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How the Fed Works to Spoil Your Retirement
Chicago Fed President Charles Evans wants inflation above 2 percent. Somehow he thinks this will strengthen the economy and bring about full employment. To Evans, more inflation will result in greater demand…and greater demand means more jobs. Fed policy, according … Continue reading
Total Abandonment of the Rules of Common Sense
U.S. consumers are doing what they do best. After a six year hiatus, they’re back at it. Consumers are eagerly borrowing money. What’s more, they’re spending it! According to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, U.S. consumer debt rose … Continue reading
Playing with Fire
The great default is rapidly approaching. Time is running out. Like a runaway freight train…there’s no stopping it. To start, the U.S. government is broke. The only thing keeping the lights on in Washington is $1 trillion per year of … Continue reading
Economic Frankenstein
According to the Department of Labor, 148,000 jobs were created in September. The experts thought the number of new jobs would be closer to 180,000. Still, the unemployment rate dropped a tenth of a percent to 7.2 percent. No doubt, … Continue reading
