The Fed

The only good news this week came for Uncle Sam, who set new records in tax collection for 2015.

When did fiscal and monetary sanity become a radical position in America? Jeff Deist interviews Jim Grant, editor of Grant's Interest Rate Observer.

The fear of deflation is a big problem for the future of the global economy.

We wouldn't expect much market reaction to today's announcement, as it was already expected and should have been priced in.

More and more, Fed appointees are dropping their apolitical facade.

Unfortunately for us, James Grant is right.

Why is the Fed holding so many secret meetings lately?

Congress is hardly a great steward of financial power, but there are benefits to wrestling control of the money supply away from the Fed and returning it to Congress.

Following the unconventional monetary policy of negative interest rates, central banks are now considering an even more desperate measure: "helicopter money."

Given the monetary dark arts being practiced around the world, I would much prefer my money in the hands of Gringotts goblin, than at the mercy of our Federal Reserve Chairman Who-Must-Not-Be-Named.