U.S. Economy

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Ryan McMaken

The Fed is winging it, but most on the FOMC believe only two more rate hikes are in the works, and then it's back to flooding the market with easy money. 

Mark Thornton

Economists like Paul Krugman have claimed that practice of austerity in government would damage the US economy. As Mark Thornton points out, the opposite is true: austerity works.

Jeff Deist

Only Father Time helps us cut through the policy nonsense and understand interest rates conceptually.

Ryan McMaken

It's odd for Joe Biden to celebrate an inflation report that still has price inflation growth over 7 percent, especially when real wages are falling and a recession looks more likely every hour. 

Claudio Grass

While monetary authorities and progressives would like to have a digital currency implemented, it is a backward step for monetary freedom.

Ryan McMaken

Twenty-six years ago, the debate was over whether or not the target inflation rate should be raised from zero to 2 percent. Now we're being told it should be 4 or 6 percent.