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Economic Collapse is Stalking us Like Death
Economic Collapse is Stalking us Like Death The exceptional degree to which the Fed has trapped itself (and all of us) in an economic death spiral is becoming evident everywhere now. Photo by Rob Martin on Unsplash My longtime prediction that the Fed will not be able to kill inflation without destroying the economy is showing itself true […]
David Stockman on the Continual Rise in the Cost of Living… And Why the Fed has No Shame
David Stockman on the Continual Rise in the Cost of Living… And Why the Fed has No Shame Subscribe to International Man Jay Powell did it again assuring the 1% that he has their back. Markets recovered their poise over the last 24 hours, as investors were relieved after Fed Chair Powell stuck to his recent […]
Record Household Debt, Jump In Delinquencies Signal “Worsening Financial Distress”, Fed Warns
Record Household Debt, Jump In Delinquencies Signal “Worsening Financial Distress”, Fed Warns While the market remains focused on tomorrow’s CPI print, and to a lesser extent the April retail sales reports, which will both be released at 8:30am on May 15. we should flag another important report that doesn’t typically get a lot of attention: […]
Yoyo Fed and Yoyo Markets
Yoyo Fed and Yoyo Markets Once again, we have a report saying consumer sentiment is collapsing just as economists were projecting it would be continuing to float along, and once again we have a report of rising inflation, just as the Fed decided to reduce its fight against inflation by slowing down QT to save the […]
Fed’s Asset Purchases Result in Increased Market Volatility
Fed’s Asset Purchases Result in Increased Market Volatility “Once again, the empirical evidence supports reigning in the Fed; the economy works better when the Fed does less, not more.” The Federal Reserve underwent a massive regime shift following the 2008 financial crisis. It incorporated several new tools into its monetary policy arsenal, ranging from interest on excess […]
Mike Walden: Is it ‘greedflation’ or something more keeping prices high?
Mike Walden: Is it ‘greedflation’ or something more keeping prices high? Photo by Adam Nir on Unsplash Although the pace at which prices are rising has moderated, prices are still going up. In 2021, average consumer prices surged 7%; in 2022 they jumped 6.5%; in 2023 prices went up a more tolerable 3.4%, and the latest […]
How Powell Destroyed His Inflation War as he Eats the Poor
How Powell Destroyed His Inflation War as he Eats the Poor I’m going to save discussion of today’s CPI report for my Deeper Dive this weekend because it requires digging deep into the numbers involved in the report to show why it is not the game-changer for the new trend in inflation that the stock market made […]
New Schiff Interview: All Inflation Has One Source
New Schiff Interview: All Inflation Has One Source On Wednesday, Peter appeared on This Week in Mining with Jay Martin. Jay and Peter discuss the state of the economy, the government’s assault on sound money, and why the mining sector constitutes a good investment. Early on in the interview, Peter lays out the dilemma the […]
Peter Schiff: Biden Lies Again on Inflation
Peter Schiff: Biden Lies Again on Inflation This week on the Peter Schiff Show, Peter covers a week of dismal economic reports. Both jobless claims and consumer sentiment came in worse than expected last week, with both figures missing predictions by a wide margin. Peter also discusses public statements made by both Joe Biden and Donald Trump on the […]
Why The Establishment Fears a Trump-led Fed
Why The Establishment Fears a Trump-led Fed While in office, Trump blamed the Fed for tightening monetary policy. Now members of Trump’s team allegedly plan to give a re-elected Trump more power over the Fed, igniting panic from mainstream economists about a politicized Fed. Our guest commentator explains why the real risk, from the establishment’s perspective, is not […]
David Stockman on Why There is No Noticeable Benefit from the Fed’s Policies
David Stockman on Why There is No Noticeable Benefit from the Fed’s Policies Here is the only noticeable “benefit” from the Fed’s pro-inflation policies since Greenspan’s arrival at the Eccles Building. To wit, these policies have pleasured the tippy top of the economic ladder with massive wealth gains owing to the relentless inflation of financial […]
Peter Schiff: Rate Hikes on the Horizon?
Peter Schiff: Rate Hikes on the Horizon? Peter’s back to recap the last week in markets and economic news. This episode starts with April’s dismal stock performance and also discusses Jerome Powell’s most recent appearance. Peter wraps up the episode by recounting the Bitcoin debate he participated in on Friday. Peter notes that April’s losses in the stock market […]
Republic First seizure signals more bank failures to come, expert warns
Republic First seizure signals more bank failures to come, expert warns Fears of contagion reignited by first US bank failure of 2024 Feds’ rate cut promise caused banks to drastically mismark books: McDonald The Bear Traps Report founder Larry McDonald says the New York Community Bank collapse speaks to a greater economic problem on “Making […]
Open the Overton Window
Open the Overton Window You may have heard of the “Overton window.” The concept of the Overton window caught on in professional culture, particularly those seeking to nudge public opinion, because it taps into a certain sense that we all know is there. There are things you can say and things you cannot say, not […]
