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The CFTC is keeping a particularly close eye on social media after bullish commentary on Reddit’s WallStreetBets forum helped drive silver futures to an almost eight-year high last month, Rostin Behram told the CFTC’s Market Risk Advisory Committee Tuesday...
At the end of January, the yearly growth rate of our measure of US money supply (AMS) closed at 76.7 percent, against 4.8 percent in January 2020.
High sovereign debt levels in Europe roiled the markets in 2011. It's clearly a different story now regarding U.S. debt, though recent developments are sparking conversation among investors.
President Biden's trillion-dollar largesse could signal a sea change in the government's approach to spending.
The combination of retail crowding into popular “gamma squeeze” names and institutions following, or more likely front-running them…
The obstacles to higher yields in the world’s biggest debt market are slowly melting away. Bond bears appear to be having more than just a moment here at the start of 2021, with Treasury yields finally busting out of long-held ranges to levels last seen in the early days of the pandemic.
Feb 23, 2021 - 10:43:23 PST
In an information age dominated by bad information and false narratives this week's podcast with David Collum asks where does it all end?
FED'S POWELL Q&A: 'CERTAINLY A LINK' BETWEEN INFLATED ASSET PRICES TO FED, BUT MANY FACTORS CONTRIBUTING, INCLUDING IMPROVED OUTLOOK
Feb 23, 2021 - 10:26:41 PST
Fed Chair Powell: - There perhaps once was a strong connection between budget deficits and inflation, but there really hasn't been lately - Upward pressure on prices as we reopen won't be large or persistent
Last chart is pretty important, because it really highlights the declining participation of the aging population...suggesting that "full employment" will be significantly lower than '06 and '19 at much greater expense and require significantly greater QE to enable it all.
Feb 23, 2021 - 10:01:32 PST
We have seen the government sector engineer these before. And when that happens, deflationary pressures will come back to the fore. It remains to be seen what else the Fed has in its arsenal of policy tools, but I am sure we will be revisiting the lows in Treasury yields that were posted in the winter and spring.
"The Dam Is Going To Break": We Are In The Early Innings Of A Colossal Migration Into CommoditiesFeb 23, 2021 - 09:59:03 PST
The great awakening is upon us, millions of investors are loaded to the gills with deflation bets.
Tyranny, terror, mass murder, and economic stagnation, along with political plunder and privilege for the few at the top of socialist government hierarchies were not indicative of what socialism could be. Just give it one more chance. And, then, another chance, and another.
The US Dollar is dangling on the cliff of a potentially large break down. But can USD bears do the pushing required?
U.S. yields have marched higher even before the plan’s arrival -- offering an inkling of what may be in store. BlackRock Inc. sees as much as $2.8 trillion in additional fiscal spending this year and the risk of a further rise in long-term rates.
Nearly Half the States Are Taxing Companies over PPP Loans That Have Been Forgiven: MWFeb 23, 2021 - 09:27:46 PST
Ordinarily, a forgiven loan qualifies as income. However, Congress chose to exempt forgiven PPP loans from federal income taxation. Many states, however, remain on track to tax them by either treating forgiven loans as taxable income, denying the deduction for expenses paid for using forgiven loans, or both.
Mortgage rates and the 10-year treasury yield have gone opposite ways. This is not normal.
Officials in many countries combine incentives with threats warning that those who don’t get the shot will be shut out of everyday activities.
Technically Speaking: Blowing Up The "Everything Bubble" - Lance RobertsFeb 23, 2021 - 08:36:21 PST
The problem facing the Fed is a sharp rise in interest rates, due to spiking inflation from the stimulus, which risks blowing up the everything bubble.
So far, it looks like they will give the market what it wants.