Tag Archives: QE3

One Hundred Years of Failure and Counting

Quantitative easing is set to expire this month.  That’s the plan at least.  The $10 billion monthly tapers will finally bring the Fed’s QE3 bond buying program down from $85 billion per month to zero. That’s not to say the … Continue reading

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The Solution to Deflation

The stock market laid another egg yesterday.  We won’t dwell on it much.  Only enough to make the observation that change is in the air.  You can see it.  Feel it.  And even smell it.  Nonetheless, being prepared for it … Continue reading

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Pouring Buckets of Ice Water on the Fed’s Delusion

Just two weeks ago President Obama said it would be unlikely if we had a case of Ebola virus in this country.  On Tuesday the Center for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the first known U.S. Ebola virus case.  No … Continue reading

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Slip Back Economics

What’s this?  Has the U.S. consumer, the primary engine of economic growth, become ambivalent?  This is what the latest data says… According to the Thomas Reuters/University of Michigan’s early July index reading, consumer sentiment is 81.3.  This is below the … Continue reading

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