Tag Archives: interest rate

Debt Markets Get Trampled

Posted on October 14, 2022 by MN Gordon

Anyone with half a brain knew there would be hell to pay for locking down the economy and simultaneously printing and spewing out trillions of dollars of confetti money. The bill has finally come due. Did you see the latest consumer price index (CPI) report? Continue reading →

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Facing Down a Wrath of Biblical Proportions

Posted on September 23, 2022 by MN Gordon

An enterprising entrepreneur did a comedic graphic of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell captioned: “IN JPOW WE TRUST.” You may have seen it. The image shows Powell flamboyantly wearing a preacher’s robe and making an esoteric hand gesture with his right hand. His face is grimacing like he’s passing a kidney stone. Continue reading →

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Why Labor Productivity Has Collapsed

Posted on August 12, 2022 by MN Gordon

Recession. Raging consumer price inflation. A Presidential administration that seeks to confuse and obfuscate what’s really going on. These are the realities facing American workers in the dog days of August circa 2022. Continue reading →

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Blowups and an Epic Mega-Catastrophe are Coming

Posted on February 11, 2022 by MN Gordon

The Federal Reserve has an extreme and heavy handed influence over credit markets. But it’s not master of it. The fact is, Fed credit market intervention plays second fiddle to the overall rise and fall of the interest rate cycle. Continue reading →

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