Credit Managers’ Index (CMI) Dipping
March’s economic report from the National Association of Credit Management dropped to the lowest it’s been this year. The combined index fell from 53.2 in February to 51.2 this month.
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Bubble Unto Others
There’s more to the global adventures of the greenback than meets The Economist’s eye.
Why Is the Fed Punishing My Parents?
Thanks to the central bank, those who worked hard and "played by the rules" all their lives now face an uncertain future as inflation chips away at their savings and threatens their financial stability.
Why We Need Deflation and Higher Interest Rates
Once a recession sets in, markets can only repair themselves if prices — including wages — are allowed to fall where necessary. The resulting increases in real interest rates are the key to spurring new economic activity.
Europeans Overcoming Their Apoplithorismosphobia
Europeans have long been fearful of the prospects of price deflation, but now that it has arrived they have embraced it.
Fed Tries to Figure Out How to Raise Interest Rates by a 1/4 of 1%
The Fed has been messing with interest rates for a century and suddenly they have forgotten how to raise interest rates?
Recent Economic Data Shows the Good Side of Deflation
Data from Japan, Spain, Greece, and the Netherlands all suggest that deflation is not the disaster many economists suggest it is. In fact, there's good reason to believe that economies really start to take off when prices fall the most.
Hazlitt and the Oil Bust
The weak dollar was a subsidy for the oil industry, but as Hazlitt noted, they make “the industries in which we are comparatively inefficient larger, and the industries in which we are comparatively efficient smaller.”
Joseph Salerno Interviewed on Gold Standard, Fiat Money
Joseph Salerno Interviewed on Gold Standard, Fiat Money...
