When President Trump demanded earlier this month that the Fed should cut interest rates to undo some of the damage it has done to the economy with its pernicious rate hikes, we pointed out the obvious dissonance between advocating for rate cuts while
Less than six months ago, the 'smartest men (and women we are sure) in the room' at Goldman Sachs' prestigious economics department were in full hawktard mode – forecasting four rate-hikes in 2019, providing cover for a desperate-to-get-back-
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After reaching $20,000 back in December of 2017, bitcoin's price collapsed over 80% in a year & traded in a range suppressed under $10,000 for many months.
Our ongoing trade war with China had greatly depressed prices for wheat, corn and soybeans, and so farmers were storing more crops on their farms than ever before in early 2019.
The lowest job claims in 49 years coupled with the loosest financial conditions in 25 years, yet the Fed panic stopped all rate hikes following a 20% market drop and for all intents and purposes has ended its rate hike cycle.
The number one problem of all public debate about politics and economics is the failure to name the state. If this would change, so would public opinion.
March 11-- Last night, the current high priest of money printing, asset bubbles and inequality, Jerome Powell, appeared on 60 Minutes. Interviewer Scott Pelley mentioned the fact that such discussions are rare and noted the last time a Fed head appea
While the headline mortgage applications index made the headlines - rising 18.6% WoW - as mortgage-rates continued to plummet lower, it was the action under the hood that was even more notable.
As mortgage-rates have collapsed to their lowest sinc
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U.S. retail sales unexpectedly fell in February, the latest sign economic growth has shifted into low gear as stimulus from $1.5 trillion in tax cuts and increased government spending fades.
Just like we witnessed during the last recession, major retailers are laying off tens of thousands of workers, and it looks like this will be the worst year for store closings in all of U.S. history.
Those who own stocks and housing now will continue getting richer, those who don't will be priced out of these markets.
A classified Federal Reserve memo sheds new light on the Fed's confidence in its control of the economy and the stock and housi