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This article is for folks who are interested in economics, especially about how monetary and fiscal policy will work differently in the future. It will focus on Monetary Policy 3 (the new type that we will see more of around the world) and Modern Monetary Theory (a recently proposed new approa...

The S&P 500 (Index: SPX ) bounced up to reach a new high closing value of 2,945.83 on Tuesday, April 30, 2019, before dipping back on the next two trading days and finally closing a fraction of a point below that level on Friday, May 3, 2019. The level of the S&P 500 is consiste...

Alexandra Scaggs is a senior writer at Barron’s covering financial markets with a special emphasis on bond markets, and she previously wrote news and commentary for the Financial Times and for Bloomberg. Alexandra joins the show today to talk about the current state of bond markets...

In a very well-written and thought-provoking piece , Gary Gordon has argued that the Federal Reserve deliberately stokes asset bubbles to spur economic growth and, in doing, creates a boom-and-bust asset value cycle which has caused the last two recessions. He inherently - though not explicit...

The Fed tightens and stocks tank. The Fed promises to stop tightening and stocks soar. The Fed implies that it might actually cut rates and stocks soar some more. The Fed appears to take back the rate cut promise and the markets turn choppy. It's been a wild ride. But during the past four mo...

Market Update & Review Fortunately, the market rallied on Friday as traders scrambled to hold important support levels following confirmation from Richard Clarida that the Fed has no intention of moving interest rates anytime soon. Via Bloomberg: CLARIDA: INFLATION PRESSURES MUTED, ...

The dollar holds a special place in the world currency market. Following Friday's strong job report, it is surprising we are not hearing anyone talking about raising interest rates or how this may be inflationary. Instead, the focus has been steered in the direction of how we have obtained a "...

Are you a trader or an investor? Ask Warren Buffett, the greatest investor of our lifetime, why he believes in buying and holding as do we unless there is a reason to change course as we did last October. We know many rich investors but few wealthy traders. We understand the virtues of compo...

Three pieces of recent good news for Federal Reserve officials. First, the rate of growth of the US economy rose or remained constant for the twelfth consecutive month , coming in for the first quarter of 2019 at 3.2 percent. Second, the growth rate of labor force productivity came in at...

By SchiffGold The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee meeting wrapped up Wednesday with Fed policy still in neutral. As expected, the FOMC left interest rates unchanged and seemed to indicate it doesn't plan to do anything at all in the near term. Jerome Powell's comments dampened expe...