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Countdown to May Madness
May 2026 cannot come soon enough for Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. That’s when his term is up. He can hang around as a Fed governor until 2028. Though, in the past, most Fed chairs have stepped down when their term is over. Continue reading
Is the End of QT a Green Light for an Asset Rally?
On Monday, December 1, the Federal Reserve terminated Quantitative Tightening (QT). The job wasn’t even halfway done. Continue reading
Dollar Debasement as Permanent Policy
Fed Chair Jerome Powell recently stated quantitative tightening is about to end. What’s more, this will happen well before the Fed’s balance sheet ever gets close to $4 trillion, which is where it was prior to the coronavirus money printing festival. Continue reading
How Fed Dependence on Bogus Data Invites Disaster
Numbers may seem like hard facts. But they are rigorously flexible in the right hands. The game often involves framing. Politicians and bureaucrats are masters of it. Continue reading
