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Yellen Challenges Powell’s Unlimited Control of the Markets

February 21, 2021

Yellen Challenges Powell’s Unlimited Control of the Markets Source: Federal Reserve The Fed attempts to maintain control of various rates (including inflation, unemployment and long-term interest rates) through its monetary policy decisions. In the past, poor choices arguably led to both the dot-com bubble and the Great Recession. But that’s old news. Today, Fed Chairman […]

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Markets are all about flows

January 5, 2019

Markets are all about flows This article looks at prospective supply and demand factors for financial assets in the New Year and beyond. Investors should take into account money flowing into and out of financial assets as well as stock flows, particularly escalating government bond issuance, which looks likely to accelerate significantly in the coming […]

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Market crash? Another red card for the economy

October 13, 2018

Market crash? Another red card for the economy A few months ago I wrote this article at the World Economic Forum called “A Yellow Card For The Global Economy“. It tried to serve as a warning on the rising imbalances of the emerging and leading economies. Unfortunately, since then, those imbalances have continued to rise […]

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We’ll Pay All Those Future Obligations by Impoverishing Everyone (How to Destroy Our Currency In One Easy Lesson)

August 6, 2018

We’ll Pay All Those Future Obligations by Impoverishing Everyone (How to Destroy Our Currency In One Easy Lesson) The only way to pay all these future obligations is by creating new money. I’ve been focusing on inflation, which is more properly understood as the loss of purchasing power of a currency, which when taken to extremes destroys […]

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Here’s Why Rip-Roaring Inflation Is Inevitable

August 4, 2018

Here’s Why Rip-Roaring Inflation Is Inevitable The stability of America’s status quo is illusory. One of the enduring mysteries of the past decade is why inflation has remained tame while the central bank and government have pumped trillions of dollars of newly created money into the economy. Millions of words have been written about this, […]

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What is Optimal Monetary Policy, Anyway?

February 21, 2018

WHAT IS OPTIMAL MONETARY POLICY, ANYWAY? Ever since the important contributions of new classical economists Finn E. Kydland and Edward C. Prescott during the 1970s and 80s, modern macroeconomics seeks optimal rules for monetary policy. Indeed, Milton Friedman had previously emphasized the importance of a binding rule for monetary policy. He recommended a constant but […]

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