New Bank Regulations Will Hurt Small Businesses and Middle-Class Borrowers the Most
(DCNF)—The rapid succession of bank failures last spring clearly spooked federal regulators at the FDIC, the Federal Reserve Board, and ...
Tag: Federal Reserve
What Is a “Fed Pivot” and When Is It Likely to Happen?
(Mises)—Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Jerome “Jay” Powell, recently sent mysterious shock waves into financial markets with comments that suggested ...
Ron Paul: Soft Landing or Hard Crash?
(Ron Paul)—A clip from the 1990 movie Home Alone where the lead character purchases groceries, household goods, and toys recently ...
Central Banks Brought Inflation — Now They Bring Stagnation
(Mises)—Although the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank’s message regarding interest rate cuts seems clear, reiterating their commitment to ...
Bank Bailout Program Balance Surges Again in December
(Schiff)—What’s going on with US banks? Over the last month, loans outstanding in the Federal Reserve bank bailout program increased ...
Fed Holds Rates Steady but Signals Big Changes in the New Year
(Daily Caller)—The Federal Reserve announced it would not change its benchmark federal funds rate on Wednesday, keeping the rate at ...
Powell Comments Send Everything Soaring, Gold Hits All Time High, Dollar Plummets as Market Prices in Rate Cuts
(Zero Hedge)—After November's furious meltup, which saw the S&P rise by 9% (the Nasdaq was up an even more ludicrous ...
The Fed Is Draining Our Economy Like Farmers Have Drained Their Aquifers
(Mises)—In an October column, Paul Krugman admonished people who are not all in on the Joe Biden economy and declared ...
Exposing Our Fed-Driven Bubble Economy
The Great Money Bubble: Protect Yourself from the Coming Inflation Storm, by David A. Stockman, Humanix Books, 2022; 229 pp. ...
Peter Schiff: The Fed Won’t Achieve Either of Its Mandates
(Schiff)—The Federal Reserve operates under a dual mandate from Congress — to achieve maximum employment and stable prices. In a ...