Category: Interest Rates
Consistently Spending More Than a Nation Can Afford Causes Its Fall
America won’t be the first nation ruined by a corrupt elite, runaway spending, and a too-powerful military. The formula is classic.
The Deep State Already Runs the Country
How come the Deep State is out to get Donald Trump? It’s a complicated answer, but it comes down to greed and mismanagement.
Donald Trump Steps in and Funds The Swamp
As we showed, the man from Queens has turned out to be the best friend the Swamp and military-industrial complex ever had.
Trump Shouldn’t Take Credit for the Last Few Quarters of Economic Expansion
Everybody loves an economic expansion. Probably none more so than Trump. But is he actually overreaching by taking credit for it?
The European Central Bank Is an Aggressive Manipulator
A central banker should be passive…unnoticeable…and immovable, like a rock…dumb and reliable. But the European Central Bank is breaking all these rules.
Our Financial Situation Could Always Be Worse
Let’s face it: our financial situation is bad, and it’s getting worse. Neither the president nor the people aiming to replace him have a good plan.
The Fed Must Offer More Repo Credit as More People Take It
This morning, Thanks to the Fed, there will be more money than there was yesterday. And yesterday, there was more than the day before.
This Year’s Winners of the Nobel Prize in Economics Didn’t Deserve It
The Nobel Prize receives a great deal of press and attention. But is it really all that it’s cracked up to be? Here’s why this year’s winners are overrated.
The Feds Add Liquidity to Sustain Economic Expansion
Are you hoping to retire on the new money coming from the Federal Reserve? Well, guess what. You are likely to be seriously disappointed.
The Feds Interfere in Markets and Multiply Corruption Opportunities
The amounts are staggering. But the process is old and familiar. As the feds interferes in markets, opportunities for corruption multiply.
The Fed Is Back to Robbing the Middle Class to Reward the Rich
The Fed is injecting money into the system as part of its ‘reserve management’ programme; it began this week with $7.5 billion.
Rigging the Federal Reserve Made the Rich Richer
The feds had their funny money; they weren’t going to give it up. And they weren’t going to back off from any of their spending.
Elizabeth Warren and Donald Trump Are Not Real Capitalists
‘I’m not [a capitalist],’ Bernie reassured voters. But Ms Warren is not a capitalist either. And neither is Mr Trump.
Global Authorities Aren’t Waiting for a Crisis to Move Toward More Debt
Warren Buffett says you can never go right by betting against a US business. But so far this century, that bet has been a winner.
The Rich Will Be Scapegoats for the Next Financial Crisis
In 2007, total US debt, public and private, was under $50 trillion. Today, it’s over $73 trillion.