When the housing market is owned by Fed banks: Federal Reserve went from holding zero in mortgage-backed securities to over $1.5 trillion.
There are significant consequences with the Fed continuing on course with Quantitative Easing. On paper, it may seem that all is fine on the home front. However, many regular Americans are finding it harder to purchase a home in spite of a low interest rate environment. The Fed has created perverse incentives where big banks […]
Quantitative Easing has become heroin to the financial markets: Federal Reserve balance sheet hits $4 trillion this week.
Addiction is never an easy battle to overcome. This also applies to easy money addiction that is now part of the Quantitative Easing economy. The Fed’s extraordinary measures are now appearing to be more permanent measures. Every time the whispers of tapering are made the markets respond accordingly signifying that the stock market is fully […]
The Red Queen’s race and the real winners from Quantitative Easing: Celebrating the five year anniversary of redistributing wealth to the top.
The Federal Reserve is celebrating its 5 year anniversary of Quantitative Easing. As the stock market reaches record highs, it is useful to examine the real winners from QE. Luxury good purchases have done extremely well during this period as income inequality in the nation has reached levels last seen during the Gilded Age. Yet […]
What is the Federal Reserve’s end goal? Follow the money and you will find no intention of tapering, out of control public debt, and financial steroids for stocks. Fed balance sheet up $55 billion in one week.
The Federal Reserve is known for producing convoluted and purposely hard to decipher messages. The media is driven by what the Federal Reserve says but fails to analyze what is truly happening. The Fed is driving in a car with no brakes. This is clear given that the Fed balance sheet increased by $55 billion […]