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Stock markets have been topsy-turvy in recent weeks, with investors continuing to remain nervous about the direction of markets as interest rates continue to rise President Trump has blamed the...
Those of us who criticize the Federal Reserve’s conduct of monetary policy are often ignored and sidelined during boom times We’re supposedly the ones who are crashing the party, harshing the...
For decades, stock markets have been viewed as proxies for the strength of the economy The higher stock market indexes go, the stronger the economy is deemed to be The most famous index, of course,...
One thing that’s almost universally true of the financial media is that they are ignorant of economics Read just about any financial commentator and you’ll find articles chock full of bad...
Only a few days before Fed Chairman Jerome Powell is set to deliver his first address to the Kansas City Fed’s annual Jackson Hole summer gathering, President Trump has made it increasingly clear...
You would think that with a national debt over $21 trillion and continuing to climb every day that the federal government would get serious about cutting back on spending sometime, but oh no More and...
Last week marked the 242nd anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, which began one of the greatest experiments in liberty the world has ever seen But while we can see with...
Market events this week have made even the most bullish individuals realize that the US economy isn’t what it used to be In an attempt to ensure “fair trade,” President Trump placed a 25...
Monetary policy is one of those topics that only a handful of people ever devote much time to studying Most people ignore central banks during good times and beg them to intervene during bad times...
No matter which way stock markets are moving, there are always people trying to understand why they go up or down, or which way they’ll move in the future It can be tough to weed out the important...
We haven’t heard its name bandied about much in recent years, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t still a major threat: inflation As John Maynard Keynes once wrote: Lenin is said to have declared...
For over one hundred years, monetary policy in the United States has been the purview of the Federal Reserve System Over that period, the dollar’s value has decreased by over 96% as the Fed has...
Stock markets took another beating last week as the trade war between the United States and China threatened to intensify After President Trump slapped $50 billion worth of tariffs on China, China...
Most mainstream economic commentary focuses on large headline numbers like the level of the Dow Jones and S&P 500, on the number of jobs created, or on the unemployment rate But far more...
The horrendous stock market performance last week has hopefully put to rest any notions that the Dow Jones will continue pushing upward to set new highs A market that is reliant on easy money for its...
In a worrying sign for the fiscal health of American households, debt levels continue to increase Levels of credit card debt have increased 8% from last year, rising to a total of $905 billion That...
Stock markets continued to reach record levels on Friday as sentiment was buoyed by reports that tax reform proposals had passed their first hurdle in the Senate Many were also cheered by reports...
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