Bank of Canada Cuts Bond Purchases for 3rd Time, Bank of New Zealand Stops QE Cold-Turkey, Citing Housing Bubble in “Least Regrets Policy,” Following a Slew of other Central Banks by Wolf Richter • Jul 14, 2021 • 150 Comments Why is the Fed so far behind the curve? Other central banks are now making room for “persistent” inflation.
Tapering, Doubts about “Transitory” Inflation, and “Financial Stability Risks” due to “Valuation Pressures in Housing Markets”: Some Folks at the Fed Getting a Little Nervous by Wolf Richter • Jul 7, 2021 • 154 Comments Disruptions “might linger for longer and might have larger or more persistent effects on prices and wages than they currently assumed.”
Bank of Japan Stops QE, Reserve Bank of Australia Starts Tapering, Bank of Canada & Bank of England Already Tapering, Amid Shock-and-Awe Rate Hikes in Emerging Markets by Wolf Richter • Jul 6, 2021 • 167 Comments The Fed is a laggard, now discussing when and how to taper QE. The ECB is an even bigger laggard, as inflation begins to rage.
Fed’s Reverse Repos Spike to $1 Trillion. Cash Drain Undoes 8 Months of QE by Wolf Richter • Jun 30, 2021 • 139 Comments Giant sucking sound of cash.
Central Banks Did it, Won’t Admit it. Top OECD Housing Bubbles: #1 New Zealand, #2 Canada, #7 USA by Wolf Richter • Jun 24, 2021 • 165 Comments According to “Bubble Ranking” by Bloomberg Economics.
Most Important Measure of Fed’s Economy: My “Per-Household Wealth Effect Monitor” for Q1, Based on Fed Data by Wolf Richter • Jun 21, 2021 • 266 Comments How the “Wealth Effect” benefits Americans individually.
What Powell Also Said at the Press Conference: “Hawkish” Nuances from the Fed by Wolf Richter • Jun 20, 2021 • 145 Comments Modern-hawkish, not Volcker-hawkish.
When Fed Doves Turn Hawkish, it Gets Real: Fed Dove Bullard Gets Antsy about Inflation, Pulls Rate Hike into 2022, Sees Quicker Tapering with MBS amid “Threatening Housing Bubble” by Wolf Richter • Jun 18, 2021 • 225 Comments “So far so good. But we have to be nimble here, these are big numbers.”
Holy Moly, Fed’s Reverse Repos Spike to $756 Billion, Undoing 6 Months of QE. In Opposite Direction, Fed’s QE Pushes Assets Past $8 Trillion by Wolf Richter • Jun 17, 2021 • 163 Comments Yesterday, the Fed raised its interest rate on overnight reverse repos, and this morning, a giant sucking sound of cash.
Fed “Had Discussion” on Tapering, Pulls Rate Hikes Closer, Raises Interest Rates on Reserves (IOER) & on Overnight Reverse Repos by Wolf Richter • Jun 16, 2021 • 149 Comments With inflation hotter than it expected, the Fed is trying to slow the pace at which it’s falling further behind.
