Goodbye Dollar: Has the Federal Reserve given up?
byBloomberg has released a report (October 28th) which indicates that the US Federal Reserve has finally given up the Halloween ghost and has laid…
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Congressman Ron Paul questions whether there’s gold at Fort Knox, NY Fed
byNot many people are aware that on the 5th of April 1933, the US citizens were instructed to deliver up all their gold (money…
Peter Schiff: The markets and the Fed
byMr Schiff discusses the once-supposed monetary exit plan for the Federal Reserve, which he predicted last year that they would never actually execute. This…
CentreRight: On economic forecasting and double-dip recession
byOver at CentreRight, I have set out briefly the mistake presently being made by policymakers in the US, which I expect to be mirrored in…
Jim Rickards: What’s So Wrong With Deflation?
byJim Rickards is the Senior Managing Director for Market Intelligence at Omnis, Incorporated, and was interviewed recently by Eric King to discuss the US…
Peter Schiff: Why the Fed won’t raise rates
byOh! what a tangled web we weave When first we practise to deceive! Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet Mr Schiff opens up his latest…
Peter Schiff: Weak economy, Fed ease, China, WWIII
byIn a somewhat startlingly-named new video blog, Mr Schiff begins by discussing inflation trends within the US, with reference to Ben Bernanke and the…
What is money?
byIn their working paper Assessing UK money supply measures in the light of the credit crunch, Toby Baxendale and Anthony J. Evans provide a better measure of the money supply. In this article, Steven Baker explores the background to the paper and indicates some key findings.
Bernanke on the Federal Reserve’s exit strategy
byFederal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke has given testimony before the Committee on Financial Services of the U.S. House of Representatives. If you thought…
De Soto and the Relevance of his Banking Reform Proposal Today
byThis has been copied from Money, Bank Credit, and Economic Cycles which can be downloaded here or bought here. PREFACE TO THE SECOND ENGLISH…