The Fed

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Frank Hollenbeck

Those who are calling for small reforms like changes to the Fed’s dual mandate are wrong. It is now clear that the Fed and the European Central Bank are hard-wired to inflate the money supply while encouraging banks to make excessively risky loans. Radical changes are needed.

Andy Sirkis

Despite claims to the contrary, Japan’s economy is continuing to suffer mightily under the leadership of Prime Minister Abe Shinzo. Abe’s so-called “three arrows” of monetary stimulus, fiscal stimulus, and structural reform, have crippled the Japanese economy with higher taxes, inflation, and easy money.

Brendan Brown

ECB’s Mario Draghi has taken over from Ben Bernanke as the world’s most enthusiastic money printer.

Benjamin M. Wiegold

For 100 years, the Fed has served to protect the interests of powerful banks through inflationary monetary policy. The Dallas Fed opened an historical exhibit, the Kansas City Fed released a documentary, and the New York Fed even started a Facebook page, all to commemorate the date.

David Howden

Over at Mises Canada today I discuss whether income inequality really is

Frank Hollenbeck

The European Central Bank’s recent move to negative interest rates is a sign that the ECB is hitting the panic button.

D.W. MacKenzie

Politicians won’t admit that quantitative easing and fiscal stimulus have unquestionably failed to produce a rapid recovery over the past five years.