“Dovish Caution.” Will the Fed Chicken Out?
Two recent Fed speeches reveal sudden hesitancy about interest rate hikes.
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US Household Debt Rises to All-Time Highs
Spurred by 9 years of easy money, US household debt is back to peak levels not seen since 2008.
Balance Sheet Normalization, Or Not
Fed commentators have been talking up the "balance sheet normalization" theme. Turns out, shockingly, it's not actually going to be normalized.
The World’s Central Banks Are Frozen with Fear
A look at the world's largest central banks suggests there's no appetite for anything that resembles quantitative tightening.
Bob Murphy: Where Monetarism Goes Wrong
Jeff Deist and Bob Murphy discuss monetarism, and the differences between the Austrian and Chicago schools.
Charles Evans: The Risk of Deflation
Charles Evans spoke on Friday and expressed his fear that the inflation outlook had risk on the downside.
Money-Supply Growth Fell to an 8-year Low in March
March's year-over-year percentage increase in the money supply hit a 103-month low of 5.9 percent.
More Fed Talk: Mester, Kashkari, Rosengren
Fed members Mester, Kashkari, and Rosengren all gave speeches early this week. Here is what they said.
Fed Speeches: What They Said
Friday featured a handful of Fed member speeches. Here is a summary of what they spoke about.
FOMC Keeps Rates Steady
Today's FOMC meeting announcement has the Fed keeping rates unchanged and dismissing a weak Q1 GDP number as merely "transitory."
