3 Things the Fed Might Do Now
While the sale of Credit Suisse to UBS may have assuaged some fears about the international banking system, there are still numerous weaknesses that the past few weeks have highlighted In the US,...
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While the sale of Credit Suisse to UBS may have assuaged some fears about the international banking system, there are still numerous weaknesses that the past few weeks have highlighted In the US,...
The inflation that has impacted the US economy over the last couple of years has really brought to the fore the effect that loose monetary policy can have on the economy As money supply figures shot...
It’s no secret to anyone that inflation in the United States has been incredibly destructive Not a household in the country hasn’t felt its effects, whether at the grocery store, at the gas...
If you rely on the media to get your news and information about the economy, you’re probably in a state of whiplash right now It seems just a few short months ago that publications were downplaying...
Gold demand from investors has been strong for over a year Gold demand from central banks is the highest it’s been in over half a century The economy seems to be on the verge of a slowdown and...
Americans can be split into two camps: those who trust the Federal Reserve to guide monetary policy and lead the economy to a soft landing, and those who don’t trust the Fed Either the Fed will...
Entire generations of Americans grew up thinking that high inflation was a thing of the past But events of the past few years have shattered that illusion For anyone used to the 2% CPI increases...
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,...
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...
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...
The seeming dichotomy between markets and the economy appears to be growing by the day Retailers are seeing declining sales and rising inventories while households are increasingly financially...
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...
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...
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...
There are two things about inflation that are certain The first is that it’s a huge problem for millions of Americans The second is that no one knows which way inflation rates are going to move And...
With inflation at the highest levels we’ve seen in 40 years, American consumers are dealing with issues that they haven’t seen on a large scale in decades Among those is...
When it comes to trying to understand why markets behave the way they do, it can be important to realize that psychology can play just as important a role as reality And that’s perhaps never been...