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Can the US Government Just Keep Piling on Debt? The government already owes over $22 trillion, and it's adding over $1 trillion a year. Who is buying it, and why? (12 min). Editor's Note: The summary bullets for this article were chosen by Seeking Alpha Read more ...
You read the headlines, "The Markets are going to Hell," and "The Markets will be down 30% by Year-End" and "We are entering a Recession" and all of the rest of the dribble that comes floating along in the Press. Every time I see this stuff my eyes bob up and down and I stare at the ceiling. N...
Welcome to this week's Market Wrap Podcast, I'm Mike Gleason. Coming up the one and only Marc Faber joins me for a tremendous conversation on debt, the global economy and the future of the dollar. Marc tells us how much he believes the average investor should have in gold and silver rig...
(This is an updated and rewritten version of a post I wrote about seven months ago.) I've mentioned the demand for money countless times in the 10-yr history of this blog because it's a very important and under-appreciated macro variable. The Fed controls the supply of money, but the deman...
By Pater Tenebrarum Money Supply Growth Continues to Falter Ostensibly the stock market has rallied because the Fed promised to maintain an easy monetary policy. To be sure, interest rate hikes have been put on hold for the time being and the balance sheet contraction (a.k.a."quantitativ...
By Kathy A. Jones Fed policy in neutral The Federal Reserve's decision to halt its interest rate increases helped propel markets higher in the first quarter. Declaring that the policy rate had hit "neutral," and worried that the economy was facing potential disruptions from the governmen...
By Scott Bauer At a Glance The flat to normal yield curve indicates a watershed moment for the U.S. economy Spreads in the 10-year treasury note and shorter maturities remain a key indicator to watch The yield curve is front and center in the news but what does it mean and...
The main goal of this website over the years has been to search for an operationally sound and empirically supported perspective of how the monetary system works. I've debunked tons of myths in the process of this search, but the inflation truthers have been hard to convince for some reason....
Inflation can be like molasses. It often moves slowly - until it doesn't. 1 Overall, inflation tends to be a heavily lagging economic indicator, with upward price pressures typically not being realized until an economy has already reached the overheating stage. For instance, a country's l...
By Kevin Flanagan If bond investors have learned anything this year, it is that the "winds of change" can blow in dramatically different directions regarding monetary policy. As the first quarter was coming to a close, many wondered where a rate cut would more likely come from, the U.S. or...
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Barclays Bank PLC ZC SP REDEEM 13/08/2020 USD 50 - Ser A 06740L469 Company Name:
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Barclays Bank PLC announced today that it plans to transfer the primary listing venue for 16 iPath® Exchange Traded Notes (the “ETNs”) to the Cboe Global Markets. The affected ETNs are: The first day of trading for these ETNs on the Cboe is expected to be on or about M...
Barclays Bank PLC (“Barclays”) announced today that the NASDAQ exchange (the “Exchange”) has notified Barclays that the listing of the iPath ® US Treasury 2-year Bull ETN (the “ETNs”) (Ticker: DTUL) no longer complies with certain of the Exchan...