The Fed’s $4 Trillion Victory Lap

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The Fed met yesterday and announced a continued tapering to its QE program citing improvement in the economy. Fed keeps faith in recovery, bumps up expected rate-hike path. Fed Says Economy Rebounding as It Trims Bond Purchases Reuters and Bloomberg headlines June 18, 2014 post Federal Open Market Committee meeting of the Federal Reserve Board. Read More →

How QE Causes Millennials and Senior Citizens to Compete for Jobs

QE Causes Millennials and Senior Citizens to Compete For Jobs Millennials, Senior Citizen and The Federal Reserve See also Millennials: Not Part of the Club Yet Podcast Summary: 0:00-2:45 Intro 2:45-4:25 Review of what the Fed Presidents are saying. 4:25-9:30-How the Fed communicates their position to control interest rates and the dollar; why the Fed Read More →

Message to Fed: Tapering IS Tightening

Tapering IS Tightening The Fed’s RecovQEry is in Jeopardy In June this year we noted the Fed is trapped. They know they have to stop quantitative easing (QE) as their balance sheet is already too large to unwind, the real estate and stock markets are already too dependent on QE and if they continue price Read More →