The Washington Postadded this to OpinionsOpinion Trump’s next Fed nominee wants a gold standard. It’s an idea past its time.The Washington Post - By Sebastian MallabyIn January 1986, Ronald Reagan marched into a meeting of his economic advisory board and let off steam about inflation. “I used to pay $50 for a suit,” he fumed. “Now $50 will hardly get it cleaned.” way
Bloombergadded this to BloombergOpinion Traders Diverging From Economists Puts Fed in a BindBloomberg - Jim Bianco The market wants the Federal Reserve to reduce interest rates. Economists, on the always present other hand, are insistent that policy makers should …
LAL2911added this to Trump Russia and democracyAyn Rand Ayn Rand and the Cruel Heart of Neoliberalismdissentmagazine.org - Lisa Duggan Trump is in most ways a Rand villain—a businessman who relies on cronyism and manipulation of government. Yet he praises The Fountainhead: “It relates …
Axiosadded this to BusinessBusiness Behind the Federal Reserve's concern on the rise in leveraged lendingAxios - Felix Salmon Investing in unbundled risk can be extremely dangerous. Alan Greenspan was never more wrong than when he defended the deregulation of derivatives in …
FOX BusinessWarren Buffett AOC, like Warren Buffett, slams CEOs of failing banksFOX Business - Elizabeth ZwirzRep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., took aim at corporate executives on Saturday, saying they escaped repercussions for negatively affecting the public and the economy during the financial recession.
FOX BusinessAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez socialist agenda concerns Alan GreenspanFOX Business - Julia LimitoneFormer Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan is worried about the socialist agenda of Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. “Beware of double-entry bookkeeping -- it’s only one side of an issue,”
RRick Hirdadded this to Trump the CarnieTariffs Tariffs are an attack on the economy: Alan GreenspanFOX Business - Julia LimitoneFormer Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said the tit-for-tat trade war between the U.S. and China is a “terrible idea on both sides.” “Remember what a tariff is -- it's an excise tax,” he told Business’
Cory Porteradded this to TradeChina U.S. And China: As The World TurnsSeeking Alpha - Michael Chandler The International Monetary Fund estimates tariffs imposed on China could shave 1.5% off their GDP. Here in the US, the reciprocal tariffs could shave …
Consumer Price Index “Heady Stuff:” The Wall Street, Inflation and the CPIcounterpunch.org - Dean Baker The Wall Street Journal’s opinion page has never been a place where reality is a binding constraint. Andy Kessler demonstrates this fact in a column …
Seeking AlphaMarkets Sentiment Speaks: Are Bonds Warning Us?Seeking Alpha - Avi Gilburt Since I have been updating many of my expectations this week, I thought I would write a quick article on bonds too. To recap where we have come from, …
Seeking AlphaInvesting Sentiment Speaks: Are We Setting Up For A Market Crash?Seeking Alpha - Avi Gilburt It is not often that I will write a second article about the stock market in a single week, but I think it to be warranted at this time. For those …
MarketWatchC-Bo Alice Rivlin, first CBO director who later served on Fed and in White House, dies at 88MarketWatch - By Greg Robb Alice Rivlin, who played an influential part in all of the economic policy debates in Washington for more than 40 years, died Tuesday at age 88, …
The Wall Street Journal.added this to OpinionOpinion The Federal Reserve Is Flying Blind on InflationThe Wall Street Journal. - Andy KesslerI never bought into the “Maestro” description of former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan. Mostly because of, well, the 1987 crash, the ’94 bond massacre, his ’96 “irrational exuberance” speech,
Bloombergadded this to BloombergOpinion What Warren Buffett Meant When He Said Stocks Are CheapBloomberg - John Authers To get John Authers’ newsletter delivered directly to your inbox, sign up here. Despite this week’s big decline in stocks, investors have one great …
Personal Finance (UK) Investors beware: central banks won’t be able to prop up markets forevermoneyweek.com This article is taken from our FREE daily investment email Money Morning. Every day, MoneyWeek's executive editor John Stepek and guest contributors …
The Weekadded this to The WeekFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoElizabeth Warren Watch Elizabeth Warren stunningly predict the 2008 economic crisis — 4 years before it happenedtheweek.com - Kathryn Krawczyk Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) either has a crystal ball or some serious experience in bankruptcy law. In 2004, the U.S. was blindly headed toward a …
JJohnadded this to Johns China and UK findsGold Gold: Gordon Brown's sale remains controversial 20 years onBBC News - Russell HottenIt was called one of the worst investment decisions of all time. Twenty years ago on Tuesday, then Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown said he was selling tonnes of Britain's gold reserves. Trouble
Daily Dotadded this to PoliticsElizabeth Warren These old clips of Warren predicting the financial crisis are inspiring her supportersDaily Dot - Andrew Wyrich An old interview of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful, is inspiring supporters online, when she warned against …
Seeking AlphaInvesting Sentiment Speaks: There Is Certainly A Lot Of Bull In This MarketSeeking Alpha - Avi Gilburt Just 5 months ago, many were quite certain the market was heading into the abyss. And, today, I am seeing comments like these: “I am thinking my …
American Enterprise Institute Something wonderful might be happening in the American economyaei.org - www.aei.org Are we seeing a productivity break out or fake out? Fingers crossed that it’s the former, and that we’ll see a lot more quarters like Q1. …
Brian Sommeradded this to Investments For The FutureQuantitative Easing All That's Missing Is A Black Swan...zerohedge.com - Tyler Durden "There is no means of avoiding the final collapse of a boom brought about by credit expansion. The alternative is only whether the crisis should come …
MassLiveadded this to MassLive NewsMassachusetts Latest economic news no cause to celebrate (Editorial)masslive.com Soon enough, folks are going to start partying like it’s 1999 all over again. That was the not-so-subliminal message contained in countless news …
Bloombergadded this to BloombergJerome Powell Jerome Powell Deserves a Little Less CriticismBloomberg - John Authers To get John Authers' newsletter delivered directly to your inbox, sign up here. This is one of those weeks where we get a welter of new economic data …
Economy The Trump economy: From boomlet to boom?aei.org - www.aei.org Even as the 1990s productivity-driven economic boom was happening, it was widely assumed it wasn’t. In March 1996, for instance, the New York Times …
Forbesadded this to TechnologyIncome Inequality "Income Inequality" Needs A Conservative SolutionForbes - Nathan LewisFor a long time, I’ve said that the issues addressed by Democrats are largely valid; the problem is their solutions. A typical Republican pattern has been to assert that the problems don’t actually exist.
MarketWatchSweden Alan Greenspan on What Trump Gets Wrong and Sweden Gets RightMarketWatch - Reshma Kapadia The U.S. economy may be in the middle of one of the longest recoveries ever, but Alan Greenspan tells Barron’s that the economy doesn’t look so …
Bloombergadded this to BloombergEconomics From Smoking Pot to Political Heat, Fed History Yields Some GemsBloomberg - Steve Matthews The Federal Reserve last week published oral interviews with more than 50 policy makers and staff that were conducted in conjunction with its …
Newsmaxadded this to Newsmax FinancePlay buttonRecession Greenspan: Can US Economy Stay on Top?newsmax.com Former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan does not see a recession on the horizon, based on an indicator his firm constructed and tracks. “Right at the …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoZillowCreating Wealth Real Estate Investing with Jason Hartman : 1173: S&P:GDP Ratio from Alan Greenspan, Assisted Living Investinglibsynpro.com - creatingwealthpodcast.hartmannetwork.libsynpro.com Jason Hartman and Adam take today's show to look at several articles about today's economy and housing market. The first one is about former Fed …
sscepperadded this to Money HoneySocial Security Former Federal Reserve chief says the economy will start to fade 'very dramatically' because of entitlements burdendailymail.co.uk - Rod Ardehali Entitlements are draining capital reserves 'dollar for dollar' according to the former Federal Reserve Chairman, Alan Greenspan. Greenspan, 93, who …
