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Week in Review: February 25, 2017

The FedHealthPolitical Theory

Blog02/24/2017
Cutting back presidential power continues to be one of our most urgent challenges.
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Five Reasons for Central Banks: Are They Any Good?

The FedMoney and Banking

Blog02/21/2017
No justification for central banks erases the fact that the central banks are creatures of power politics rather than economic reason.
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Janet Yellen

Week in Review: February 18, 2017

The FedFree MarketsInterventionismPolitical Theory

Blog02/17/2017
The Fed has elected to keep kicking the can down the road.
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Week in Review: February 11, 2017

The FedGlobal EconomyWorld HistoryEntrepreneurship

Blog02/10/2017
Will Donald Trump reshape the Federal Reserve?
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Price Controls and Propaganda

The FedMoney and BanksMoney and Banking

Blog02/09/2017
For central banks, manipulating public perceptions of the economy is just as critical an issue as manipulating interest rates and the money supply.
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How Trump Could Win the Currency War

The FedMoney and BanksMonetary TheoryMoney and Banking

Blog02/06/2017
If Trump wants to end the foreign currency manipulation he condemns, he can begin by ending the use of "non-standard" monetary tools in the US.
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Janet Yellen

Will Janet Yellen Lend Trump a Helping Hand?

Big GovernmentThe FedU.S. Economy

Blog02/06/2017
The Fed has a way of getting the opposite of what it expects.
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Man looking which direction

After Obama, a New Dawn or More of the Same?

The FedU.S. Economy

Blog02/05/2017
To succeed, Donald Trump will have to depart from the usual kick-the-can-down-the-road strategy employed over the past decade.
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Wall Street bull

Week in Review: February 4, 2017

The FedU.S. EconomyPolitical Theory

Blog02/03/2017
Will the "Trump Bump" last or does weak economic data suggest otherwise?
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Money Supply Growth Moderated in December

The FedMoney and BanksMoney and Banking

Blog02/03/2017
Money-supply growth hit a 46-month high in October, but had moderated significantly by December, according to the most recent money-supply data.
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