Tag: Federal Reserve
Where Is the ‘Strong’ Dollar Heading from Here?
(AP) The buck isn’t stopping.
The value of the U.S. dollar has been on a tear for more than a year against everything from the...
Fed’s Brainard: Rates to Rise Higher, Stay Elevated Longer
(AP) The Federal Reserve will need to continue lifting its short-term interest rate to a level that restricts economic growth and keep it there...
Bad News for the Economy Is Good News for Gold
(Stefan Gleason, Money Metals News Service) A bad run for gold and silver markets this summer is dimming hopes for the metals being able to...
The Federal Reserve Wants You Fired
(Ron Paul Institute) The Federal Reserve was no doubt troubled by July’s decline in the US unemployment rate to 4.5 percent and increase in job...
Fed is Hoping August Hiring Report Will Show Slowdown
(AP) Raging inflation has so scrambled the economy that it's come to this: If Friday's jobs report for August were to show a significant...
Fed Admits It CAN’T Tame Inflation, Promises More Economic Pain Anyway
(Stefan Gleason, Money Metals News Service) Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell is talking tough and warning of more interest rate pain to come. At the...
Inflation Makes People Poorer (And It’s the Government’s Fault)
(André Marques, Mises Institute) The Consumer Price Index (CPI) in the US was 9.1 percent in June. Taking into account that the government lies about inflation,...
Democrats Push for a ‘Great Reset’ of the Federal Reserve
(Paul H. Kupiec, American Institute for Economic Research) It has not been a good year for the Federal Reserve. The Fed has had a...
The Fed Just Got Rid of Forward Guidance Because It’s Making...
(Ryan McMaken, Mises Institute) The Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee announced Wednesday it is raising its key policy rate—the federal funds rate—by 75 basis points...
Is the Fed Finally Serious About Inflation?
(Thomas L. Hogan, American Institute for Economic Research) Until recently, the Federal Reserve wasn’t taking inflation seriously. Fed officials claimed to be serious about...
