The Fed Is Sitting on the Sidelines, but for How Long?
The relative calm in the markets may not survive upheaval in the A.I. sector and a deluge of disruptive Trump policies, our ...
The Fed’s Preferred Inflation Measure Ticked Up Slightly in December
The central bank needs to see further progress on inflation or weakness in the labor market to resume interest rate cuts.
The Federal Reserve ignored Trump’s interest rate demands — and he’s not taking it well
The Federal Reserve kicked off its second Trump era right where it left off: Doing exactly what it wanted to do, ignoring President Donald Trump’s demands that it lower rates.
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Hetzel Withholds Credit from Hawtrey for his Monetary Explanation of the Great Depression
In my previous post, I explained how the real-bills doctrine originally espoused by Adam Smith was later misunderstood and misapplied as a policy guide for central banking, not, as Smith understood it ...
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Fed should stay independent, Trump's pick for US Treasury Secty says
Jan 16 (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve should stay independent, Trump's pick to be U.S. Treasury Secretary told a Senate panel on Thursday. "I think on monetary policy decisions, the FOMC should ...
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Understanding the impacts of the great depression on Nigeria’s political economy
Many people today are unfamiliar with the term “Great Depression” and the profound significance it holds in global history. The Great Depression, which began in 1929 and lasted through the 1930s, was ...
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Here’s The Fed’s 2025 Meeting Schedule And What To Expect For Interest Rates
Fixed income markets anticipate that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates in 2025, but not by much. Short-term interest rates are expected to end 2025 close to 4%. That’s down from the ...
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U.S. Money Supply Recently Did Something Last Witnessed During the Great Depression -- and It Historically Foreshadows a Big Move in Stocks
For instance, the Federal Reserve didn't even exist in 1878 or ... bull market in the S&P 500 dating back to the start of the Great Depression in September 1929. According to Bespoke's ...
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U.S. Money Supply Recently Did Something Last Witnessed During the Great Depression -- and It Historically Foreshadows a Big Move in Stocks
US M2 Money Supply data by YCharts. Based on data reported monthly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, M2 clocked in at $21.448 trillion in November 2024, which is down from ...
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U.S. Federal Reserve will increasingly find itself in the crosshairs of president-elect Trump
U.S. president-elect Donald Trump says he has no plans to fire Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell. But that doesn’t mean he isn’t girding for a fight. Strong economic growth and stubborn ...