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If there’s one characteristic about US monetary policy that has stood the test of time, it’s that policymakers have almost always presented a united front Even when they may disagree with each...
With the recent news that year-on-year inflation has reached 5%, a level not seen in over a decade, the rising prices that consumers have been seeing for months are finally reflected in official...
If you don’t know what a reverse repo is, you can be excused for not knowing that Most people who follow markets don’t even know what they are or how they work, let alone follow trends in reverse...
The Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) held its most recent meeting this week and, while it didn’t deliver any surprises on the surface, digging deeper into the Committee’s...
One of the defining characteristics of the modern era seems to be that states around the world see their citizens not as human beings but rather as resources to be used for the state’s benefit The...
While prices throughout the economy have risen significantly over the past few months, they’re not the only thing growing Fears of inflation have been rising too, as more and more households are...
For over a decade, official government inflation figures have told the story that inflation is stuck around 2% No matter what the Federal Reserve did to try to boost inflation, and how many trillions...
Inflation is pernicious and destructive The constant rise of prices that results from monetary inflation slowly erodes the purchasing power of money, surreptitiously stealing from savers and...
Federal Reserve Chairman Jay Powell seems like a nice enough guy And unlike his predecessors, he seems like a pretty straight shooter But sometimes the plain English coming from his mouth is enough...
With stock markets continuing to push toward new record highs, there has been much talk about the US entering another “Roaring Twenties” The 1920s have become almost legendary in popular culture,...
The gold price isn’t just watched by gold investors, it’s also watched by market observers as a barometer of economic health When the gold price begins rising, and especially when it rises...
With Joe Biden the presumptive President-Elect, the work to select his administration’s officials is well underway Biden has already announced some of his key appointments, and analysts are working...
