The Fed
Is the Demand for T-bills Driving Treasury Deposits at the Fed?
Frank Shostak offers another explanation for the volatility we're seeing in Treasury deposits at the Fed.
Klaas Knot on ECB Tapering: “We’ll See.”
As the Fed continues to hike rates, the ECB must soon follow the course of cutting back on "easing" policy.
Janet Yellen on Workforce Development
Yellen sees challenges to be solved in the labor market, but completely misses the Fed and government's hand in the problems.
Fed Financial Statements: $6 Billion Drop in Fed Remittances
Every year the Fed remits its profits to the US Treasury every year. A drop in Fed profits means less for the US Treasury.
Money Supply Growth Falls to 17-month Low in February
Growth rates in the money supply have fallen each month since October.
Is the Size of the Fed’s Balance Sheet More Important than the Target Rate?
Minneapolis Fed president Kashkari voted against the Fed's March hike, wants to focus on the balance sheet question before the rate hike question.
The Fed’s Half-Hearted Attempt at Monetary Tightening
The Fed will do whatever is needed to prevent the debt pyramid from collapsing. That includes keeping interest rates at extraordinarily low levels.
Week in Review: March 18, 2017
Yellen: “GDP is a Pretty Noisy Indicator”
While expressing optimism about the economy, Yellen completely dismissed a question about the troubling Q1 GDP forecasts.