This is a discussion on the future direction of the Federal Funds rate, using the Fed Funds Rate Predictor (produced by the Cleveland Fed as a starter.
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Tractor trailers, tank recovery vehicles, crates of machine guns and rocket propelled grenades are...
Article | Submitted Dec 6, 2007 | Views: 2909 | Comments: 25
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The conventional wisdom says that inflation is very bad. It makes everything we buy more expensive and decreases the value of our currency. But there are times when inflation is good for you.
We've now had five bank failures in 2008 and I wanted to see how we are doing compared to the real estate downturn in the 1980s and savings and loan crisis it precipitated. The results are...
I've wondering how the performance of the Dow in 2008 compares to the drop during the Great Depression. To find out, I graphed both and set them side by side. The results are interesting...
Bermard Connolly, global strategist at Banque AIG in London and one of the most bearish market analysts says the US Government may be forced to prop up assets if monetary policy fails to produce...
Over the last couple of weeks it's become clear that we are entering a new period of staglation, that horrible condition of low growth and rising inflation that characterized much of the 70s.
Canada has had one problem after another with its big elephant to the south. The United States has long been a source or irritation and envy; its culture, economy, and politics have all played...
The House passes the rescue plan or bailout bill today and President Bush swiftly signed it into law. It not only provides up to $700 billion to buy up toxic assets, but temporarily raises the...
Billionaire investor George Soros is making headlines for saying the world economy is tottering on an abyss. He's rich but also has a political agenda, so it's hard to know what to make of his...
Article | Submitted Jan 23, 2008 | Views: 567 | Comments: 1
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Albert Edwards, strategist for Societe Generale and one of the most astute observers of the global market and economic scene says that the giant global money pump that has been fueling inflation...
CNBC sent Bill Griffeth for a facelift over the weekend, then put him on Power Lunch with Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, Melissa Francis and Dennis Kneale. Why?
A friend of mine whose views on the economy I respect pointed me to this article. In it, Satyajit Das, one of the pioneers of financial engineering draws a pretty gloomy picture for the future....
The subprime/mortgage mess has accelerated this week and today the Fed stepped in to shore up the market. Many believe that a rate cut is inevitable to further shore up the market. In the...
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