The Federal Reserve is the most secretive public organization in the United States. The power that they wield is unknown to the public. It claims to be a central bank acting in favor of the American public but this couldn’t …
by Dave Kranzler of Investment Research Dynamics The stock market has gone “Roman Candle” since Fed Chairman, Jerome Powell, gave a speech that was interpreted as a precursor to the Fed softening its stance on monetary policy. Not that intermittent quarter-point Fed Funds …
by Graham Summers of Gains, Pains & Captial Stocks roared higher last week when Fed Chair Jerome Powell did a complete 180 and proclaimed some of the most dovish statements in Fed chair history. Not only did Powell suddenly claim he was “listening …
BY JOHN MAULDIN The mainstream media is packed with criticism of Jerome Powell’s press conference. The market didn’t like what it heard and immediately tanked. People called him tone deaf for not listening to the market. What was Powell thinking? There …
Stephanie Landsman for CNBC reports, He’s been worried the Federal Reserve would go too far. And now, market researcher James Bianco thinks his fear may be a reality. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPhK0c6BTsw Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/19/two-m… He’s been worried the Federal Reserve would …
Jim Hoft for the Gateway Pundit reports, Since October The Fed has single-handedly dismantled the US economy. The Trump tax cuts at year end 2017 set the economy on fire. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pSeNGwW5bo Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018…
by Charles Hugh-Smith Relying on fakery and addictive stimulus is the acme of fragility and vulnerability. Let’s start with a chart of the S&P 500: Having become addicted to the Federal Reserve’s nearly free money for financiers and the infamous Fed Put, stock …
by Bill Bonner BALTIMORE, MARYLAND – Well, we were wrong. We figured the Fed would pause now. Instead, it went ahead with its rate hike and suggested it would pause in 2019. This was widely expected by the markets, if not …
via themacrotourist: It seems like a lot of hard-money-hawks were caught off guard by last month’s dovish shift by Powell. I have had more than a couple of conversations with different market participants who have expressed disbelief about how quickly Powell …
via dailyreckoning: One of the major drags on the market, besides trade wars, has been uncertainty about whether the Fed will raise rates this month. Despite the verbal bravado of Federal Reserve Chairman, Jerome Powell, over how strong the U.S. economy …
In a rapidly slowing economy, wall street now bets it all on Fed that Powell can save the party — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) December 7, 2018 https://twitter.com/alexdgn/status/1070974562349785088 bad news seems like it good news again. horrible jobs data put bid in …
via BI: Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s speech on Wednesday wasn’t as dovish as the stock market believed. That was evidenced by the bond market barely reacting. Nothing has changed. So on October 3, the Federal Reserve chairman said we …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter After the hullabaloo on Wall Street and in the media about the comments made by Fed Chairman Jerome Powell and Vice Chairman Richard Clarida this week, the Fed released the minutes of the FOMC meeting on November 7-8. The …
From Birch Gold Group In a speech on Wednesday, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell stated that he had a “neutral” outlook on rates. According to a CNBC article, he was quoted: Interest rates are still low by historical standards, and they remain …
by Lance Robert All it took was two 10% stock market corrections in a single year and some heavy “browbeating” from President Trump to reverse Jerome Powell’s hawkish stance on hiking interest rates. On Wednesday, Powell took to the microphone to give …
Via Investment Research Dynamics Housing and auto sales appear to have hit a wall over the last 8-12 weeks. To be sure, online holiday sales jumped significantly year over year, but brick-n-mortar sales were flat. The problem there: e-commerce is …
“there are a lot of firms that will go bankrupt” in the coming down-cycle. Yellen and Powell are on the same page. This bubble in leveraged loans ($1.3 trillion!) is destined to end badly…"there are a lot of firms that …
by Michael Lebowitz “I’m a low interest rate person” – Donald Trump 2016 On Donald Trump’s hit TV show, The Apprentice, contestants competed to be Trump’s chief apprentice. Predictably, each show ended when the field of contestants was narrowed down by the …
Josh Sigurdson talks with author and economic analyst John Sneisen about recent news out of the Federal Reserve as the Fed basically threatens to restrain growth. Jerome Powell, chairman of the Federal Reserve said that the Fed will raise interest …
by Brian Maher of Daily Reckoning We assume the wrathful gods were listening… and are already plotting to uncage the Furies… For hubris they will not abide — especially from chairmen of the Federal Reserve. Referring yesterday to the “remarkably positive …
Right after Powell drops the word "accommodative," the bond market blows up pic.twitter.com/Dlm3zSevPZ — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) October 4, 2018 3.22 is here, so what's next? pic.twitter.com/JJi36y13xf — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) October 4, 2018 Global Government 10-YR Yields going higher pic.twitter.com/cM0rCa5SEk — …
From Birch Gold Group Inflation has been on the rise since late 2015. According to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) measure, the Fed has typically maintained the “target inflation” rate of 2%. But official inflation has moved well past that benchmark. …
from Zero Hedge One month after Trump first ventured into territory few presidents have dared to go before, when he told CNBC in an interview that he was “not thrilled” about the Fed raising rates, and noted that the strong dollar is disadvantageous, …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Go find someone else to regulate them. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell, during his testimony before the House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services, was asked by representatives Patrick McHenry (R, North Carolina) and Juan Carlos Vargas (D, California) …
by Graham Summers of Gains Pains & Capital The Fed officially has a new Fed Chair, Jerome Powell. And ever since he took office, it is clear that “something” has changed at the Fed. That something is the famed “Fed put” or the …
by Jim Rickards via Daily Reckoning Remember the “tea party” revolt in 2009–2010 against government bailouts and government spending? Remember the “fiscal cliff” drama of Dec. 31, 2012, when Congress raised taxes and cut spending to avoid a debt default and government shutdown? …
Throwing the stock market a bone #Powell walked back his hawkish tone saying no evidence the economy is overheating. Apart from the fact that economies don't overheat from too much growth, the facts show the confidence inspired Trump bump is …
by Adam Taggart The recent gut-wrenching drop in asset prices began on the first day of the job for new Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. How is Mr. Powell likely to react to a suddenly sick-looking market? Will he step in …
by Anthony B Sanders The Federal Reserve doesn’t activley manage its interest rate exposure on its over $4 trillion balance sheet. Yet it purchases and sells Treasury Notes/Bonds and Agency Mortgage-backed Securities (AgMBS) in a measured way to impact interest …