Category Archives: Inflation
Welcome to the Era of Targeted Bailouts
Here at the Economic Prism, we’re opposed to market intervention and bailouts of all colors and stripes. The conceit of it all, that a collection of unelected bureaucrats knows what’s best for a 330-million-person economy, sticks in our craw like a broken chicken bone. Continue reading
Washington’s Bias for Continuous Inflationism
This week Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell delivered his semiannual testimony to Congress. A main feature of the discussion was the status of rate hikes and the fight against inflation. Continue reading
Death to Zombies
Rising interest rates, no doubt, bring death to zombies. By zombies, we’re referring to those companies in the second camp that would have died long ago, if not for the sustenance of artificially suppressed cheap credit. Continue reading
The Sordid Politics of Inflation
President Joe Biden just crapped the bed. Again! The near octogenarian thought he’d struck a secret deal back in July. You may have seen Biden’s fist bump with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the time. The non-binding agreement called for increased oil production until at least December, after the midterm elections. Continue reading
