Repo Market Problems & Ballooning Inventories of Treasuries at Primary Dealers Make it into the Fed’s Minutes. My Fancy-Schmancy “Fed Hawk-o-Meter” Jumps by Wolf Richter • Aug 21, 2019 • 113 Comments Fed Warns about “Elevated” Asset Prices and High Business Leverage.
How Negative Interest Rates Screw Up the Economy by Wolf Richter • Aug 21, 2019 • 191 Comments Now they’re clamoring for this NIRP absurdity in the US. How will this end?
US National Debt Spiked $363 billion in Two Weeks, $1 Trillion in 12 months. But Who Bought This Pile of Treasury Securities? by Wolf Richter • Aug 17, 2019 • 94 Comments Nope, the Fed dumped. But there was huge demand elsewhere.
Financial World Gone Nuts: $15 Trillion Negative Yielding Debt by Wolf Richter • Aug 6, 2019 • 170 Comments 12 countries with negative 10-year yields. A race to hell.
Two Fed Governors Defy Wall Street, the Media & Trump. Eight Buckle: Powell Tries to Explain, Confusingly Throws “Couple of Rate Hikes” into Mix. Stocks Tank by Wolf Richter • Jul 31, 2019 • 137 Comments “It is not the beginning of a long series of rate cuts”: Powell.
The Giant Sucking Sound of Financial Repression by Wolf Richter • Jul 31, 2019 • 104 Comments In the US alone, it impacts nearly $40 trillion — with consequences for the real economy.
The Victims of Inflation by Wolf Richter • Jul 17, 2019 • 135 Comments Inflation gets pitched as something inherently good the Fed is trying to make sure folks gets enough of. But someone’s paying the price.
My Advice to the Fed on “Low Inflation”: Use a Different Index for Crying Out Loud and Tell the BLS to be Less Aggressive with “Hedonic Quality Adjustments” by Wolf Richter • Jul 13, 2019 • 116 Comments The Fed could instantly claim victory and pocket the kudos.
What My Fancy-Schmancy “Fed Hawk-o-Meter” Says About the Fed’s Next Rate Move by Wolf Richter • Jul 10, 2019 • 68 Comments Folks lining up on both sides of the fence.
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: After All This Money Printing, Where’s the Huge Inflation? by Wolf Richter • Jul 7, 2019 • 113 Comments Oh, it’s here alright.
