The Federal Reserve is Running Losses. Does This Cost Anyone Anything?
Financial statements of the US Federal Reserve, which consists of the board of governors in Washington and twelve district reserve banks across the country, indicate that…
Heading Toward Another U.S. Government Default
“How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked. “Two ways,” Mike said. “Gradually and then suddenly.” Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises, 1926. The financial position…
Guest writer Bernardo Decoster: The Monetary roller-coaster of the 1890s in post-imperial Brazil
The Monetary roller-coaster of the 1890s in post-imperial Brazil The Republic of Brazil in the 1890s tasted two opposite monetary systems. By Bernardo Decoster…
Guest post from Sara Moore on the Weimar hyperinflation
On 29th September 2023, three days after the centenary of the end of Germany’s ‘passive resistance’ to France’s occupation of the Ruhr, The Cobden…
True Money Supply Is the Correct Measure of Inflation, Not Consumer Price Index
Historically, inflation always referred to an increase in the money supply, whereas nowadays it refers to an increase in prices. This shift in the definition…
Fed Forecasts: Financial Sport or Costly Distraction?
For some reason, the Fed continues to publish the Summary of Economic Projections (SEP), in which Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) members guess the trajectory of…
The Counterproductive Antitrust
Discover the discoordination and conflicting interests within government and how it impacts the war against Big Tech. Find out why the private sector may…
UK market report on the growth of merchant adoption of Bitcoin and the Bitcoin social network.
By James Dewar Introduction This report has been prepared as a submission to The Cobden Centre, a UK thinktank. The report reviews factors related…
How a CBDC Created Chaos and Poverty in Nigeria
It is no coincidence that Nigeria, with a population of over two hundred million, became the first serious global testing ground for central bank…
The Fed Is Losing Tens of Billions: How Are Individual Federal Reserve Banks Doing?
The Federal Reserve System as of the end of July 2023 has accumulated operating losses of $83 billion and, with proper, generally accepted accounting…