Posts Tagged ‘ central bank ’

Dollar Strength Then the Decline Resumes

Oct 22nd, 2009 | By Bill Jenkins | Category: Currencies, Featured
The dollar’s days are numbered…but there’s going to be a lot of movement both up and down before its ultimate demise. Pound up... Euro down… Aussie pulling back… Canadian giving way… Yen losing ground… October is coming to an end, and we haven’t really seen hide nor hair of any terrifying market moves or monstrous returns ...read more

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Who Needs a Central Bank?

Oct 15th, 2009 | By Bill Jenkins | Category: Featured, Macro Economics
“Recovery is here!” the Pollyannas shout. “This is the first sign. And soon all nations will be following with their rate increases.” They talking, of course, about the Australians decision to hike their central bank index rate. And instantly the howls of recovery were on the lips of all the pundits. But ...read more

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Bernanke to Keep Blocking the Free Market

Sep 1st, 2009 | By Bill Bonner | Category: Featured, Macro Economics
Damned if he does; damned if he doesn't. Last week, Ben Bernanke got the nod for another stint as head of the world's most important central bank. Yes, he completely misunderstood the implications of the hugely negative US trade balance, believing that America did the world a favor by spending its ...read more

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The Fed is Stealing Your Money

Aug 17th, 2009 | By Bill Jenkins | Category: Featured, Macro Economics
We’ve had another turn in dollar strength and in the currencies markets. All eyes are fixed today on the Federal Open Market Committee announcement. We’ll see what view they have for us this month. This has been quite a month so far, with healthcare taking center stage in the national debate. ...read more

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Treasury Bond Avalanche

May 29th, 2009 | By Bill Bonner | Category: Featured, Macro Economics
Illusions pile up... They're sure to come down sooner or later. Like snow at high altitudes, the central banks' new money is piling up. As reported last week, all the world's major central banks have turned on their snow machines. The U.S. Federal Reserve has been authorized to "print" $1.75 trillion ...read more

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When Central Banks Tamper with Interest Rates

Mar 13th, 2009 | By Don Stott | Category: Featured, Macro Economics
I really believe that all bubbles must burst.  Bubbles are highly unstable!  This one had to pop eventually, and of course it did.  Most will blame it on greed, but that's like blaming plane crashes on gravity.  There were several causes of the current depression, but the main one is ...read more

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Broke: No Choice But Nationalization

Jan 27th, 2009 | By Adrian Ash | Category: Featured, Macro Economics
Private bank stockholders aren't so much being crowded out as thrown out the window... Now, I'm no banking analyst, but that gap on my resumé is starting to look like a very good thing indeed. For who'd want to be stuck with the title "Banking Stock Analyst" now the banks are all ...read more

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