activist central bank

Non-Randomly Surveying RMB

By |2017-03-22T19:51:01-04:00March 22nd, 2017|Currencies, Economy, Federal Reserve/Monetary Policy, Markets|

China’s central bank, unlike other central banks, is constantly active almost never resting. Because it is always in motion, the PBOC can seem to be “adding” liquidity at the very same time it might be “draining” it. Its specific actions should never be interpreted as standalone procedures related solely to some unknown policy stance. That is particularly true given that [...]

That Escalated Quickly (In Rumors)

By |2017-03-02T17:55:03-05:00March 2nd, 2017|Currencies, Economy, Federal Reserve/Monetary Policy, Markets|

I honestly don’t know how much clearer it could possibly get. The mainstream continues to struggle to identify the causes of the “rising dollar” when in all cases it is decidedly simple. The more the dollar goes up, the more whatever counterparty country is paying for those dollars. The entire world is in a synthetic short position created decades ago, [...]

Time To Add Mexico?

By |2017-02-23T18:20:50-05:00February 23rd, 2017|Currencies, Economy, Federal Reserve/Monetary Policy, Markets|

Is Mexico about to go down the same road as China, Brazil, and so many others have the past few years? The more interesting question may be what took so long, if they are. Mexico’s central bank has been forced into action again, after interjecting itself last month supplying dollars directly to Mexican banks, as well as the same in [...]

Bernanke Supercycles

By |2015-04-07T11:10:06-04:00April 7th, 2015|Economy, Federal Reserve/Monetary Policy, Markets, Stocks|

The frightening possibility that the US economy, and the world with it, remains still bound by a single “cycle” dating back to at least 2007 (and you could even argue 2000 or 1995) brings with it nothing good about future prospects. If 2009 wasn’t really the ultimate end then that would mean the true trough is still to be found. [...]

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