Nomi Prins: Survival of the Richest, The March of Inequality
A look at the history of the rise in inequality in the US.
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Wolf Richter: My Fancy-Schmancy “Fed Hawk-o-Meter” Ticks Down, Still Red-Lines. In Passing, Fed Plants Seed for Removing “Patient”
Not surprisingly, given economic weakness in Europe and China plus Trump trade war saber-rattling, the Fed seems less gung ho about the health of the economy than it was last summer.
Read more...The Natural Rate of Interest Is Anything But
Central bankers pursue a “neutral” rate that doesn’t exist.
Read more...Wolf Richter: Markets Are in a Tizzy. So What Will the Fed Do?
What will the Fed do next, now that investors have finally started to react to its tightening of monetary policy, after years of somnolent money-making?
Read more...IMF, Warren Sound Alarm on Leveraged Lending
Concerns are building over the extent of leveraged lending, among regulators and politicians and the private sector alike. Some, such as Sen. Elizabeth Warren see troubling signs that recall risks that triggered the Great Financial Crisis.
Read more...J.D. Alt: Treasury Bonds Are Future Dollars
Clearing up fundamental misconceptions about US Treasury bond issuance.
Read more...As the Fed Tightens, Where Will the Credit Crunch Pinch First?
Who will feel the pain first in the coming credit squeeze?
Read more...Panicked Market Close Wednesday, Rout Continues Overseas, With Some Stabilization in Europe; What Will Thursday Bring? Updated: Investors Want Their Fed Put
Mr. Market was very edgy yesterday. Will he recover his chipper mood today or fall into a deeper funk?
Read more...The Effectiveness of Large-Scale Asset Purchases
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Read more...Marshall Auerback: A Full Employment Economy? What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Why Trump’s trade deals could wind up being a negative for employment.
Read more...The Bank of International Settlement’s Claudio Borio, Who Warned About the Crisis, Says the World Economy Is About to Get Very Sick
BIS chief economist Claudio Borio warns that central bankers have overdone the liquidity party, and investors are not being paid enough to take ris
Read more...How the Crisis Caused a Pension Train Wreck
Why pension funds, and retirement savers generally, are big victims of the financial crisis.
Read more...Michael Hudson: 10 Years Since Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy – Did the Economy Really Recover?
Michael Hudson discusses the economic impact of not writing down debts in the wake of the crisis.
Read more...Michael Hudson: The Lehman 10th Anniversary Spin as a Teachable Moment
Why you should take conventional wisdom about the Lehman collapse and the crisis with a fistful of salt.
Read more...Why Central Banks Should Not Be Inflation Nutters
Central banks need to stop fighting the last war.
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