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Federal Reserve predicts new economic crisis [RT]
A recent meeting of the US Federal Reserve revealed that members of America’s central bank are not very optimistic about the future of the country’s economy. Even though the Fed is at odds regarding...
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Why is the Fed Not Printing Like Crazy? [Azizonomics]
I try to read all sides of the economics blogosphere, and try and grasp the ideas of even those who I would seem to radically disagree with. One thing that the anti-Fed side of the economics...
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“A Doomsday Machine” — David Stockman on Bernanke’s Economy
You had better read this article. I mean the whole article, not just my highlights. David Stockman gave an interview. He was the head of the Office of Management and Budget early in Reagan’s term. He...
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Fed fail: The implosion of a policy regime
Everyone from Paul Krugman to Steve Waldman to Yichuan Wang is giving their spin on the plunging nominal interest rates. It’s beginning to look like Keynes was wrong about liquidity traps, at least...
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US Treasury Admits It Conducted A Circular Ponzi Scheme For Years [Zerohedge]
While one may wonder about the implications of the just announced “accelerated windown” of the GSEs, predicated in no small part by the surge in animosity between Tim Geithner and the FHFA’s Ed...
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The Fed & the Cliff [Dr.Ed-s Blog]
Evel Knievel was an American daredevil, who attempted over 75 ramp-to-ramp motorcycle jumps between 1965 and 1980. In 1974, he failed in his attempt to jump across Snake River Canyon in a rocket. He...
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Whose Interests Will the Fed Always Protect? [Gary North]
Some predictions are easy. Here is mine: “The government of the United States will default on the vast bulk of its debts, which are mainly debts of Medicare, and to a far lesser extent, Social Security...
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Guest Post: The Rot Runs Deep 1: The Federal Reserve Is A Parasitic Wealth...
Submitted by Charles Hugh-Smith of OfTwoMinds blog, The Federal Reserve is a wealth transfer machine, skimming wealth from the productive many and transferring it to the parasitic few. Today I launch a...
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A Flashing Warning On The “Unintended Consequences” Of Ultra Easy Monetary...
The case for ultra easy monetary policies has been well enough made to convince the central banks of most Advanced Economies to follow such polices. They have succeeded thus far in avoiding a collapse...
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Lies, Damned Lies, And Pianalto’s QE/Deleveraging Lies [Zerohedge]
We tried to bite our tongue; we ignored some of the sheer hypocrisy of Cleveland Fed’s Sandra’ oh Sandy’ Pianalto (that QE2 was a definitive success in 2010 but now LSAPs require more analysis of costs...
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What To Expect From Bernanke At Jackson Hole [Zerohedge]
With the world’s suckers investors (CEOs, politicians, and peons alike) all hanging on every word the man-behind-the-curtain has to say on Friday, Stone & McCarthy has crafted an excellent...
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How low will markets go when Bernanke has nothing to say? [ArabianMoney]
There is one question at the back of traders’ minds this week and that is what would happen if Friday’s statement from Fed chairman Ben Bernanke turns out to be a complete dud, without a tiny hint of...
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Central Banks Digging a Deeper Hole [Financial Sense]
Dear readers, first of all, apologies seem in order. An unusual gap between blog posts has appeared on the Schlichter Files this summer. The reason is that I was travelling with my family in East...
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Fed to Crash Markets Before Launching QE3 [beaconequity]
Desperate to print Wiemar-style to fight off the most viscous Kondratiev Winter on record, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke may not satisfy ‘inflation trade’ onlookers at the close of his Jackson...
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Monsters With Ominous Acronyms: From A Nation Of Investors To A Nation Of Fed...
People are holding their breath. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke is to speak in Jackson Hole on Friday. QE3 or not to be, that’s the question. There isn’t a soul in the markets that can shrug off even a...
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Chart Of The Day: With All Of QE3 Priced In, The Only Way Is Down Should...
The following chart from Bank of America shows that with a few short hours ahead of the dangling strawman known as Bernanke’s J-Hole address (now that Mario Draghi has more pressing issues to deal with...
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Jackson Hole Kicks Off Fall Policy [Wealth Cycles]
The much anticipated news from the annual meeting in Jackson Hole, Wyoming failed to create much excitement. Everyone knows the Federal Reserve will eventually resume efforts to continue inflating the...
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Federal Reserve has already started QE3, says investor Jim Rogers [Telegraph]
Veteran US investor Jim Rogers believes the Federal Reserve has already launched a third round of quantitative easing, despite chairman Ben Bernanke failing to mention stimulus measures in his Jackson...
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Fed’s unemployment target is unrealistic [SoberLook]
The Fed’s goals for the US longer term unemployment levels are simply unrealistic and will force the central bank to prolong its easing programs beyond what is really needed for economic growth. This...
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