From: Counting the Cost Inflation in the United States hit a 40-year high over the past 12 months and the Federal Reserve raised interest rates eight times to rein in price increases. But the policy […]
Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, A Federal Reserve white paper has come up with a new function for money. Let’s tune in… Docket No. OP – 1670 Please consider Docket No. OP – […]
Having raised rates by 25bps (as expected) and offered a dovish bias to the statement with regard future rate-hikes, Fed Chair Powell now has the unenviable task of threading the needle between too-dovish (what does […]
Authored by Yves Smith via NakedCapitalism.com, The incompetence of our financial regulators, most of all the Fed, is breathtaking. The great unwashed public and even wrongly-positioned members of the capitalist classes are suffering the consequences […]
The stock market disapproved of the Fed’s move on interest rates and Chair Jerome Powell’s comments as stocks sold off into the close. The market soured after Powell said rate cuts should not be expected. […]
ONDON, March 22 (Reuters) – Oil prices edged lower on Wednesday following fresh indications of weak demand, and as the market awaited a crucial interest rate decision by the U.S. Federal Reserve. Brent crude […]
Authored by Simon Flint via Bloomberg, There is an argument that the Fed will stick to its inflation-fighting mission, because it needs to focus on restoring its credibility, and this keeps a 50bps hike in […]
Authored by Joakim Book via Reason.com, The Federal Reserve is in the unenviable position of achieving its mandate by crashing the economy. It’s not something it wants to do, as Fed Chair Jerome Powell meekly […]
Earlier we said that the Fed/Treasury’s new alphabet soup bailout facility, the BTFP, stands for Buy The Fucking Pivot as it confirms what we have been saying for months: it’s just a matter of time […]
The Federal Reserve’s data-dependence might suggest that a more mild jobs report on Friday and tamer CPI inflation reading next week could still result in just a quarter-point rate hike on March 22. Don’t bet […]
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