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Muckraker of the Financial System
The Fed knew about the housing bubble before it burst but lied and said they didn't: Bill HR 1424 to buy bad paper (eventually called TARP) was introduced in March 9, 2007, before there began to be bad commercial paper from private subprime RE loans, in August. I have published on two other ...more

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The Fed Did Not Save Real Estate But Gives Banks Welfare Checks
The Fed killed all subprime real estate, but it all didn't deserve the death penalty. In return for this Fed behavior, banks now get welfare checks from the people of the United States of America while GDP declines.
Paul Krugman Wants To Bless Us, But It Is Mostly For Wall Street
My fantasy for the American economy, as opposed to Paul Krugman's big spending plans, is tongue in cheek to be sure. But is it any more insane than engaging in massive deficits to bless mostly Wall Street?
Economists Reveal Massive Market Forces In Bonds Before And After QE
The interest rate on Treasuries is lower than it would otherwise have to be because part of the demand for Treasuries comes from their use as safe debt. Treasuries are essentially money.
Greenspan On Yields, Slow Growth And Hyperinflation
One could say that Greenspan's efforts to undermine bond collateral by seeking higher yields is a conundrum in itself.
Hoarding The New Gold: Early History About Structured Finance
The history of structured finance under Alan Greenspan includes both asset backed securities used as collateral and a new gold, US government debt also becoming valuable as collateral. Greenspan pushed risk off the banks and onto counterparties.
Hope For The Real Economy, Pigou Effect, TLTRO Helicopter Money
The second type of interest rates is what is called the Targeted Long-term Refinancing Operations (TLTRO) and goes according to the Friedman rule, that the central bank is never impotent.
Central Bank Victory And Negative Bond Rates
The Fed has saved the banks and the elite, thrown the middle class and poor a bone, and has made bond yields untouchable to the upside. The Fed simply has nothing more to do.
Are Perpetual Bonds Helicopter Money? The New Japanese Plan
The BoJ and Ben Bernanke have discussed the government of Japan issuing perpetual bonds. The media has said these bonds are helicopter money.
Kyle Bass Says Helicopter Money Is The Only Way Out
Kyle Bass discusses QE, but more importantly, he opts for helicopter money as the only way out of our worldwide financial malaise.
Great Recession Causes And Case-Shiller As Explained By Marcus Nunes
The decline in prices began in April 2007. Again, this was way before the subprime crisis of August 2007. But the decline was as intense in April as it was after August. The question remains, why?
Currency Hegemony, GDP Growth, And Why Brexit Was Good For The UK
A central bank policy that attempts to fix all the nations with one policy has failed. The UK wants its GDP to grow, so it makes no sense to adopt the Euro.
Fed Tricksters, Put Your Monetarism Where Your Mouths Are
It is time to really see if monetarists want to follow the genius, Friedman, or if they just don't have the guts to stand for the obvious next step in monetary policy. Come on monetarists, put your monetarism where your mouths are.
The Real Problem With Real Estate Understood By Market Monetarists
In 1980, income reached its most widespread convergence across the geographical landscape of the nation, but that this is no longer the case. The tech and financial revolutions that grew those businesses have given rise to the closed access city.
Does Neo-Fisherian Economics Cause Fed To Bark Up The Wrong Tree?
We just want the Fed to start barking. Instead of talking about raising rates, the Fed should raise rates if it believes banks would lend more. If it doesn't want the banks to lend more it should not raise rates.
Is Japan Falling Back Into Deflation? Only One Monetary Solution Left
Pundits in Japan are giving up on monetary policy as deflation once again rears its ugly head. But there is one more thing that the BoJ could try before giving up expanding the money supply through monetary means.
Japan Is Practicing Tranche Warfare. Abe Is Frightened!
Japanese banks are desperate for yield. But this time tranche warfare may be getting them into big trouble.
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