The Fed

As the Fed "fights inflation" by increasing interest rates, its actions will not produce the hoped-for "soft landing," but rather the hard bust.

Get beyond the PhDs running the Federal Reserve or the way people treat the Fed with deference. In the end, it is nothing but a legal counterfeiting ring.

People are making painful adjustments. What will the Fed do?

Mark uses Intel Corporation as a barometer of the business cycle.

As Mark explains, the target is another smokescreen.

Economists and pundits mistakenly call the Federal Reserve System's security holdings a portfolio. It is anything but.

These days, the Fed and Chairman Jerome Powell are claiming the title of "inflation fighters." The more appropriate moniker should be "inflationists."

Mark Thornton takes a look back at US stock markets, the national debt, and Fed policy.

While President Joe Biden's White House continues to give happy talk about the economy, some major economic storm clouds are brewing. The future does not look good.

The fact the money supply is actually shrinking serves as just one more indicator that the so-called soft landing promised by the Federal Reserve is unlikely to be a reality.