In what is beginning to look more like a case of ‘The Fed plans, Reality conspires’, the policy of Quantitative Tightening(QT) is sixteen and a..
With the end of 3Q2023, I thought this a good time to review our Fed Rate Increase Impact Map, where we made some assumptions for..
QT (Quantitative Tightening) Purpose & Goals QT is the Fed’s process to mop up the $9 trln-plus excess liquidity they and the Congress, through heavy..
Fed Rate Hikes Are Just Starting To Bite! The May 3, 2023, .25% Fed rate hike brings the 15 month total in hikes to 5.00%. ..
Fed’s 4.75% Of Rate Hikes-1 Year Anniversary After one year and 4.75% in rate hikes, it’s time to assess the impact on the real economy. ..
The Federal Reserve is on an unprecedented interest rate hiking binge in their effort to bring down our recent near historically high inflation. Starting in..
A somewhat unique issue in the recent labor market is job openings (Labor Department-JOLTS Report) going from 6.94 million in December 2020 to 10.72 million..
Everyone talks about inflation these days because everyone in some way experiences it. We have written about it here over the last year and a..
Employment, inflation, Fed policy, supply chain strain and other key indicators continue to hover in negative territory. As in my June post, there is just..
So far June has been full of bad economic news. Preparing for this monthly blog post ordinarily involves following the economic news all month, especially..
Commodity traders have the right prescription for curing inflation: “The best cure for inflation is high prices”. During this period of full (overfull?) employment and..
A LOOK AT SOME CURRENT SOURCES OF INFLATION The economy is giving signs of a growing gap between the supply of things and the demand..