Is Money Created by Government Decree?
Today’s demand for money is determined by yesterday’s purchasing power of money.
Money and Banking
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Money Supply Growth Falls Again, Dropping to 105-Month Low
The last time the money supply grew at a smaller rate was during September 2008
Here’s the True Definition of a Recession — It’s Not About GDP
Recessions are the liquidation of a boom that sprang up thanks to a previous period of loose monetary policy.
Why Wage Growth Is So Weak
As central banks enable the creation of money out of thin air, wealth creation has suffered, as has worker productivity.
Today Janet Yellen Explained (Yet Again) Why Interest Rates Should Stay Low
Today, Janet Yellen struck a dovish tone with Congress, saying that the Fed's target interest rate is not really that low after all.
Bank of Canada Raises Rates for First Time in 7 Years
It may be minor, but this week's rate hike should be just high enough so the Bank of Canada can cut them again when things start to get tough.
On Borrowed Time
Those of us who are hostile to central planning are doubly hostile to governmental interference in the price mechanism — the policies of QE and ZIRP.
The Bernanke-Yellen Bubble-Depression
The next economic crisis will be directly tied to the last economic crisis and the policies the Fed used to “solve” it. As such, it should be called the Bernanke-Yellen Crisis.
Does a Falling Money Supply Cause Recessions?
A falling money supply is not the cause of economic contractions. It is usually just a symptom of a larger problem resulting from money-creation out of thin air.
Money, Keynes, and History
Though the descent of Keynesian doctrine from intellectual respectability can be denied no longer, it still gravely threatens sensible monetary policy.
