Category: Interest Rates
Good News About the Coming Crash
The last leaves are falling from the trees. And the last days of December are counting down, like the quiet moments before an execution.
The Debt Bomb That Could Blow in 2019
The Fed were planning to ‘normalise’ monetary policy very slowly. They didn’t expect much turbulence. The truth is that it’s not shaping out to be that way. Markets have been jolting all year.
How the Country Goes Broke…
Come the next crisis, our problems will intensify. Tax revenues will plummet. Deficits will grow to $2 trillion a year in 2019 or 2020.
What We Said to a Group of DC Elite
We have a bubble economy, not an economy on a solid footing of rising wages, productivity, sales, and profits. The boom we have enjoyed is largely fake.
More Fear Creeping into the Market
The Fed is looking at one more interest rate hike this year and three in 2019…or so they said. But investors aren’t buying it.
Dow 10,000
Trump will do whatever he can to keep prices rising on Wall Street — by talking up the economy with his usual mixture of real bravura and counterfeit facts.
Bargains on Offer as the Market Stumbles
Buying is back on the menu. In fact, investors haven’t been this giddy since the volatility shock in February earlier this year.
What Trump Will Say at the G20
The Fed’s big mistake following the 2008 crisis was holding interest rates down too low for too long. This discouraged saving and made debt more attractive.
This Occupancy Has Better Accuracy Than Central Bankers
Monetary policy is part art, part science. Central bankers don’t know what higher or lower interest rates will do. They have some idea. But they really don’t know for sure.
Investors Are Going to Get Scalped
The US dollar is fake money. And the Fed lends it out at fake rates. This is why corporate, consumer, and government debt is so high.
You Pay a Hefty Price for Central Bankers’ Folly
How much do you think central bankers make? Go on, give me your best guess? Most of these people are rich before they ever enter the role.
Watch Out: Today’s Financial House of Cards Is Getting Shaky
Like that one uncle whose hip starts to hurt when it’s about to rain, folks are starting to feel that something ain’t right. We believe that uneasiness is well-founded… Here’s why.
Stagflation, Here We Come!
Stagflation is a concept that boggles the mind. It’s about high inflation, yet stagnant wages. What does it mean for the future of America?
How Will the Feds Get Out of This?
The US economy and the US government are both living on borrowed time. Blame it on tax cuts, rampant spending and rising inflation.
This Will Be Trump’s Real Legacy
The Republican Party used to be about small government and balanced budgets. But now, under Trump, it’s embraced disastrous debt and inflation.