This writing is a tribute to my professor who taught a graduate course of Money and Banking at a state flagship university. His revelation has been confirmed with TreasuryDirect documentation, GAO reports, and other sources. Perhaps the research ma
We didn't have long to wait, because with stocks unsure initially how to respond - they eventually did trade in the green as algos convinced themselves that Powell's speech was more dovish than hawkish or just because shorts were forced to cover once
It was ten years ago that Congressman Ron Paul released his book, End the Fed.
It immediately shot to number six on the New York Times Bestsellers list.
Bill Maher has said that he wants to take Trump down at any cost including having a recession. And at the heart of it all, there has never been a recession, or depression, that the Federal Reserve has not caused. Here is the story...
One week ago, when we discussed that as a result of the accelerated rebuild of cash by the US Treasury, first Bank of America, then JPMorgan suggested that the Fed may be forced to restart QE soon as a result of the upcoming sharp drop in liquidity,
No matter where you look, the desire for the Fed to print, Print, PRINT, is intense! The president wants it, the Socialists want it, debtors want it...The consequences of this madness are more than predictable. Great Inflation awaits, and the only th
One of the most reliable harbingers of U.S. recession--short-term interest rates on U.S. Treasury debt higher than longer-term yields--has been flashing warning signs for months. That doesn't mean the economy is doomed to a downturn.
Part way through delivering a press conference following the Federal Reserve's first rate cut since December 2008, chairman Jerome Powell let it be known that the central bank was 'looking carefully' at developing a new faster payments system.
The Fed's decision to lower rates has received disdain from two Fed officials: Eric Rosengren, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, and Esther George, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.
• https://www.zerohedge.com Via Strategic Macro blog
I have previously argued that QE repatriation, which I thought would be driven by QT, is a new Plaza Accord that would put the Yen and probably the Euro into 2-3 year structural bull markets.
In a recent interview with X33 spotlight, wealth analyst Lior Gantz offered some insight into the Federal Reserve's actions as of late. Cutting interest rates when the economy is supposedly "booming" is an odd move, and Gantz says President Do
The Federal Reserve, responding to concerns about the economy and the stock market, and perhaps to criticisms by President Trump, recently changed course on interest rates by cutting its "benchmark" rate from 2.25 percent to two percent.
'Central Planning' loses before it even begins. In America, central planning of the economy was cemented into place when the U.S. Congress established the monopolist Federal Reserve in 1913. The seeds were planted then, and they have been bearing rot
• https://www.paulcraigroberts.orgPaul Craig Roberts
After years of being kept in the doldrums by orchestrated short selling described on this website by Roberts and Kranzler, gold has lately moved up sharply reaching $1,510 this morning.
The United States Federal Reserve Board is planning to release a real-time payments and settlements service in order to boost the payments infrastructure in the country.
Yesterday, in a lengthy article referencing the escalating dollar and funding liquidity shortage as a result of the aggressive rebuild of the Treasury's cash balance from $133BN to $350BN in the aftermath of the debt ceiling deal, we said "Forget Chi
Late on Sunday we cautioned readers that according to an anecdotal report from Bloomberg, the NY Markets Group which mans the Fed's trading dloor, also known as the Plunge Protection Team, had been gripped by unprecedented chaos following the clash o
Renowned geopolitical and financial cycle expert Charles Nenner says forget what the mainstream financial channels are saying about more Fed easy money policies pushing the markets higher.
At its most extreme this morning, I'd estimate the mkt was pricing in almost 10% probability of a 25bp cut by the Fed tomorrow. How do I figure? It's based on FFQ9 (August Fed Funds futures).
Summary
The Quantity of New Potential Homebuyers is Decelerating to a Trickle.
The Quantity of Potential Sellers is Surging.
This Mismatch Will Continue to Drive The Federal Reserve to Cut the Federal Funds Rate (& Resultant Mortgage Rates) to Re
Yesterday, in a lengthy article referencing the escalating dollar and funding liquidity shortage as a result of the aggressive rebuild of the Treasury's cash balance from $133BN to $350BN in the aftermath of the debt ceiling deal, we said "Forget Chi
Josh Sigurdson talks with WAM contributor Tim Picciott of The Liberty Advisor about the recent comments by Bank of America regarding the Federal Reserve's infinite feedback loop.
Breitbart finally covers the story of how Chris Hayes got YouTube to blacklist the search term "federal reserve" and scrub Century of Enslavement from those search results. Today, James puts out the challenge: can you break through the informatio
It's Bullish…Always
Last Wednesday, the Federal Reserve announced the latest decision concerning monetary policy which contained three primary components:
A cut of 25bps
Stopping balance sheet reductions (or Quantitative Tighteni