Archive: Federal Reserve
The end of quantitative easing is coming (at least for now). The primary policy that has resulted in asset price appreciation namely in stocks and commodities is set to end in June. The question of what happens afterward is the major concern. Will commodities crash? Will stocks fall back to earth? There is legitimate reason [...]
What people don’t realize is that the employment problem in this country isn’t a cyclical issue, it is a structural issue. A structural issue that isn’t easily or quickly solved. This country has millions of workers that do not have the skill sets necessary to compete in the new global economy. Furthermore, the country has [...]
The path is fairly clear in terms of what we can expect as citizens and as investors. The economic environment grows more disturbing each month here in America and in many places around the globe. The response has been and continues to be to fight natural market forces via a larger and more powerful government [...]
The Federal Reserve announced today that it will continue its printing practices and begin to purchase long treasury bonds. They view this as a fix for the economy – and is not much more than a sneaky way to keep deficits down (in the name of pure inflation) and keep rates down. Quantitative easing has [...]
The Federal Reserve has massively changed its tone in the recent weeks, instead of pumping the “recovery”, they have begun to set the stage for more intervention. The economy is weakening again and the Fed knows it. Tomorrow, the Fed meets and may announce further quantitative easing via purchases of assets. This move is purely [...]