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Jay Powell Said The Banking System Is "Sound And Resilient". Now More Banks Are In Trouble.
Thursday, May 4, 2023 12:59 PM EDT
It's difficult to see how the Fed will bring down price inflation while also guaranteeing more liquidity to an obviously fragile banking system.
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How The Dollar Became The World's Top Global Currency
Friday, April 28, 2023 10:24 PM EDT
No currency is poised to easily replace the dollar. But American policymakers could still cause the dollar to self-destruct by embracing even more reckless debt, spending, and monetary inflation.
In this article: FXB, UUP
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The Fed Is Fixated On Jobs Numbers, And That May Be A Good Thing
Friday, April 7, 2023 8:11 PM EDT
Jobs totals continue to show that the monetary inflation of the past three years continues to work its way through the economy and there will be no fast readjustment.
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Why The Dollar Still Beats The Euro And The Yuan
Thursday, April 6, 2023 6:46 PM EDT
If the US doubles down on economic sanctions and weaponization of the dollar economy, the dollar’s liquidity and widespread usage may not save it.
In this article: FXE, FXB, FXY, UUP
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Why The Regime Needs The Dollar To Be The Global Reserve Currency
Tuesday, April 4, 2023 4:14 PM EDT
Much of the discussion around the decline of the dollar is framed as a matter of the Chinese renminbi (RMB, or yuan) becoming the global reserve currency.
In this article: FXE, CYB, FXY, UUP, FXB
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The Fed Backtracks On Future Rate Hikes As Bank Failures Loom Large
Thursday, March 23, 2023 11:54 PM EDT
Although CPI inflation remains at or above six percent, the FOMC has slowed down in its monetary tightening over the past two months.
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Looming Bank Failures Point To More Price Inflation As Real Wages Fall Again
Thursday, March 16, 2023 3:00 AM EDT
Current layoffs in the tech sector, falling home prices, and failing banks have made it clear just how fragile the economy has become. 
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Yes, The Latest Bank Bailout Is Really A Bailout, And You Are Paying For It.
Tuesday, March 14, 2023 2:36 PM EDT
The FDIC was never intended to insure rich people with deposits well in excess of FDIC insurance maximums. Yet that is exactly what is now happening.
In this article: SIVBQ
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Food And Shelter Prices Keep Climbing As CPI Growth Hits A Three-Month High
Thursday, February 16, 2023 1:07 AM EDT
November was yet another month of declining real wages and was the twenty-second month in a row during which growth in average hourly earnings failed to keep up with CPI inflation.
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Another Recession Sign: Part-Time Work Is Growing Faster Than Full-Time Work
Tuesday, February 7, 2023 10:01 PM EDT
A switch from full-time-driven employment to part-time-driven employment usually indicates that a recession is coming. We saw it happen in 1981, 1990, 2001, 2008, and 2020. Now it’s happened again in 2023.
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Yes, The U.S. Government Has Defaulted Before
Tuesday, February 7, 2023 1:32 PM EDT
In 1934, the United States defaulted on the fourth Liberty Bond. The contracts between debtor and creditor on these bonds was clear.
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More Recession Signs: Money Supply Growth Went Negative Again In December
Friday, February 3, 2023 1:38 PM EDT
Money supply growth fell again in December, falling even further into negative territory after turning negative in November for the first time in twenty-eight years.
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The Fed Is Already Flashing Signs It's Done Raising Rates
Thursday, February 2, 2023 7:04 PM EDT
The economy has been so fragile and so based on little more than easy money since 2006, that it only takes some minor tightening to throw a major monkey wrench into financial markets—and then the larger economy.
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Wholesale Price Inflation Is Slowing As Economy Worsens
Tuesday, January 24, 2023 4:26 PM EDT
Changes in wholesale prices often are described as an early indicator of where consumer prices are headed.
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Don't Call It Capitalism: The Fed's $8 Trillion Hoard Of Financial Assets
Friday, January 20, 2023 7:38 PM EDT
While the Fed has long bought government debt in its so-called open-market operations to manipulate the interest rate, wholesale buying of financial assets began in 2008.
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The Fed Is A Purely Political Institution, And It's Definitely Not A Bank.
Tuesday, January 17, 2023 1:10 AM EDT
In spite of its record, the Fed continues to keep up the fiction that it is some kind of private organization with a real balance sheet, real assets, and real liabilities.
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