Tag: Federal Reserve
Bill Aims to Block Fed’s Digital Currency Scheme
(Jp Cortez, Sound Money Defense League) In recent days, sound money champion Congressman Alex Mooney (R-WV) introduced H.R. 3712, the Digital Dollar Pilot Prevention Act –...
Crowding Out: The Fed May Be Killing the Private Sector to...
(Daniel Lacalle, Mises Institute) The Federal Reserve’s balance sheet reached its all-time high in May 2022. Since then, it was supposed to drop at a steady...
Can the Fed Continue to Fight Inflation without Risking a Financial...
(Bryan Cutsinger, American Institute for Economic Research) Since March, we have experienced three of the largest bank failures in United States history. Silicon Valley Bank,...
Powell Said the Banking System Is “Sound and Resilient” — Now...
(Ryan McMaken, Mises Institute) The Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) on Wednesday raised the target policy interest rate (the federal funds rate)...
Fed Raises Key Rate But Hints It May Pause Amid Bank...
(AP) The Federal Reserve reinforced its fight against high inflation Wednesday by raising its key interest rate by a quarter-point to the highest level...
Fed Racks Up $44 Billion in Losses
(Alex J. Pollock, Mises Institute) The Federal Reserve’s new report of its balance sheet shows that in the approximately six months ended March 29...
Credit Card Debt Is at Record High as Fed Weighs Rate...
(AP) As the Federal Reserve considers whether to raise interest rates again, credit card debt is already at a record high, and more people...
Federal Reserve Moves Towards Centralized Digital Currency
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The Federal Reserve announced Wednesday the impending launch of a pilot program that observers say resembles the controversial central bank digital currency (CBDC) system—something...
‘No Painless Option’: Fed Faces Tough Choice on Inflation Following Bank...
(The Center Square) The U.S. Federal Reserve may be less likely to use its key tool to combat inflation because of recent bank failures.
The...
Gold Market Isn’t Buying Powell’s ‘Disinflation’ Declaration
(Stefan Gleason, Money Metals News Service) According to Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell, disinflation is now taking hold.
Yes, the very same person who had to...
