EconomyCommentary
Why You’d Be Wrong in Thinking the Fed Just Raised Interest Rates
For the first time in seven years, the Federal Reserve has raised its target for the federal funds rate. Some news reports get this story… Read More
EconomyCommentary
For the first time in seven years, the Federal Reserve has raised its target for the federal funds rate. Some news reports get this story… Read More
EconomyCommentary
A week ago, President Barack Obama signed a new highway funding bill that will effectively tax banks and raid the Federal Reserve to pay for… Read More
EconomyCommentary
During the last debate Senator Ted Cruz, Ben Carson, Mike Huckabee and Senator Rand Paul all waded into monetary policy, a hot topic since the… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Proponents of monetary policy reform and financial deregulation have had very little to cheer about during the last few years. Even many of the positive… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Two events from last week exemplify federal officials’ refusal to let people live their own lives and earn money as they see fit. One deals… Read More
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Between now and the presidential election, we’ll be treated to all sorts of wonderful fables about what caused the 2008 financial crisis and the best… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The Federal Reserve has injected trillions into the banking system since the 2008 crisis, and we’re still stuck in a low-growth economy. Yet rather than… Read More
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Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and David Vitter, R-La., have merged in an unlikely pairing to rein in the Federal Reserve’s emergency lending powers to Wall… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Stocks tumbled in several major markets earlier this week because, supposedly, investors were nervous about this weeks Fed meeting. The Fed has flirted with raising… Read More
EconomyCommentary
In mid-June, China’s Shanghai Composite Index was up a dazzling 60 percent since the beginning of the year. It was the highest level in more… Read More