All Eyes on the Federal Reserve This Week
This week promises to be another interesting one for markets, as all eyes will be on the Federal Open Market Committee as it holds its final meeting for the year While the end of the year is normally...
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This week promises to be another interesting one for markets, as all eyes will be on the Federal Open Market Committee as it holds its final meeting for the year While the end of the year is normally...
To no one’s surprise, the latest inflation figures that came out Friday hit the highest level seen since 1982 Prices year on year increased 68%, a further increase from the 62% mark seen last month...
One of the hallmarks of stock market euphoria is the growing belief that markets can’t possibly ever go down When the good times roll, millions of people think that they’ll keep rolling forever...
The Federal Reserve’s long-awaited tapering of asset purchases was supposed to have started last month, albeit without much change from its previous levels of purchases The tapering was supposed to...
To anyone who thought inflation was just transitory, the most recently published inflation figures probably came as a punch in the gut Not only is inflation not transitory, but it continues to rise...
If you thought that 2021 would provide a return to normality, a turning of the corner from the events of the last year, you’re probably shaking your head wondering what has happened Rather than...
It has become increasingly obvious that the US economy is faltering and on the verge of another recession or financial crisis But the question everyone wants to know is when it will happen And when...
On the heels of very disappointing inflation numbers, gold and silver have seen some of their best performance of the year Short-term profit-taking notwithstanding, the outlook for both gold and...
If Federal Reserve Chairman Jay Powell were a smart man, he would either step down as Fed Chairman when his term ends in February or he would refuse to be renominated by President Biden The US...
After months of hearing how inflation is transitory, it is finally becoming clear to just about everyone that inflation is anything but transitory The latest inflation data showed that prices rose...
After many months of speculation, the Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) has finally decided to begin tapering its asset purchases The FOMC announced last week that the taper...
While inflation has dominated the thoughts of consumers and investors for the past few months, another threat is facing the economy today – supply chain disruptions Over the past several decades,...
With inflation continuing to rise, you would hope that government leaders would do something to combat it But from their proposed solutions, it becomes increasingly clear that they don’t understand...
Rising inflation is something that neither consumers nor investors have had experience with in decades For years official inflation rate figures have hovered at or below 2% annually Federal Reserve...
What had once seemed a tempest in a teapot has grown into a major scandal for the Federal Reserve System Two Federal Reserve Bank presidents have already stepped down from their posts, another is in...
With a federal government that is pushing ever closer to a $30 trillion national debt, and that has seen two consecutive fiscal years with deficits exceeding $3 trillion, the pressure to close that...
It’s not a stretch to say that President Biden is embattled His unwillingness to do anything tough and his reactions to crises leave much to be desired And increasingly Biden is acting like a...