Are GOP Presidential Contenders Prepared to Take On the Fed?

Are GOP Presidential Contenders Prepared to Take On the Fed?

Tax cuts and deregulation are all well and good. But without Fed reforms, monetary technocrats...

Bank Lending Standards Point to Recession

While markets have clearly given up worrying about a recession, the laundry list of indicators...

Interesting Way to View the Current Mess 6/5/23

I don’t completely concur with Jimbo’s idea here, but it’s an interesting way to look...

The Three Large Banks that Blew Up This Year Were Not Even on the FDIC’s Problem Bank List

The second, third, and fourth largest bank failures in U.S. history occurred this year. And...

What's the Fundamental Problem in China, the US, and the EU?

Here’s a Tweet that caught my eye regarding the “fundamental problem” in China. What about...

Conversation With a Friend on GDP, Reckless Lending, Housing, and Recession Odds

Banks, especially regional banks, made stupid bets regarding interest rates with deposits and a few...

Long View of Job Growth by Industry. And the “Multiple Jobholders” Question

…lots of questions came up about what types of jobs had been created, whether these...

Core US Factory Orders Unexpectedly Shrank In April – Weakest Since COVID

t really should not have been a surprise – given the weakness in Manufacturing PMIs...

Services Surveys Disappoint In May; Employment, New Orders Tumble

Following the decline in Manufacturing survey data (both ISM and PMI in contraction – sub-50),...

The US Desperately Needs a Political Brain Transplant

Euointelligence has an interesting take on why Biden Inflation Reduction Act will fail in its...

Universal Basic Income: Plans Drawn up for £1,600 a Month Trial in England

Thirty people could be paid £1,600 a month without any obligation under proposals for the...

Gold Slips as Firmer Dollar Offsets Bets on Fed Pause

Gold prices slipped on Monday as the dollar firmed after a strong U.S. payrolls report,...

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