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Would you rather have silver and gold? Or would you rather have peppermint? You might be under the impression Yukon Cornelius of Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer fame was after riches of silver and gold. He wasn’t. I mean, I hate to mess with your Christmas memories, but facts are facts.
The Federal Reserve recently surrendered in its inflation fight. But price inflation is nowhere near the 2% target. Why did the Fed raise the white flag prematurely? One of the major reasons is debt. The world is buried under record debt levels and the global economy can’t function in a high interest rate environment.
The Biden administration just ran the largest November budget deficit in history. And it managed this feat even with a 9% increase in government receipts.
The Federal Reserve just surrendered to inflation. Fed officials won’t call it a surrender. They’re claiming victory. But surrender is the effect of the policy trajectory laid out by the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) at its December meeting.
Inflation is dead! At least that’s what you would think if you listen to government officials and talking heads in the financial media. So, how is this victory over inflation working out for the average person? Not so great.
Why do virtually all the mainstream pundits think the Federal Reserve has won the inflation fight? Maybe it’s just wishful thinking. They want the Fed to win so it can go back to what it does best – creating more inflation with artificially low interest rates and quantitative easing. Regardless, most of the mainstream punditry […]
The “resilient” American consumer seems to be running out of gas. Americans are still running up credit card debt but at a much slower pace. Meanwhile, borrowing for big-ticket items has cratered. Total consumer debt rose by $5.2 billion in October, according to the latest data from the Federal Reserve. That was a relatively small […]
Are “greedy” corporations driving inflation? Could taxing billionaires solve the federal government’s fiscal problems? According to President Joe Biden, the answer to both questions is yes. And the correct answer is no.
No one is talking about the US trade deficit in the current fiscal year, but it is likely to be another record, bringing with it new rounds of trade sanctions and protectionism. In this article, I explain why the twin deficit hypothesis will apply, bearing in mind a likely budget deficit outturn of $3 trillion […]
Deutsche Bank economists say the Federal Reserve will create more inflation in 2024. OK, that’s not exactly what they said. But that is the implication of their latest forecast.
