Only a few months ago most economic commentators were sanguine about prospects for the US economy. Most of them did not expect an imminent downturn. Now all that has changed with most experts expecting the economy to enter a downward…

In a market economy, a major service that money provides is that of the medium of exchange. Producers exchange their goods for money and then exchange money for other goods. As production of goods and services increases, this results in…

Relying on fakery and addictive stimulus is the acme of fragility and vulnerability.Let’s start with a chart of the S&P 500: Having become addicted to the Federal Reserve’s nearly free money for financiers and the infamous Fed Put, stock market players are now…

Federated Investors CIO Stephen Auth gave hi outlook for Federal Reserve interest rate hikes and the U.S. economy on Fox Business.

There are three money supply statistics that every citizen should understand. They are the monetary base, M1, and M2. The Monetary Base Sometimes called “standard money” or “high powered money”, the monetary base is that monetary unit beyond which there…

The Fed cares when the stock market freaks out – but only when it turns into a bear Alexander Kurov, West Virginia University Stocks have been falling for more than two months, with investors all but begging the Federal Reserve…