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We live in a world today that is awash in money The total M3 money supply in the United States is nearing $22 trillion The national debt is over $30 trillion The Federal Reserve’s balance sheet is...
It’s an understatement to say that the last two years have been far from normal Thinking back to 2019 or early 2020, it’s amazing how much the world has changed in such a short amount of time But...
Just a few months ago it seemed that everyone thought the US economy was on fire Markets were doing well, unemployment was low, and the real risk we were told was an overheating economy But now we...
Groupthink is a powerful thing It wasn’t that long ago that most people seemed to think that the US economy was just fine, even hot Consumer spending was strong, the unemployment rate was low, and...
With all the headlines talking about how high inflation is, there’s a crisis brewing under the surface that is going largely unnoticed: the debt bubble This debt bubble is perhaps the largest in...
Last month’s inflation numbers were a bit of a respite for the Biden administration, but hardly a relief While month-on-month inflation dropped to 03% and year-on-year inflation dropped to 83%, we...
Financial media for the past several months have been full of headlines touting how strong and hot the US economy is The supposedly tight job market was supposed to be an indicator of economic...
At last week’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, the Federal Reserve made two major policy decisions First, the FOMC raised the target federal funds rate 50 basis points, to ¾ to 1...
The past two years have made more and more people aware of the existence of the “everything bubble” that has slowly built up in this country over the past decade or so One of those bubbles is a...
It’s hard to believe that the world as we once knew it completely changed just two short years ago And it’s hard to believe sometimes that that was only two years ago, as it feels like a lifetime...
As unbelievable as it sounds, there are people who believe that the US economy is doing well For some reason, they think that high and rising inflation is a sign of a heated up and strong economy But...
If Vladimir Putin thought his troops were going to waltz into Ukraine and be welcomed with open arms, he was sorely mistaken The war in Ukraine appears to have devolved into a stalemate, a war of...
