Tag Archives: federal reserve
The Fed’s Hands are Tied, For Now
The stock market’s on a six week win streak. What’s more, from June 4 through last Friday the DOW’s up 9.7-percent. Can you believe it? We thought the stock market would meltdown this summer like Charlie Sheen following a weekend … Continue reading
How to Sleep Well During the Great Dollar Panic Ahead
Periods of epic price deflation have occurred several times in American history. The Great Depression, of course, is the only period still within living memory for some. But peering back another 100 years, there’s an instance of price deflation that … Continue reading
Disgraceful and Insulting
New discoveries were made on the economic front last week. The Labor Department reported that 163,000 jobs were added in July. Yet even with the new jobs, the unemployment rate rose to 8.3 percent. “We’ve still got too many folks … Continue reading
Collective Destruction
Last Tuesday we remarked that Mario Draghi and the European Central Bank were receiving valuable on the job training. Most notably, that money creation operations are much harder to stop than to start. By Thursday, Draghi confirmed he’s an astute … Continue reading
