Category Archives: Economy
The Fed’s Stars Never Aligned
On Wednesday, following the two day Federal Open Market Committee meeting, Fed Chair Janet Yellen will likely announce that the Fed will do something they haven’t done in nearly a decade. They will raise the federal funds rate. Obviously, a … Continue reading
Joe Sixpack’s Painful Plight
This week brought forward new evidence that the economy’s slipping and sliding backwards. On Tuesday, for example, the Institute for Supply Management reported a 48.6 Purchasing Manager’s Index reading for November. A PMI reading below 50 means manufacturing activity is … Continue reading
Garbage In Garbage Out Economics
“On two occasions I have been asked, “Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine the wrong figures, will the right answers come out? …I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could … Continue reading
More Monetary Policy Madness
Something extraordinarily uncommon is happening. Something that hasn’t happened since 1988…back when the U.S. federal debt was just $2.6 trillion. According to the Institute of International Finance, wealth is not flowing into emerging markets for the first time in 27 … Continue reading
