In this comprehensive interview that Neil Howe ??" author of the must-read book The Fourth Turning The Fourth Turning ??" did with his firm, Saeculum Research, he wastes no time in telling us that he thinks expectations of several more Fed ra
Are central banks planning to issue their own digital currencies? If so, is there anything to fear? Those are the questions at hand today as reader Ken asked "Could you post your opinion of Fedcoin?"
"In her testimony before Congress, Janet Yellen blamed weakness in the global economy for the economy's continuing poor performance. She also tried to reassure Congress the Fed was capable of knowing exactly the right time to raise rates to head
One would imagine that in a market as skittish for risk as this one, that selling $24 billion in 3 Year paper would be if not as easy as pie, then as simple as last month's issuance, when not a cloud was visible when the Treasury sold 3 Year paper.
The Fed's phony mandate ... How many times have we heard top Federal Reserve officials solemnly invoke the Fed's "dual mandate" as the be-all, end-all justification for their monetary policy decisions? ... But the so-called dual mandate was not exact
The Federal Reserve Board meets today to decide their next brilliant move to save the US economy. Oh wait, they tried a minuscule quarter of one percent interest rate increase in December and the markets have been reeling ever since. What tools do th
The downturn in the US stock market is a problem made in America by the Federal Reserve, argued Peter Schiff on the Daily Ledger. The only question now is when will the Fed restart quantitative easing to ensure the Democrats and Hillary Clinton don
•The Treasury Department's Exchange Stabilization Fund (ESF) buys and sells foreign currency to promote exchange rate stability and counter disorderly conditions in the foreign exchange market.
The Citadel Is Breached: Congress Taps the Federal Reserve for Infrastructure Funding ... The highway measure would be financed in part by a one-time use of Federal Reserve surplus funds and by a reduction in the 6 percent dividend that national bank
Following an epic stock rout to start the year, one which has wiped out trillions in market capitalization, it has rapidly become a consensus view (even by staunch Fed supporters such as the Nikkei Times) that the Fed committed a gross policy mistake
Ron Paul once again smashes the latest myths! -- Bernie Sanders has a fundamental misunderstanding of The Fed and sound money -- Hillary's anti-gun crusade gets more bizarre by the day -- Tom Cotton doesn't understand that Gitmo is a recruiter of ter
This Thursday, the Senate voted to reject Rand Paul's proposal to audit the Federal Reserve. The bill needed 60 votes to pass but was rejected by a narrow margin of 53-44.