Global Monetary Failure is Becoming Inevitable: Mises
via mises: Listening to recent commentaries about the repo failures in New York leads one to suppose there is insufficient money in the system. This is not the real issue, as … Read more
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3 Charts Showing Just How Boxed-in the Fed Is – Mises
by Robert P. Murphy The Fed met market expectations by cutting its target for the fed funds rate by 25 basis points, down to the range of 1.75 – 2.00 percent. In this … Read more
More Money Pumping Won’t Make Us Richer – Mises
via mises: Whenever a central bank introduces easy monetary policy, as a rule this leads to an economic boom — or economic prosperity. At least this is what most commentators hold. … Read more
“Regulating” Boom and Bust – Mises
via mises: It was announced earlier this month that Piper Jaffray is buying boutique investment banker Sandler O’Neill & Partners L.P. for $485 million. The Wall Street Journal reported, Sandler O’Neill is a leader … Read more
The Fed Has No Choice But to Return to Ultra-Low Interest Rates – Mises
via mises: The current boom is heavily built on credit. This is because in today’s fiat money regime central banks, in close cooperation with commercial banks, increase the quantity of money … Read more
Mises: Digital Cash, Another Dangerous New Idea in Monetary Policy
via mises: While modern monetary theory has provided some distraction for public and commentators alike, the war on cash goes on. In the latest issue of the Cato Journal, the distinguished economic historian Michael … Read more
Mises: “Is Argentina On The Brink Of a Tax Revolt?”
via mises: “We can’t take it anymore,” proclaims the economist and media sensation Javier Milei from his Twitter account. He is not alone. It all started a few weeks ago with a “ Twittazo ” … Read more
Mises: “The Problem With Cutting Taxes Without Reducing Spending”
via mises: According to many economic experts and commentators, an effective way to generate economic growth is through the lowering of taxes. The lowering of taxes, it is held, is going … Read more
Mises: “Boom-Bust Cycles and Easy Money”
via mises.org: Only a few months ago most economic commentators were sanguine about prospects for the US economy. Most of them did not expect an imminent downturn. Now all that has … Read more
Mises Institute: “How a Fragile Euro May Not Survive the Next Crisis”
via mises.org: A big US monetary inflation bang brought the euro into existence. Here’s a prediction: It’s death will occur in response to a different type of US monetary bang — … Read more
Mises Institute: “Money-Supply Growth Falls to 8-Month Low as Mortgage Rates Rise”
via mises.org: Money supply growth slowed in October, falling to the lowest rate recorded since February of this year. Overall, money-supply growth remains well below the growth rates experienced from 2009 … Read more
Mises Wire: A ‘universal basic income’ costs more than you think
From José Niño at Mises Wire: According to some media reports, the Universal Basic Income (UBI) party in Finland is coming to an end. But Professor Olli Kangas, head of the research team … Read more
Mises Wire: How the postal service loses so much money
From Justin Murray at Mises Wire: Lately, when he isn’t trying to blame China on America’s competitiveness woes, President Donald Trump has become obsessed with the online retailer Amazon. While there’s speculation that Trump is … Read more