and this means initiating systemic […]
US Economy – on the Verge of Recession?
US Economy – on the Verge of Recession? US Manufacturing Sector Weakens Further – Alea Iacta Est? On the first trading day of the year, China’s stock market crumbled, seemingly waylaid by yet another weak manufacturing PMI report and a further slide in the yuan. On the same day, a few Fed members came out affirming […]
Are We Headed for Another Bust?
Are We Headed for Another Bust? On Wednesday December 16, 2015, Federal Reserve Bank policymakers raised the federal funds rate target by 0.25 percent to 0.5 percent for the first time since December 2008. There is the possibility that the target could be lifted gradually to 1.25 percent by December next year. Fed policymakers have […]
What Comes After The Commodities Bust?
What Comes After The Commodities Bust? The days of E&P companies using external debt financing to fuel growth have most likely come to a close. The one thing executives should have learned in 2015 is that Wall Street can for long periods of time remain disconnected from fundamentals and can swing to extremes. Another lesson […]
“We Frontloaded A Tremendous Market Rally” Former Fed President Admits, Warns “No Ammo Left”
“We Frontloaded A Tremendous Market Rally” Former Fed President Admits, Warns “No Ammo Left” In perhaps the most shocking of mea culpas seen in modern financial history, former Dallas Fed head Richard Fisher unleashed some seriously uncomfortable truthiness during a 5-minute confessional interview on CNBC. While talking heads attempt to blame China for recent US […]
Janet Yellen Fights the Tide of Falling Interest
JANET YELLEN FIGHTS THE TIDE OF FALLING INTEREST On Wednesday Dec 16, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen announced that the Fed was raising the federal funds rate by 25 basis points. Let’s get one thing out of the way. This is not a move towards free markets. Whether the Fed sets interest lower, or whether it sets […]
Money Market Distortions at Year-End
Money Market Distortions at Year-End Major Window Dressing Exercises and a Dead Federal Funds Market Many of our readers are probably aware of the quarterly spike in reverse repos, which has previously been amply documented and discussed elsewhere. The Fed has introduced these overnight reverse repos two years ago, and has made them accessible to […]
Fed Vice Chair Explains Why The Fed Is Still Obsessing With Negative Interest Rates
Fed Vice Chair Explains Why The Fed Is Still Obsessing With Negative Interest Rates Two months ago, and roughly 6 weeks before the Fed’s first rate hike in 9 years, Janet Yellen warned that if the “outlook worsened, the fed might weight negative rates” adding that “negative rates could help encourage banks to lend.” Moments ago, in […]
The Damage Has Been Done And The Consequences Will Be Suffered: “Have a Healthy Storage of Food, Precious Metals and Necessary Supplies”
The Damage Has Been Done And The Consequences Will Be Suffered: “Have a Healthy Storage of Food, Precious Metals and Necessary Supplies” While the band plays on and Americans celebrate New Year’s many have no idea what may be in store in 2016. Mainstream financial pundits like to paint a rosy picture of the current […]
Time For Torches & Pitchforks——-The Little Guy Is About To Get Monkey-Hammered Again
Time For Torches & Pitchforks——-The Little Guy Is About To Get Monkey-Hammered Again The reputations of Ben and Janet are going to be eviscerated in 2016. That’s because the US economy will slide into recession in defiance of every claim they have made for their snake oil monetary policies. The plain fact is, massive falsification of financial markets via […]
