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In their last Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting of 2022, Federal Reserve officials voted to increase their target federal funds rate by 50 basis points, to 425-45% The move was expected,...
The concept of the digital dollar is something that seems to have gone from discussion to potential implementation quicker than anyone thought possible While the idea of a digital dollar, a central...
There seems to be a growing chorus of economists making the claim that the Federal Reserve’s policy of quantitative tightening (QT) is a mistake And regardless of their reasoning or their political...
With the likelihood of recession seemingly growing every day, more and more Americans are looking at ways to protect themselves against the possibility of losing money The memories of 2008 are still...
As much as the Federal Reserve doesn’t like inflation, there’s one thing it seems to like even less: you making more money Say what Hard as it may be to believe, Federal Reserve officials think...
In the early days of 2008 we were told that the weakness in the housing market was confined to housing and wouldn’t spill over into the broader economy Of course, many of the people pushing that...
With the likelihood of recession growing all the time, more and more Americans are looking at ways to protect themselves and their wealth against the possibility of loss The fears are particularly...
Well, the results are in, or at least most of them anyway And the much talked about and hoped for red wave didn’t materialize For a lot of voters, that was a disappointment And not only could it be...
With last week’s decision to hike the federal funds rate another 75 basis points, the Federal Reserve disappointed those hoping for only a 50 basis point increase And Fed Chairman Jay Powell threw...
American consumers and households have had to deal with inflation for well over a year now, with no signs that inflation is letting up anytime soon And with recession on the horizon, the prospect of...
With inflation having been high for over a year, the federal government is starting to make significant adjustments to various limits and thresholds that are inflation-adjusted The Social Security...
More and more Americans today are taking steps to protect their financial well-being Concerned about high inflation and the risk of recession, they’re trying to keep their assets safe so that they...
Ronald Reagan is famous for having once quipped that if the government were put in charge of the Sahara Desert, there would suddenly be a shortage of sand That quip highlighted one truism about...
With inflation remaining stubbornly high, more and more Americans are worried about the impact inflation is having on their financial well-being Real incomes continue to drop, while inflation erodes...
Perhaps nothing defined the absurdity of the Obama era as much as President Obama’s reception of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009 Having been in power for less than eight months at the time he...
To finish our series on Gold and Silver 101, we provide you with this glossary to define commonly used terms in coin and precious metals markets You may have seen or heard many of these terms, but...
Central bankers around the world, including the US Federal Reserve System, are facing a dilemma With inflation at 40-year highs, and hitting double digits in some countries for the first time in...
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