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“After QE2, analysts were looking for possible consequences of the Federal Reserve Bank’s actions. What has become apparent is that the Fed has created another bubble in China. Investors globally have transferred devalued US dollars and euros to buy Ch …
READ MORE“The dollar fell against the euro, paring a weekly gain, on speculation Federal Reserve policy makers on Dec. 14 will discuss a plan to extend Treasury purchases to support growth. The dollar dropped as benchmark Treasury yields declined for a second d …
READ MOREAs many of you may know, Sound Money received a real boost on Tuesday, December 7. Atlas, in partnership with Freedomworks, hosted a monetary policy forum. For full details and to watch the forum, refer to this earlier post. Since then, interest has be …
READ MORE“Americans across the political spectrum say the Fed shouldn’t retain its current structure of independence. Asked if the central bank should be more accountable to Congress, left independent or abolished entirely, 39 percent said it should be held mor …
READ MORE“Here’s the problem in the main: Bernanke’s only tool to “tighten” monetary policy means selling bonds into the market and taking in cash from the system. But what happens if he holds bonds that have all gone down in value? He gets screwed, that’s what …
READ MORE“[Bernanke is] a different man, somehow, and likely not for the better as growing dissent amongst even his own Federal Reserve board has no doubt made him less confident in his actions today than he was 18 months ago when there was near unanimity from …
READ MORE“Basically, the Fed just threw away $600 + billion because QE2 “will be counterproductive,” [David Einhorn] told Rose, according to Bloomberg. “The goal of quantitative easing right now is to raise the inflation rate. If you do raise the price of cloth …
READ MORE“Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is so busted. Comedy Central host Jon Stewart added his voice to others who caught the central banker contradicting himself over whether or not the Fed is “printing money” through its actions to bolster the econom …
READ MORE“As you no doubt know, Ben Bernanke gave an interview tonight on CBS 60 Minutes. Let me stress once again, as I have in the past, that I consider Ben Bernanke one of the most genuinely nice guys among elite economist I have had the good fortunate to me …
READ MORE“Consumer credit outstanding increased at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.7%, up by $3.4 billion to $2.4 trillion, a Federal Reserve report said Tuesday. The gain was the second in as many months following 19 straight losses. Economists surveyed …
READ MOREA Guide to Sound Money The Atlas Economic Research Foundation is proud to introduce A Guide to Sound Money. Click here to download a PDF of the guide This pocket guide, co-published byAtlasFreedomWorks, offers a concise, powerful introduction to Sound …
READ MORE“Mr. Hoenig’s latest, loudest objections, aimed at the Fed’s risky $600 billion infusion into the markets to reinvigorate the economy, have made him a champion of the Fed’s critics in Congress, on Wall Street and among business leaders, who, like Mr. H …
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