Of course, there may be yet another factor motivating major central banks’ tolerance for higher inflation.
The cost of living has skyrocketed over time. It’s become terribly difficult for tens of millions of people to keep up. Just look at the data—
Chief BREXIT negotiator, Guy Verhofstadt, told Reuters that Donald Trump is part of a three-pronged attempt to undermine the European Union
“The link between employment and core inflation proves time and time again to be weak. Without core inflation, the ECB won’t move.”
We now find ourselves in Donald Trump’s back-to-the-future world. And why should we be surprised? His whole campaign pitch was to do it “again” -- to return to his dream of past American greatness, which seems mired in a 1950s America
Speculators (a.k.a., “dumb money”?) are holding their largest net-short position in the history of the VIX futures contract.
The fate of Social Security's financial future remains unclear as President Trump settles into the Oval Office. We do know, however, that something must be done about the entitlement program's fate - and soon. Read on →
Chart Of The Day: By David Stockman. Posted On Monday, January 30th, 2017
The next financial crisis is inevitable, is coming soon and will be of unprecedented scale and damage, says the former LTCM general counsel. The election of Donald Trump does little to change that, and investors need to prepare.
It appears America's 'strong dollar policy' is over. President Trump just commented that "other countries take advantage of America by devaluation,"..
All this would be fine, if President Trump based his understanding on the economics of trade imbalances. It’s the cheat factor of fiat currency that’s responsible for trade imbalances, not […]
Top U.S. drugmakers are heading to the White House Tuesday for a meeting with President Donald Trump, after he made a surprise attack on the industry this month, accusing the companies of “getting away with murder” and threatening to force them to bid for government business to lower medicines prices.
Today, you will see below the huge obliteration in the gold comex open interest. It is now at levels last scene in December ( gold was trading 60 dollars lower at […]
Trump's promised debt spending, threatened protectionism, more deficits an ever expanding debt load, it's no wonder the dollar hasn't collapsed yet!
The ugly news - mortgage rates have exploded higher since then...
Germany is using a "grossly undervalued" euro to gain advantage over the United States and its own European Union partners, Donald Trump's top trade adviser told the Financial Times.
Protectionism worries for 51 percent of respondents is the first time any single concern has been expressed by a majority in the survey.
Gold is set for its strongest month since Britain’s decision to leave the European Union in June, according to Bloomberg
Deutsche Bank has agreed to pay $630 million in fines for organizing $10 billion in sham trades that could have been used to launder money out of Russia, the latest in a string of penalties that have hammered the German lender's finances.
The U.S. dollar headed for its worst start to a year since 2008 on Tuesday while world stock losses, already the biggest in six weeks