Financial Markets

The relative lack of inflation in Japan doesn't mean real wages haven't fallen.

Anyone who doubts whether we are in a recession can stop doubting. The Fed's reverse repos show that we're headed for a crash.

Forget Jerome Powell's fanciful "soft landing" or the notion that the Fed can pull another rabbit from its hat. The banking system is headed for a crash and monetary authorities likely will make things worse.

Adherents of MMT present their ideas in the form of a hydra. Shoot down one idea and another pops up that is just as preposterous. This is no accident.

As the economy begins to slow, the results of the Fed's money pumping are showing up in mergers and acquisitions.

Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop discuss recent inflation news, broader chaos in financial markets, and another round of funding for Ukraine.

Life lesson: Figure out what you love and do it and learn another language and get yourself a motorcycle and drive around the world.

It is easy to blame the covid-19 lockdowns for the weakening Chinese economy, but that would be a gross simplification.

This week Jeff is solo with very special guest Jimmy Rogers, the famed investor, Alabama native, and fan of Austrian economics.

Jeff talks to Keith Weiner of Monetary Metals about why gold still plays a major role in the global economy.