The Fed
Can Markets Still Drop Sharply… or Is the Fed Invincible?
By Clint Siegner The financial markets feel as if they are totally controlled. ZeroHedge recently made an observation that pretty well sums up the situation,…
Fed Encourages Runaway Debt as “Minsky Moment” Approaches
By Clint Siegner Federal Reserve officials like to pretend they can use interest rates like a motorcycle throttle on the U.S. economy. They can either…
Is the U.S. Economy Veering Toward a Fed-Induced Recession?
By Stefan Gleason For months, the Trump administration has been touting low unemployment numbers as evidence of a strong underlying economy. But if the economy…
The Federal Reserve’s Controlled Demolition Of The Economy Is Almost Complete
By Brandon Smith The Federal Reserve is an often misunderstood entity, not only in the mainstream, but also in alternative economic circles. There is this…
Oregon Bill Would Create Banking Alternative for Cannabis Industry, Bypass Federal Reserve
By Michael Maharrey A bill filed in the Oregon House would establish limited state-chartered banks to serve the cannabis industry. Final passage of this legislation would…
Fed Must Face Reality: No Return to Normalcy for Monetary Policy
By Stefan Gleason More than a decade after the 2008 financial crisis, U.S. monetary policy continues to operate in crisis management mode. Despite a long,…
Fed Tightening And Crumbling Fundamentals Expose The Recovery Lie
By Brandon Smith It is hard to say exactly when it started – in 2008 in the midst of the credit crisis, in the early…
As The Fed Reflates The Stock Bubble The Economy Crumbles
By Dave Kranzler I get a kick out of these billionaires and centimillionaires, like Kyle Bass yesterday, who appear on financial television to look the…
Housing Market Crash 2.0: The Jury is in for 2018-2019
By David Haggith As happened with the first housing market crash that began in 2007 but didn’t become widely recognized until mid-2008, the present housing…
The Fed Blinked – Gold And Silver Are Going Higher
By Dave Kranzler Price inflation has been badly misrepresented by CPI figures and have been averaging closer to about 8% annually since gold topped in…
Fed Folds Under Pressure, Telegraphs Looser Money Ahead
By Clint Siegner Two big questions have been front and center for Fed watchers in recent months… The first is just how high rates could…
Fire The Fed?
By Ron Paul President Trump’s frustration with the Federal Reserve’s (minuscule) interest rate increases that he blames for the downturn in the stock market has…
Federal Reserve Confesses Sole Responsibility for All Recessions
By David Haggith In a surprisingly candid admission, two former Federal Reserve chairs have stated that the Federal Reserve alone is responsible for creating all…