The Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) is the latest "weapon" in the government's so-called arsenal to keep the banking system afloat. But the system needs much more than just "liquidity." It needs sound money and sound banking practices.
Socialists like Bernie Sanders have decried the possible US government debt default. Marx and Lenin would have vociferously disagreed.
The Federal Trade Commission is unwisely trying to block a merger between Microsoft and Activism. The result is more monopoly and higher prices.
While the faux debt ceiling drama rages in Washington, DC, governments worldwide are defaulting on their debt via inflation.
People are contrary cusses whose behavior cannot be forecast precisely in advance.
Many observers have dismissed the significance of the yield curve inversion in 2022.
The latest rage in macroceonomics is modern monetary theory, whose adherents invariably resort to the motte-and-bailey fallacy. Advocating inflation is never a good idea.
In 2023, self-employment has collapsed again with year-over-year self-employment growth dropping by 6.5 percent.
There are several causal factors operating on interest rates and in different directions.
