Yesterday, Benzinga reported on a curious statement made by Fed Chair Jerome Powell during his appearance before the Senate Banking Committee on Wednesday…
The Fed Lied… QE Didn’t End… Protect Your Portfolio From Inflation Now!…
If you’ve been wondering why stocks suddenly exploded higher last month… wonder no more! We were told the Fed ended its Quantitative Easing (QE) on March 9th 2022. That’s a strange claim given that the Fed’s balance sheet has expanded by $55 BILLION since that time. Heck, the Fed just bought ~$25 billion worth of Mortgage Backed-Securities (MBS) last week…
Congress Passed Legislation Making the Treasury Secretary the Boss of the Federal Reserve During a Financial Crisis: That’s Creating Its Own Crisis…
Now Americans are learning that the Dodd-Frank Act did one other very dangerous thing: it legally authorized the U.S. Treasury Secretary to take the Federal Reserve hostage during a financial crisis. Section 1101 of the Act provides that the Federal Reserve Board, “may not establish any program or facility under this paragraph without the prior approval of the Secretary of the Treasury.”…
Trump Set to Shake Up Fed, Nominate Conservative Bankers onto Ultra-Liberal Board…
Trump is set to nominate Robert Jones chair, CEO of Old National Bank, Carnegie Mellon University professor Marvin Goodfriend and former Treasury Department staffer Randal Quarles to fill the three open seats on the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors. Both Goodfriend and Quarles are considered to be politically conservative and will serve as a poison […]