by LNscale According to the official tapering schedule, the FED was supposed to reduce monthly asset purchases by $15B in Nov, then by $30 in Dec and after. This should have reduced purchases down to a rate of about $30B/month …
by Daniel Lacalle via Mises On December 15, the Federal Reserve gave the most dovish “hawkish” statement ever, an apparent aggressive tapering that, in reality, means maintaining very low rates and massive repurchases for longer. Inflation has skyrocketed and aggressive monetary policy is the key …
Peter Bookvar on Palisades Gold Radio Tom welcomes back Peter Boockvar of the Bleakley Group. Peter discusses the latest CPI prints and the transportation bottlenecks. These logistics issues are likely to persist to the number of trucking and shipping companies that went …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuGyTild1i0 FEDERAL RESERVE Fed says it could begin ‘gradual tapering process’ by mid-November The Federal Reserve could begin reducing the pace of its monthly asset purchases as soon as mid-November, according to minutes from the September meeting, The summary, released …
by confoundedinterest17 Judy Collins could have sang today’s Fed announcement. All they said was “Someday soon.” Federal Reserve officials signaled they would probably begin tapering their bond-buying program soon and revealed a growing inclination to start raising interest rates in 2022. If …
CNBC, Released on 8/16/21 CNBC’s ‘Squawk Box’ team discusses the potential for the Fed’s tapering timeline, markets, economy and more with Mohamed El-Erian, Allianz and Gramercy advisor. Mohamed El-Erian is the Chief Economic Adviser of Allianz, a multinational financial services …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnc9mBOtr-Q Federal Reserve’s policy hawks are expecting the central bank to reduce its massive intervention in the mortgage market as conditions in the housing market have started to look increasingly risky while home prices continue to record a relentless rise. …
Fox Business, Released on 7/28/21 Danielle DiMartino Booth spent nine years as an advisor to Richard W. Fisher at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. Danielle left the Fed in 2015 to found Money Strong, LLC, an economic consulting firm …
The Fed’s official balance sheet is up another $104 billion in the last week and now up to over $8.2 trillion in total.
by confoundedinterest17 (Bloomberg) — Applications for U.S. state unemployment insurance fell last week to a fresh pandemic low, indicating that dismissals are easing as business conditions improve and firms look to increase headcounts. Initial claims in regular state programs decreased by 26,000 to …
Kitco News, Released on 7/9/21 Gary Wagner, editor of TheGoldForecast.com, discusses with David Lin, anchor for Kitco News, the Federal Reserve’s next steps in monetary policy, and how a tapering of mortgage-backed securities purchases can impact the bond and #gold …
Nothing new in the FOMC minutes Just “talking about talking about” tapering while they wait for “substantial progress” which was what we found out at the last press conference. It’s coming, but they are doing their best to avoid a …
In today’s show, you will learn why the Fed thinks it is responsible for higher housing prices and what it might do to fix that, how investors are over leveraged, and how bonds and the dollar are signalling a risk-off …