The Bond King, Bill Gross Weighs in Against Monetary Easing

Bill Gross Against QE For the past few days the chorus has been getting louder: Monetary easing does not work and creates structural imbalances in the economy leading to systemic risks and asset bubbles. Today Bill Gross weighed in with this “Perhaps zero-bound interest rates and quantitative easing programs are becoming as much of the Read More →

The Fed: Talk Taper, Print Paper

Since the beginning of the year the Fed has been talking about cutting back on its quantitative easing (“QE”) program that has been in effect for nearly five years. That talk has been increasing in recent months. QE involves creating money out of thin air in order to purchase US Treasuries and Mortgage Backed Securities Read More →