We have been robbed blind and we have scarcely noticed. Now, our very existence is being threatened and people laugh at you for talking about it as they call you a "conspiracy theorist", "fear-monger" and "the purveyor of doom and gloom".
Several members of the Federal Reserve's committee spoke publicly earlier this week to clarify why the central bank didn't raise its key interest rate last week. But their comments only confused investors more.
Australia's largest investment bank Macquarie, one which openly called for "helicopter money", by directly monetizing treasuries. Ironically, the bank made the call despite admitting that it would not work
Bill Gross said the Federal Reserve needs to raise interest rates as soon as possible, trading some near-term market losses for longer-term stability and a healthier financial system.
The world is enslaved to an economic system designed to create tremendous power and wealth for those who own the system, while forcing the rest of us into mathematically insurmountable debt and the stagnation, austerity and poverty that comes with it
It seems like sentiment indicators used to be more straightforward. That is, when one group of traders or survey respondents were positioned to an extreme, either bullish or bearish, a reversion in prices seemed to be on tap.
U.S. stock-index futures fell, with raw-material shares dragged lower as commodities retreated, a selloff in biotechnology shares deepened and Volkswagen AG's diesel-emissions cheating scandal continued to rattle global auto stocks.
Over the past few months (not to mention last 7 years), the topic of America's "missing inflation" has gained major prominence, because while supposedly every other aspect of the economy is humming along....
..., even though I am fully convinced that the hardest times that any of us have ever experienced are ahead. I spend countless numbers of hours in front of my computer immersed in deeply disturbing information, and yet I sleep more soundly at night
Perhaps no economic pronouncement in history has been anticipated, discussed, predicted, dissected, and reported like the Federal Reserve's momentous decision today not to raise interest rates.
The Fed has as much as promised to make the blind see and the lame walk. It claims that it – and it alone – is capable of improving the U.S. economy and, by extension, the world economy.
Today and tomorrow the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee will meet to, among other things, decide whether to increase the interest rate. Will they or won't they? Ron explains their dilemma.
World stocks inched to a three-week high and the dollar drifted lower on Thursday as markets waited to see if the Federal Reserve would raise U.S. interest rates for the first time in almost a decade, or opt to wait a little longer.
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