Tag: Federal Reserve
The Signs Swirl All Around Us, So Is the Monetary Reset...
(Chris Powell, Money Metals News Service) For most of this decade owning gold and gold-related investments has required the patience of Job, and the...
As Consumer Costs Rise 5%+, Fed Chairman Calls for “Significant and...
(Money Metals Exchange) Gold and silver markets edged up this week but remain mired within a longer-term consolidation phase.
Last Friday, it appeared that silver...
Congress Still Covering for the Fed’s Bailouts
(Clint Siegner, Money Metals News Service) Wall Street owns Washington DC – figuratively speaking. In literal terms, the largest banks in the nation own...
Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, Inflation Fighter, Dead at 92
(Associated Press) Paul Volcker, who as Federal Reserve chairman in the early 1980s elevated interest rates to historic highs and triggered a recession as...
It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane…It’s the Financial Markets’ $4 Trillion...
(Wall Street Journal) The Federal Reserve Bank of New York
added $72.8 billion in temporary liquidity to financial markets Friday.
The intervention came via three-day repurchase...
Elephant in the Room: Why Nobody Talks About Ballooning Federal Deficits
(Clint Siegner, Money Metals News Service) The presidential race will mesmerize Americans over the next 11 months. The country hasn’t been this polarized since...
Bank Branch Closures Hurt Seniors, Rural Communities Most
(Epoch Times) Americans in rural parts of the country have been hit hard by bank closures as they lose access to services for which...
The Week that Was: News You May Have Missed
(Credit Bubble Bulletin) The S&P500 gained 1.0% (up 25.3% y-t-d), and the Dow added 0.6% (up 20.3%). The Utilities were unchanged (up 19.0%). The...
Central Banker Admits Fed Got It Wrong, Markets Got It Right
(Associated Press) In mid-2016, even with unemployment falling and the economy growing modestly, James Bullard, head of the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank, was...
Why Americans Shouldn’t Be Thankful for the Fed’s Monetary Gravy
(Mike Gleason, Money Metals Exchange) As traders on Wall Street take time off for Thanksgiving, they can be thankful markets are calm and equity...
