by Shaun Richards UK news has over the past few days been positive with Retail Sales growth and falling Covis-19 numbers. To that this morning we can add something of a gold rush at the Tokyo Olympics. But the weekend …
Michael Gayed on Palisades Gold Radio Tom welcomes returning guest Michael Gayed, Portfolio Manager at Toroso Asset Management, to the show. Michael is the author and publisher of the Lead-Lag Report. Michael notes that this year has been remarkable in many ways. …
(Bloomberg) — Argentina’s central bank is ruling out increasing interest rates for the foreseeable future even as currency pressures mount and annual inflation climbs above 50%. The country’s monetary authority is prepared to keep holding its key rate for months …
In today’s show, you will learn how the Fed could send 30-year mortgage rates down to one percent, why the Federal Funds Rate no longer matters, how Quantitative Easing and Tightening works, How overnight repurchase and reverse repurchase work, why …
In today’s show, you will learn why the Fed is nationalizing money markets, if your money is safe, what this has to do with negative interest rates, and what risks the bond markets is signaling.
BY JOHN RUBINO Alasdair Macleod: If interest rates go up, the bubble pops … Greg Weldon: We’re facing monetary Armageddon … Russell Brand: Think politics is corrupt? Watch this! … Steve Hanke: We’re in the worst of all possible worlds … …
Palisades Gold Radio, Released on 7/15/21 Tom welcomes back Alasdair Macleod, Head of Research For GoldMoney. Alasdair discusses the Fed’s levels of reverse repos and quantitative easing of 120 billion a month. Since the banks can’t absorb all the extra …
Over the past year, Fed watchers have observed a deeply ironic and circular paradox: the Fed, which has been engaged in $120 billion in monthly QE ever since the covid crisis, has vowed it will continue to inject $120 …
Argentina. 40% poverty and monster destruction of the economy. Government says it cannot explain the high inflation (49% ytd) Well… Increase in money supply 2 years108.9%3 years151.93%5 years313.34%10 years1,424.96% pic.twitter.com/d15Z6LjWPe — Daniel Lacalle (@dlacalle_IA) July 11, 2021
In today’s show, you will learn why the Federal Reserve is being forced to bail out money markets due to a 2016 SEC rule in an attempt to prevent money market rates from going negative, how the global services sector …
BY JOHN RUBINO One glance at this chart should silence any talk of “a return to normalcy”. We are emphatically not headed in a normal direction. The liquidity being generated by this debt binge is pushing up prices in a …
by confoundedinterest17 The ramp-up in inflation with relatively low mortgage rates has resulted in NEGATIVE real 30-year mortgage rates. Once again, the lowest since 1975. The Federal Reserve chair was Arthur Burns and the President was Gerald Ford. The University of …
by confoundedinterest17 To quote Dean Martin, “Ain’t that a kick in the head.” Real interest rates (nominal interest rates less the inflation rate) are more negative than anytime since 1975. The REAL effective Fed Funds rate (on the short end) is the …
by confoundedinterest17 According to Freddie Mac, their 30-year mortgage survey rate rose to 3.02%, the highest since mid-March. Even though the benchmark 10-year Treasury Note yield is lower than it was in mid-March.
https://mishtalk.com/economics/real-interest-rates-are-more-negative-now-than-in-the-2004-2007-housing-boom Meaning of Real Real means inflation adjusted. But what is the best measure of inflation? Home Price Not in the CPI Home prices are not in the CPI. They should be. Economists generally disagree with me, but what good …
by Ryan McMaken of Mises Institute On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee voted to continue with a target federal funds rate of 0.25 percent, and to continue with large-scale asset purchases. According to the committee’s press release: The Committee decided to …
by d00ns Here’s why: 1) Paul Volker had to raise rates to 20% to stop the inflation of the 1970s. WTF is 0.75% two years from now going to do? 2) In 2008 the Fed said QE and low interest …
by confoundedinterest17 (Bloomberg) — Mortgage rates in the U.S. dropped to the lowest level in four months. The average for a 30-year loan was 2.93%, down from 2.96% last week and lowest since Feb. 18, Freddie Mac said Thursday. “Mortgage rates continue to drift down as …
by confoundedinterest17 People get ready … mortgage rates will rise. The 10-year Treasury Note yield rose after The Fed announced that they aren’t going do much until 2023, but rates rose anyway. Rising home prices may get nuked by rising rates. Odd …
by confoundedinterest17 The Fed’s open market committee meetings are as nonsensical as the Crow song “Cottage Cheese” After all the speculation about rapid rising prices and The Fed’s need to cool things down, The Fed decided to do … nothing. The …
https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/1404202541999706116 #recession … #GFC2 US #inequality edition The rich get richer as yields go lower https://t.co/zAN8Tbf5LG pic.twitter.com/nksCZ7qjb0 — Invariant Perspective (@InvariantPersp1) June 11, 2021 Hedge funds continuing to boost their S&P 500 bets … positioning is most bullish since 2013 …
Real means inflation adjusted. I calculated the real interest rate by subtracting year-over-year CPI from the current 3-month T-bill yield. One could also use the Fed Funds Rate or 1-month T-Bill rate as the yields are all about the …
Trends Research, Released on 6/10/21 Gerald Celente is a pioneer trend strategist and founder of The Trends Research Institute. He is the author of the national bestseller Trends 2000: How to Prepare for and Profit from the Changes of the 21st Century and …
by Shaun Richards The issue of a digital currency is something that is increasingly occupying both the minds and the attention of central bankers. This morning has given another example of that because as I was about to look at …
by Michael Snyder It appears that the violence in major U.S. cities is about to escalate even further. Summer is usually the worst season for violent crime in America, and authorities are openly warning us that a “summer of violence” is approaching. …
by Shaun Richards After yesterday’s effect which is the surge in house prices of the order of 10% per annum we can move onto a cause today. This is the monetary expansionism of the Bank of England. It was in …
Republican-led states and Vermont reported the lowest unemployment rates in April, according to a new report by the U.S. Commerce Department. States led by Democratic governors recorded the highest jobless rates, according to the report. Unemployment rates were lower in …
Murder rates are the new Bitcoin 😉 https://t.co/J1YGESNVZO — Reminiscences of an American Capitalist (@4Awesometweet) May 26, 2021 “Defund the police” in action.. pic.twitter.com/ZUPUhMaDyi — Igor Shatz (@Copernicus2013) May 26, 2021
(Bloomberg) — The amount of cash sloshing around in U.S. dollar funding markets looks unlikely to abate anytime soon and that’s set to put downward pressure on short-term rates until next year unless officials act to alter the situation. That’s …
