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Jeff Snider: “Not QE”, Repo Bailouts & more: Where does it end and why is it necessary to start with?
The amount of money taken by eligible banks was roughly in line with expectations but considerably less than the $120 billion in temporary liquidity the Fed was willing to extend.
As deficits have swelled, so has the national debt, which is now at $23.2 trillion.
The nonfarm payrolls came below expectations in December. Here's what it means for gold...
The Federal Reserve does not have much historical experience with accommodative interest rates and historically low unemployment rate, and should be alert to...
The view that more money can revive an economy is based on the belief that money transmits its stimulatory effect through aggregate expenditure. With more money in their pockets, people will be able to spend more and the rest will follow suit.
Global debt is expected to climb to a new all-time high of more than $257 trillion in the coming months, the Institute of International Finance estimated on Monday, adding there was no sign of it retreating either.
Argentina’s peso, the world’s weakest currency for the past two years, has nowhere to go but down as the nation struggles to rein in runaway consumer price increases, according to the currency’s most accurate forecaster in 2019’s fourth quarter.
Young Japanese consumers balk at spending when prices rise—the low-inflation trap that central banks in the U.S. and Europe are fighting to avoid.
“Gold is a constant. It’s like the North Star.” – Steve Forbes, Editor-in-Chief of Forbes magazine
The FHFA home price index YoY has been slowing since May 2018. The Case-Shiller National Home price index YoY slowed over the same time frame BUT reversed course about the time when The Federal Reserve added to its balance sheet.
...not only are they caught in an “economic liquidity trap,” where monetary policy has become ineffective in stimulating economic growth, but are also captive to a “market liquidity trap.”
$6 Billion to Reverse-Repo Counterparts in Interest for 2019, Remits $55 billion to US Treasury. Then there are the dividends it pays its member banks.
The U.S. will remove China from a list of countries considered currency manipulators just two days before inking a trade deal.
“There is no problem yet, but obviously we start to worry about the market’s forward returns as inflation starts to move higher within a relatively low-growth environment.”
Boston Fed leader Eric Rosengren warned that the biggest risks the economy faces after last year’s rate cuts are from higher inflation and financial stability problems driven by very low borrowing costs.
In his latest podcast, Peter talks about sudden silencing of the war drums, the risk that remains in the markets, the stealth bull market in gold, the risk of a socialist president, rampant economic illiteracy, inflation and more.As Peter put it - what a difference 48 hours makes.
The Fed's recession risk model has downgraded, but this economist says record consumer credit and household debt will crash the economy soon.
Jan 13, 2020 - 06:18:55 PST
Investors entered 2020 with the financial markets heading higher and a lot of optimism about the economy. Here’s what our 10 panelists say.
"I'm not sure that we really understand the degree to which China is strategically intent on replacing the United States as the most dominant culture in the world," James Jones, a former U.S. national security advisor.