Janet Yellen, Politicizing the Fed?
byJanet Yellen gave a widely noted speech, Perspectives on Inequality and Opportunity from the Survey of Consumer Finances, at the Conference on Economic Opportunity and Inequality…
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Markets and reality disconnected
byThe behaviour of financial markets these days is frankly divorced from reality, with value-investing banished. Markets have become distorted by Rumsfeld-knowns such as interest…
Four Reasons the Bernanke-Yellen Asset-Price Inflation May Be Nearing Its End
byThere are strong indications that the remarkable run up of asset prices in the last few years is beginning to run out of steam…
Fed introduces new economic indicator to better assess the labour market
byEconomists at the Federal Reserve have devised a new indicator, which they hold will enable US central bank policy makers to get better information…
Interview with St. Louis Fed Vice President on Bitcoin
byDr David Andolfatto, who is Vice President of the St. Louis Fed, has been one of the most forward-looking people at central banks around…
Does low US price inflation provide room for a more aggressive Fed?
byThe US Federal Reserve can keep stimulating the US economy because inflation is posing little threat, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Kocherlakota said….
Valuing gold and turkey-farming
byToday’s financial markets are built on the sand of unsound currencies. Consequently brokers, banks and investors are wedded to monetary inflation and have lost…
End the Fed’s War on Paychecks
byThe Democratic Party has made “income inequality” a signature issue for the 2014 (and, presumably, 2016) election cycle. Democrats, en masse, shout “J’accuse!” at Republicans. …
The Taylor Rule Won’t Save Us
by[Editor’s Note: This article, by Mateusz Machaj, first appeared at mises.org] Various criticisms have been raised against the Fed, not only from the side…
The wages-fuel-demand fallacy
byIn recent months talking heads, disappointed with the lack of economic recovery, have turned their attention to wages. If only wages could grow, they…