The lesson should have been learned by 1994. After a period of extraordinarily loose monetary policy, bloody market chaos was unleashed when the Fed [...]

I found myself this week reflecting back to this past May, shortly after Ben Bernanke began his (reportedly) $250,000 dinner meetings. May 6 – [...]

I found myself this week reflecting back to this past May, shortly after Ben Bernanke began his (reportedly) $250,000 dinner meetings. May 6 – [...]

“This past month may be remembered as the moment the United States lost its role as the underwriter of the global economic system. True, there have [...]

March 27 – Bloomberg (by Christopher CondonIan Katz): “Federal Reserve officials, fresh from the latest round of tests designed to ensure the [...]

The S&P500 rallied 45 points (2.2%) intraday on Federal Reserve Wednesday, to end the session with a 1.2% gain. The dollar index traded with an [...]

With the (king) U.S. dollar index trading Friday above 100 for the first time since 2003, the unfolding EM – ongoing “global reflation [...]

The U.S. unemployment rate has dropped to 5.5%, cut almost in half from the 2009 high.  The rate is down 1.2 percentage points from a year ago, [...]

There’s a natural ebb and flow to financial markets. It can be clear-cut Greed versus Fear – but often it’s more leaning Risk Embracement or [...]

“In all speculative episodes there is always an element of pride in discovering what is seemingly new and greatly rewarding in the way of financial [...]

If I had my druthers, politics would be kept a safe distance apart from economic analysis.  The economics profession, however, is guided by a [...]

Bloomberg’s Simon Kennedy did a nice job with “A World Overflowing With Debt,” as did the Financial Times’ Ralph Atkins with “Debt [...]