"We're almost at a now-or-never moment," Fed's Powell told a conference in Washington
What the Fed has done is not only allow for such risks to continue, it has institutionalized a system where risk is subsidized by the government with bailouts and cash injected spending programs.
It’s also why the 2011 re-crisis was so permanently damaging. Up to that point, though the Great “Recession” was unusually large & deep there was at first at least a plausible recovery pathway.
The Federal Reserve's most recent interest rate hike came amid worries that keeping policy loose was posing increasing risks.
Tom McClellan sees a warning that ‘the great bull market in stock prices from the 2009 low is in its last stages’
Bets on a Venezuelan default are climbing as international reserves slump toward $10 billion amid anti-government protests & President Nicolas Maduro’s push to rewrite the constitution.
Silver Open Interest Surges DESPITE THE DRUBBING IN PRICE THAT SILVER TOOK THESE PAST FEW WEEKS:
“It’s financially risky, leaving borrowers exposed to being upside down on their vehicles for a large chunk of their loans,”
Jim Rickards discussed with Ronald Stöferle & Mark Valek the key topics of the new In Gold We Trust Report 2017.
The decline in inflation rates around the world comes as some leading central banks have begun to contemplate a withdrawal of the stimulus measures
Mark Zuckerberg recently visited Alaska, where he said basic income makes a lot of sense & gives residents a social safety net.
Welcome to the summer edition of Gold Investor, where leading commentators & market participants discuss new developments for gold & its evolving global role.
We are facing a major Sovereign Debt Crisis at the state and municipal level that will eventually bring down governments on a wholesale basis.
Less than 18 percent of young adults own a home. As it turns out most young adults are either living at home with their Taco Tuesday baby boomer parents or are living like sardines in rentals.
revised May's exuberance notably lower (253k to 230k). While 'soft' survey data suggests empoloyment should be resurging, the hard numbers are disappointing again...
U.S. Treasury yields rose on Thursday, joining a global selloff in government paper, as investors took a cautious stance amid fears that central banks were on the verge of halting easy-money policies.
President Donald Trump said he is contemplating some "pretty severe things" to retaliate against North Korea after it launched an intercontinental ballistic missile this week that brings it closer to being able to hit the U.S. mainland.
GDP, employment, home prices are taking longer to recover
Workers board up windows and lock down property as protesters prepare to greet the world's leaders.