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It Turns Out That Hundreds of Banks Are at Risk

The FedFinancial MarketsMonetary PolicyMoney and BanksU.S. Economy

Blog03/20/2023

Federal authorities want us to believe that by bailing out Silicon Valley Bank, they have prevented a financial crisis. Instead, we will have a crisis with bailouts.

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A Bank Crisis Was Predictable. Was the Fed Lying or Blind?

The FedFinancial MarketsInterventionism

Blog03/13/2023

Welcome to Whose Economy Is It, Anyway?, where the rules are made up and the dollars don’t matter. Or at least that seems to be the view of the Yellen regime.

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It's Too Early to Tell If We're in a Period of Real Disinflation

Central BanksFinancial MarketsInflation

Blog02/10/2023

Considering the bond yields have only risen slightly, and that monetary overhang from covid is still huge, it’s difficult to be remotely confident that monetary conditions have been tight.

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As Easy Money Crashes, the Political and Legal Effects Appear

Financial MarketsInflationMedia and Culture

Blog11/29/2022

As inflation ravages the economy, easy money is disappearing, with political and legal consequences to follow.

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The Near Collapse of the UK Pension Sector Exposes Failures by Financial Regulators

Financial MarketsGlobal Economy

Blog11/24/2022

The woes of Britain's financial sector have been exacerbated by UK financial regulators' failures.

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Will Global Rate Hikes Set Off a Global Debt Bomb?

Central BanksFinancial MarketsMoney and Banking

Blog11/21/2022

All of the excess of unproductive debt issued during the period of complacency will exacerbate the problem in 2023 and 2024.

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The Petrodollar-Saudi Axis Is Why Washington Hates Iran

Financial MarketsWar and Foreign Policy

Blog11/01/2022

The Ponzi game known as selling US government debt is nearing its end. The seller is running out of suckers.

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Government Intervention into International Currency Exchange Rates: Japan as a Case Study

Central BanksFinancial MarketsStrategy

Blog09/15/2022

Most government intervention into currency exchange rates create more problems than they solve. Japan's lost decades are a prime example of what can happen.

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Short-Term Market Volatility Is Not Entirely Random

Financial MarketsInflation

Blog09/10/2022

Typical teaching on stock prices says they are little more than a random walk. But people's purposeful actions are behind every economic transactions.

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Central Banks Have Been Hedging Rampant Regulation. Will This End Now?

Central BanksFinancial MarketsInflation

Blog08/10/2022

The latest bout of inflation has exposed how central banks around the world have used easy money policies to help cover for the economic drag created by the regulatory state.

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