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The Impact of Falling M2 on Prices and Jobs
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Author: Robert P. Murphy Ryan McMaken
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Category: Booms and Busts, Central Banks, The Fed, Inflation, Money and Banks
The Mises Institute’s Executive Editor Ryan McMaken joins Bob to discuss his latest article , in which Ryan spells out the state of the M2 money supply and possible implications for consumer prices and an impending recession. Ryan’s Mises.org article on M2: Mises.org/HAP402a Ryan’s QJAE article on the inverted yield curve:
The True Cost of the Homeownership Obsession
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Author: Ryan McMaken
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Category: Booms and Busts, Financial Markets, Money and Banks
In 2014, the US homeownership rate fell below 65 percent, which means it’s back to where it was during the 1970s and much of the 1990s. Various federal agencies have long made homeownership a priority, and have introduced a bevy of government and quasi-government programs including the GSEs like Fannie Mae, FHA-insured loans, VA-insured loans, the
Housing: High Prices, Few New Units
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Author: Ryan McMaken
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Category: Booms and Busts, Money and Banks
During the housing bubble that ended in 2007-8, the amount of new housing construction was remarkable. Enormous subdivisions were being constructed in metro areas across the land. Buildings of condominiums sprang up in city centers, and the ready availability of credit meant many were buying more than one house as “investments” or summer homes.
The Fed’s Balance Sheet Skyrockets as It Doubles Down on Inflating Asset Prices
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Author: Ryan McMaken
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Category: Booms and Busts, Money and Banks
Back in October, the Fed already knew there was a liquidity problem. This is why in September, the Fed began a new round of quantitative easing to essentially bail out the repo markets. Naturally, the Fed’s defenders, both inside and outside the Fed itself, insisted that this was not QE. Both Bloomberg (” When the Fed Fixes Repo Markets, Don’t
Central Banks around the World Embrace Unprecedented “Quantitative Easing”
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Author: Ryan McMaken
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Category: Booms and Busts, Monetary Policy, Money and Banks
It feels like it’s been months, but it’s only been a few weeks since the world’s central banks started forcing down their key interest rates to historical lows around the world. In those places where rates weren’t reduced, the central banks have adopted vast quantitative easing plans. In some places, central banks have both reduced rates and
Playing With Fire and Its Critics
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Author: Ryan McMaken Tho Bishop Jonathan Newman
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Category: Booms and Busts, Central Banks, Money and Banks, U.S. Economy
On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Jonathan Newman joins Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop to discuss the Mises Institute’s new documentary, Playing With Fire: Money, Banking, and the Federal Reserve, and respond to some friendly critics about the continuing importance of Austrian Business Cycle Theory in the modern financial world. “A Modest Proposal