Booms and Busts

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Jonathan Newman

Forget Vegas sports betting for reckless speculation. When the Fed officials make projections, the markets assume they are accurate. However, as Jerome Powell himself admits, forecasts are speculative at best.

Douglas E. French

No matter the situation, bank CEOs believe that the Big Score is just around the corner. Then reality hits.

Tom Czitron

Hollywood can create stories from thin air, but when the film industry creates malinvestments, there is a bust in the future.

Stephen Anderson

As the US economy sours, look for a wave of new bankruptcies. The Fed cannot pull any rabbits out of its monetary hat this time.

Douglas E. French

Decades of low interest rates have ruined saving in the US economy, and banks are going to pay dearly for it.