Monetary Policy

The Fed for many years has manipulated the money supply in order to attempt to keep interest rates below market levels. At some point, however, the market prevails in one way or another.

Most Americans have no idea of the damage that the Federal Reserve system has done to their daily lives. Unfortunately, most Americans are not particularly interested in finding out either.

Luke Gromen told Dale Pinkert on the Forex Analytics F.A.C.E.

As the Federal Reserve manipulates the money supply and interest rates, the yield curve becomes a less reliable indicator of economic activity. The more the Fed plays havoc with the system, the more we see the boom-and-bust syndrome.

After a dramatic couple of days in the markets, economists and political figures are calling for the Fed to cut interest rates. But if we ever want to see an end to all this economic chaos, what we need are not lower rates or higher rates, but accurate interest rates. 

Even if we were to agree with the MMT advocates that MMT allows the economy to easily shift from privately-produced to government-produced goods and services, we still ask why people should be forced to purchase inferior goods.

Continued bailouts undermine the entire economy by rewarding financial failure and discouraging productive economic activity.

The student loan program not only is saddling young people with huge debts, but it also encourages colleges and universities to charge higher tuition. When President Obama nationalized the program, it was supposed to end students indebtedness, not increase it.

Elites portray CBDC currency as a helpful high-tech alternative to cash and current electronic money. But CBDCs are really little more than a tool for total state control of the economy. 

Who Needs the Fed? Tom DiLorenzo talks to Shaun Thompson about fiscal illusion and the failure of the Federal Reserve.