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NIRP Is So Simple

By |2016-02-03T11:56:03-05:00February 3rd, 2016|Economy, Federal Reserve/Monetary Policy, Markets|

Why won’t monetary policy just work as designed? It sounds so utterly simple: To review: Interest rates are the price of lending and saving money. When interest rates throughout the economy are low, banks charge less for loans and individuals have less incentive to save; when they're high, lenders charge more and individuals save more. This is why central banks [...]

Suicidal Tendencies, But ‘New and Improved’!

By |2016-02-03T11:14:32-05:00February 3rd, 2016|Currencies, Economy, Federal Reserve/Monetary Policy, Markets|

Advertising in the modern age is an extremely difficult task with all the clutter and noise. If you hadn’t noticed, it leaves many products experimenting with packaging in order to sell “new and improved.” The “easy pour spout”, for instance, became commonplace as if the old manner of detergent weren’t easy or comfortable to begin with. I seriously doubt that [...]

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