Fed Repo Operations to Continue Along With Potential Return to QE

Photo by Flikr.com | CC BY | Photoshopped From Birch Gold Group In an attempt to calm a lending market rattled from liquidity issues last week, it appears the Fed is going to continue repo operations well into October. According to CNBC, “The process will involve three 14-day operations involving $30 billion as well as continued overnight operations of at least $75 … Read more

Rents in the USA: from the Priciest ZIP Codes to the Cheapest

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Rents in Chicago’s toniest ZIP codes are practically reasonable compared to the craziness elsewhere. OK, this is mind-boggler of a juxtaposition: The most expensive ZIP code to rent an apartment in is 10282, which covers Battery Park City, stretching along the Hudson River at the southern tip of Manhattan, where the … Read more

Trump’s Unwinnable Trade War: Gold Explains Why

Authored by Michael Shedlock via MishTalk, Trump wants to cure trade imbalances via tariffs. It cannot possibly work. Another Look at NAFTA One of my readers proposed that problems US balance of trade issues started with NAFTA. Wrong! Please consider Disputing Trump’s NAFTA “Catastrophe” with Pictures: What’s the True Source of Trade Imbalances? Explaining Balance of … Read more

So Much For Goldilocks

BY JOHN RUBINO Stock prices are high and fairly stable, while interest rates are low and fairly stable. A casual observer might infer from this that the global financial markets are experiencing one of those fabled Goldilocks moments where everything is just right. But under the surface things are anything but just right. Among the … Read more