In response to the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Reserve cut short-term interest rates to zero on March 15, 2020 and restarted its...
By Estelle Xue Liu, Karim Foda, and Sebastian Weber Español, Português One of the positive surprises about last year’s recession is how little damage it inflicted...
Schiff: US Government Spending Sure Isn't Transitory Via SchiffGold.com, The mainstream narrative is that the Fed will soon admit that inflation isn’t transitory. At that point, it...
Since the 1980s, slower economic growth in the industrial countries has been accompanied by declining interest rates. They have even turned negative in more recent years....
Visualizing The Snowball Of Government Debt As we approach the second half of 2021, many countries around the world are beginning to relax their COVID-19 restrictions....
The great inflation debate has arrived. After several false starts over the years, inflation is now officially a hot topic of discussion. Along with it are...
China Warns Global Financial Bubble Could Burst Almost three months after markets stumbled when after China’s top banking regulator said he’s "very worried" about risks emerging...
The 'Threat Board' Is Looking Busy Authored by Bill Blain via MorningPorridge.com, “I don’t suppose it’s anything.. Are we expecting any planes from the East this...
From the my EconoFact article “Rising Inflation?“, which begins: There are concerns about inflation rising, and perhaps even accelerating, fueled by an overheating economy as a...
Across Canada, government debt is rising and is likely to continue to rise. What are the potential impacts and should we be concerned? This week, on...
After three months in a row of hitting new all-time highs, money supply growth slowed in March, dropping to a 10-month low. This slowdown, however, does...
And just wait until you hear how much the government is spending to cover its debt interest costs. It isn’t pretty If you think the federal...
The Everything Bubble And What It Means For Your Money Authored by Colin Lloyd via The American Institute for Economic Research, In the aftermath of the...
By Marcos Chamon and Jonathan D. Ostry Many countries are experiencing a combination of high public debt and low interest rates. This was already the case...
Dimon's Detached View Of Economic Realities Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, In December of 2019, I wrote about Dimon’s delusional view of economic realities. To wit: “The...
In December of 2019, I wrote about Dimon's delusional view of economic realities. To wit: “The consumer, which is 70% of the U.S. economy, is quite...
by Jonathan D. Ostry In some Asia-Pacific countries, the unpleasant memory of the pandemic is receding; elsewhere, second or third waves of infections are raging. A...
Are Americans Really Going To Spend $2 Trillion In "Excess Savings" In an article published last week, a group of Fed researchers argued that the high...
The Global Debt Problem Authored by Alasdair Macloed via GoldMoney.com, It has been recently estimated that global debts stand at $284 trillion equivalent, representing 355% of...
Monetary Policy In America Is A Mess; Things Are Even Worse In Europe Authored by Brendan Brown via The Mises Institute, High inflation takes off where...
After a year of living with COVID-19, Postmedia is taking an in-depth look at the significant social, institutional and economic issues the pandemic has brought to...
Valuations of risk assets have marked a pause in the face of a number of headwinds. In our view, valuations remain underpinned by ample central bank...
In February, money supply growth hit yet another all-time high. February's surge in money-supply growth makes February the eleventh month in a row of remarkably high growth, and came in the wake...
The Canadian economy is starting to find its feet, but historic debt levels could plague the government for years to come, with GDP growth slowing towards...
Peter Schiff: The One Promise The Fed Is Going To Keep Via SchiffGold.com, Since the beginning of the pandemic, government debt and money printing are off...
As Canada emerges from the pandemic, creating jobs and achieving full employment are top priorities. Relegated to the back burner are balanced budgets and reducing debt.
The Bank of Canada is working hard to avoid a taper tantrum when it eventually decides to slow its government bond purchases. Toni Gravelle, a deputy...
The ECB's Financial Suttee Authored by Alasdair Macleod via GoldMoney.com, The European Commission is failing. Its response to Brexit and the pandemic, where it is now...
[This article is part of the Understanding Money Mechanics series, by Robert P. Murphy. The series will be published as a book in 2021.] In chapter 10 we...
Gold Versus The Stock Market Authored by Simon Black via SovereignMan.com, More than 3,000 years ago in the early 12th century BC, Greco-Roman legend tells us...