While perceptive consumers and investors have been watching prices increase slowly for months now, those prices increases are picking up, putting them on the radar screens of an increasing number of...
With inflation rising faster now than policymakers in Washington had expected, many investors are starting to get nervous Trust in the Federal Reserve to manage monetary policy, and in Congress to...
One of the biggest fears that Wall Street has is that the Federal Reserve will turn off the monetary spigot Having pumped trillions of dollars into the financial system over the past year, banks and...
If there’s one characteristic about US monetary policy that has stood the test of time, it’s that policymakers have almost always presented a united front Even when they may disagree with each...
With the recent news that year-on-year inflation has reached 5%, a level not seen in over a decade, the rising prices that consumers have been seeing for months are finally reflected in official...
If you don’t know what a reverse repo is, you can be excused for not knowing that Most people who follow markets don’t even know what they are or how they work, let alone follow trends in reverse...
With a Democrat in the White House and Democrats in control of Congress, it perhaps shouldn’t be surprising that President Biden is starting to pull out all the stops to raise taxes And one of his...
In the world of precious metals there are generally two types of investors: those who want to hold and own the metals themselves, and those who just want to benefit financially from ownership of...
While fears of inflation are growing in the United States, inflation has shown itself to be a global phenomenon One of the major areas of concern in the US is housing prices, which continue to rise...
In the history of depressions and financial crises, the Great Depression ranks right up there as the worst crisis to hit the modern world Although some who lived at that time quipped that the...
Most Americans don’t give a second thought to bank regulation, and for good reason The amount of red tape surrounding the banking and financial sector is massive Just imagine the amount of...
Rising inflation has been in the forefront of many people’s minds today Prices at the pump and at the grocery store have been rising steadily for months Those in the market for a new or used car or...
In times of economic uncertainty, investors look to protect their wealth by buying assets that can help protect their wealth They’re looking in the first instance for assets that won’t lose value...