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“At Jackson Hole, Mr. Bernanke explained that “if inflation expectations were too low . . . an increase in inflation expectations could become a benefit.” Well, he’s certainly succeeded in raising inflationary expectations. But rising commodity prices …
READ MORE“Investors beware: The Federal Reserve may have just agreed to make $600 billion more available for borrowing, but don’t expect to see that money flooding the market any time soon. At least that’s the warning from some financial experts who say the Fed …
READ MORE“The euro came under pressure as worries over the finances of countries on the edges of the eurozone continued to undermine the single currency. While the cost of insuring against a default in Portuguese, Greek and Spanish government debt has risen sha …
READ MORE“The Fed could have sat tight to see whether the slowdown in growth in the second and third quarters of 2010 was temporary. Most of the economic news since the idea of more QE was first floated in August has been better than expected, if not exactly ea …
READ MORE“Vol. 8 of The Collected Works. Democracy in Deficit is one of the early comprehensive attempts to apply the basic principles of public-choice analysis to macroeconomic theory and policy. The book serves to bolster Buchanan’s central beliefs in the nec …
READ MORE“The FOMC decided this week that, with unemployment high and inflation very low, further support to the economy is needed. With short-term interest rates already about as low as they can go, the FOMC agreed to deliver that support by purchasing additio …
READ MORE“A commodities buying spree spurred by U.S. quantitative easing has raised alarm of an inflationary bubble reminiscent of 2008 when oil and other industrial raw materials struck all-time highs before the crash. But the Reuters-Jefferies CRB index .CRB, …
READ MORE“China’s stocks fell for a second day on concern the government may join other Asian nations in taking measures to slow inflation and that valuations for the biggest commodity producers were excessive after last month’s rally. Jiangxi Copper Co. and Da …
READ MORE“The Federal Reserve Wednesday unveiled a controversial new plan to buy U.S. Treasurys, hoping to spur growth in a disappointingly slow U.S. economy. After two days of discussions, Fed officials decided to go ahead with a much anticipated program, sayi …
READ MORE“The Federal Reserve’s expected move is a controversial step at home and abroad. One Fed calculation shows that every $500 billion of bond purchases has the same stimulative effect as about a half-percentage-point cut in short-term interest rates. But …
READ MORE“Resentment in emerging markets about the global spillover effects of easier U.S. monetary policy is likely to hang over next week’s summit of the Group of 20 leading economies in Seoul. “What will happen with another round of quantitative easing by th …
READ MORE“It seems this Chairman of the Federal Reserve is of the belief that diluting the dollar is the cure for everything from a recession to male pattern baldness. But money printing can’t accomplish any of things that are necessary to rescue the economy. I …
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