From Birch Gold Group Stagflation is a situation in which inflation is persistently high, overall economic growth is slow and unemployment rates stay high for an extended period of time. By “extended period of time,” we mean a decade or more. The …
by confoundedinterest17 (Bloomberg) — The key benchmark that the Federal Reserve targets to control monetary policy dropped for the first time this month, dragged down as growing imbalances in the Treasury-bill market weigh on short-term dollar rates. The effective fed funds rate, which the …
U.S. Pension Fund Collapse Isn’t a Distant Prospect. It Could Come in 5 Years Warnings about looming public pension disasters have regularly cropped up since the 1950s, pointing to problems 25 years or more down the line. To politicians and …