Tag Archives: treasuries
Fed to End Inflation Fight Before Job is Done
Fed rate cuts in the face of a CPI reading that’s above its inflation target won’t immediately boost economic growth. But they may buy a little relief on the Treasury’s net interest on the debt budget item. So, too, they may serve to incite another inflation flareup. Gold, if you hadn’t noticed, is back over $2,400 per ounce. Continue reading
What You Must Know About Interest Rates
The buzz has faded away. The intoxicating effects of the mass money printing and debt binge during the coronavirus years has come and gone. But the hangover remains. And while the money printing has subsided – for now – the debt binge has continued. Continue reading
Policies of Disaster
The world we’ve entered – a world of rising interest rates – is an unfamiliar place. Americans haven’t experienced it in over four decades. But, nonetheless, it is part of the long term, secular movement of the credit cycle. To understand what’s going on, all you need to do is look to the past and key in on several critical inflection points. Continue reading
Once Upon a Time in Flagstaff
All these Treasury purchases by the Fed will serve to lower interest rates. But remember, to purchase this massive supply of Treasuries the Fed will use credit that’s created out of thin air via ledger notations. Continue reading
