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Euros & Dollars: Debt Worries Keep U.S. Interest Rates High
For two big reasons, there is still no sight of lower interest rates for Americans.
For two big reasons, there is still no sight of lower interest rates for Americans.
The Mises Institute has gone on an all-out attack against the Federal Reserve. Why don’t they focus on the real problem in our economy?
We can trace some of the persistently high inflation back to the 2020 pandemic. But this time, it has nothing to do with excessive money printing.
I urge Trump to respect the independence of the Federal Reserve. If he does not, as my numbers show, it would mean suicide for the American economy.
The idea behind ending the independence of the Federal Reserve is brutally simple: deficit monetization.
The independence of the Federal Reserve is as essential as the independence of the U.S. Supreme Court.
The prospect for lower interest rates in Europe is fading, but the reason has nothing to do with the European economy. The reason is found on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.
The U.S. Treasury keeps selling a lot of short-term, expensive debt when long-term debt is demonstrably cheaper. Why?
Many analysts think that today’s interest rates are the exception and that rates should always be low. History tells a different story.
A review of the past 60 years of inflation and monetary policy shows why the Fed must be conservative as it considers rate cuts later this year.
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