The Federal Reserve delivered another 75 basis point interest rate hike at its July FOMC meeting. This pushes the federal funds rate over the 2% threshold to between 2.25% and 2.5%…
Fed Hikes 75bps: Remains “Highly Attentive” to Inflation But Cautions Economy “Softening”…
Since the last FOMC Statement on June 15th, we have witnessed the biggest combined stock-bond rally in more than two decades – Stocks and bonds have soared in the last month, the dollar rallied, but gold has been clubbed like a baby seal…
“Take The Tragedy in Sri Lanka and Multiply by Ten”: The Fed Just Lobbed a Financial Nuke That Will Obliterate the Global Economy…
We are living in a period of mass “Jonestown” economic delusion. Just twenty months ago – central bankers were offering to buy nearly every junk bond known to mankind, dramatically distorting the “true cost of capital.” All the way from crypto to emerging markets – it was a moral hazard overdose. Everyone on earth was borrowing money at fantasy-land bond yields…
Are You Willing to Suffer Through a Recession for the Good of “The Liberal World Order”?…
How much are you willing to sacrifice for “the future of the liberal world order”?…
Oil Billionaire Blasts Biden’s Gas-Price Blame-Games, Says Only One Thing Will Fix Inflation…
New York billionaire and refiner John Catsimatidis, who owns hundreds of gas stations, blasted President Joe Biden’s pinning the blame on high prices at the pump on gas station owners, arguing there’s only one solution for inflation – boosting production of crude…
Exxon CEO Warns That Consumers Will Pay for Hasty Energy Transition…
ExxonMobil expects all new cars sold two decades from now to be electric vehicles. But the U.S. supermajor also believes that people will “pay a high price” in this rush to renewables without providing the energy the society currently needs…
Is the Crypto Threat to U.S. Financial Stability $889 Billion or $10 Trillion?…
Yesterday, Benzinga reported on a curious statement made by Fed Chair Jerome Powell during his appearance before the Senate Banking Committee on Wednesday…
Two Examinations of U.S. Economic Policy…
Today I am pleased to present a double feature on economic policy. Michael Hudson leads off with an explanation of economic policy as a social cost to the working class, and I follow up with an explanation that US economic policy is an act of national suicide…
The Perfect Storm in Oil Caught Markets Off Guard…
Just a couple of years ago, some of the biggest names in the oil market could have never imagined the current demand and supply situation…
Joe Biden Read This: All You Need to Know About the U.S. Refining Industry…
President Joe Biden has written to major oil companies to complain about the high refining margins for gasoline and diesel and demanded an explanation for refinery closures since 2020. The president’s letter, dated June 14, should be seen mostly as a political exercise to deflect responsibility for high fuel prices and accelerating inflation (“Biden warns big oil over gasoline output”, Axios, June 15)….
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