Last week, the Fed had to inject liquidity into the repo market for the first time since the Great Recession...
One sector may be key to watch in the days and weeks ahead: $BKX, the bank index. While it recently rallied along with markets it remains stuck inside its larger range:
Financial repression and helicopter money are coming, and that means inflation eventually.
The NBER released a bombshell working paper Monday morning that most (but not all) of the media missed. Its authors claim that the Federal Reserve is not very independent of executive control anymore, and they can prove it.
He's the real thing, the kind of socialist that from the USSR to China, to North Korea, to Zimbabwe, to Cuba and to Venezuela is the biggest nightmare humanity has ever known.
Foul Powell on the prowl? The US Treasury actives curve certainly is different than one year ago. It was upward sloping, but not it is downward sloping to 5 years then upward sloping again. The US…
Gold continues to consolidate for now, but the big picture is a $3,000 gold price. Here's why...
Trump's hectoring of the Fed has led to expectations of lower interest rates, according to a National Bureau of Economic Research study. Low rates generally lead to higher inflation, which historically has benefited gold.
If you have your savings parked in a traditional savings account, the interest you’re earning probably isn’t beating inflation.
Stocks traded lower on Tuesday, giving back earlier gains after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she will make an announcement on possibly impeaching President Donald Trump.
There are two bearish factors in the gold & silver charts, and the outlook for the dollar index remains bullish. Here are the details...
The fate of the global economy is balancing on a knife edge. Any of these scenarios could lead to a crisis with rapid spillover effects.
The $1 trillion "repo market" allows banks and other financial institutions to borrow and lend from one another, usually overnight. The market sprung a leak last week.
Central banks are getting closer to issuing their own digital currencies. If they do, the dollar might finally face real competition as the world’s dominant currency.
Central banks are getting closer to issuing their own digital currencies. If they do, the dollar might finally face real competition as the world’s dominant currency.
S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller's 20-City Composite price index rose just 2.00% YoY in July - the weakest growth since August 2012.
As Both Overnight And Term Repo Oversubscribed. The liquidity shortage was supposed to be fixed by now. What happened?
It happened with little fanfare, with virtually no reporting by the mainstream press. But this development signaled that one of the biggest gold-buying entities sees a growing need to own gold right now. Not only does it mean they will continue to buy, but their buying lends long-term support to the gold price. Here’s what’s happening and how it impacts the gold market going forward…
Central bankers will need to navigate carefully as if they are moving forward on thin ice. Now that we know that monetary easing is no magic wand...
“We are in a moment of tranquility but things are happening beneath the surface that reveal the imbalances,”