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Category: Central Banks

The analysis published under this category are as follows.

Interest-Rates

Thursday, September 03, 2009

Can a Central Bank Go Broke? / Interest-Rates / Central Banks

By: David_Howden

Best Financial Markets Analysis ArticleCentralized monetary authorities enjoy a privileged position in the current monetary system. People tend to view the economists and politicians at these institutions as demigods, individuals who if given enough resources will ensure that the economy continues an ever-advancing and smooth trajectory. However, unlike the Greek demigods of yore, today's central bankers are mere mortals who must work within the confines and constraints of the institution that they head.

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Politics

Tuesday, September 01, 2009

Bernanke’s Victory Lap / Politics / Central Banks

By: John_Browne

Best Financial Markets Analysis ArticleDespite vocal criticism of the Federal Reserve’s stewardship of the economy over the past decade, President Obama’s renomination of Ben Bernanke to a second term as Fed Chairman nevertheless served to reassure and boost financial markets. While it is true that markets tend to crave predictability from government, rewarding the continuation of horrible Bush-era policies is perhaps pushing the boundaries of nostalgia. More interestingly, President Obama, who campaigned for ‘change,’ has clearly come down once again on the side of continuity.

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Politics

Friday, August 28, 2009

Who does Ben Bernake Really Work For? / Politics / Central Banks

By: Justice_Litle

Best Financial Markets Analysis ArticleThe announcement of Ben S. Bernanke’s successful nomination for a second term brings forth a curious question. Whom does the Fed Chairman really and truly work for?

Before we get into today's topic, a quick comment on the state of the market here and now.

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Interest-Rates

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Bernanke: Central Bankers' Bob the Builder? / Interest-Rates / Central Banks

By: Axel_Merk

Best Financial Markets Analysis ArticleFirst, the good news about Bernanke’s nomination for a second term as head of the Federal Reserve (Fed): we know what we are getting and may be able to prepare for the risks his continued leadership may pose to inflation and the dollar. The bad news: more of the same.

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Politics

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Ben Bernanke is the World's Most Dangerous Man / Politics / Central Banks

By: Mike_Shedlock

Best Financial Markets Analysis ArticleSometimes you are pleasantly surprised by things you find in mainstream media. This is one of those times.

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Politics

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

The Federal Reserve Suffers a Rare Defeat / Politics / Central Banks

By: DeepCaster_LLC

Under the tutelage of Chairman Ben Bernanke, the Federal Reserve system has achieved the heights of power, while simultaneously the economy it presides over has descended to the depths of despair. This Zen paradox sums of the inexplicable success of Ben Bernanke.

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Politics

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Bernanke's Self-Promotional Reappointment Campaign A Stunning Success / Politics / Central Banks

By: Mike_Shedlock

Best Financial Markets Analysis ArticleBen Bernanke's self promotional media blitz culminating with Orwellian Madness "Bernanke Saved The World", was a stunning success for Bernanke in his bid to be reappointed Fed Chairman. Unfortunately, Bernanke's win is everyone else's loss.

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Politics

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

The Buzz over Bernanke Reappointment as Fed Chairman / Politics / Central Banks

By: Michael_Pento

Last week’s buzz in Jackson Hole Wyoming and around Wall Street is whether or not Banana Ben Bernanke should be reappointed to the Fed Chair. CNBC also held a panel discussing this issue with Bob McTeer (former President of the Dallas Fed). The consensus was that it was ridiculous not to have Barack Obama indicate he would serve another term as soon as possible. The agreed upon reason being that no one could do a better job than he has done.

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Politics

Monday, August 24, 2009

Why the Federal Reserve Bank Must Die / Politics / Central Banks

By: James_Quinn

Diamond Rated - Best Financial Markets Analysis Article“Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value ---- zero.” – Voltaire

“The Federal Reserve in collaboration with the giant banks has created the greatest financial crisis the world has ever seen. The foolish notion that unlimited amounts of money and credit created out of thin air can provide sustainable economic growth has delivered this crisis to us. Instead of economic growth and stable prices, (The Fed) has given us a system of government and finance that now threatens the world financial and political institutions. Pursuing the same policy of excessive spending, debt expansion and monetary inflation can only compound the problems that prevent the required corrections. Doubling the money supply didn’t work, quadrupling it won’t work either.  Buying up the bad debt of privileged institutions and dumping worthless assets on the American people is morally wrong and economically futile. Representative from Texas Ron Paul questioning Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke

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Politics

Friday, August 21, 2009

Orwellian Madness, Bernanke Saved The World / Politics / Central Banks

By: Mike_Shedlock

Best Financial Markets Analysis ArticleThe MarketWatch Headline Bernanke: We Saved The World is the height of Orwellian madness.

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Interest-Rates

Thursday, August 13, 2009

The Federal Reserve is Immoral / Interest-Rates / Central Banks

By: Tim_Iacono

Best Financial Markets Analysis ArticleDuring the first few days of each month comes a task that is increasingly approached with dread around here and, unfortunately, that condition is likely to persist for some time.

Shortly after banks make their month-end update to various short-term savings accounts that we hold, these balances are queried, only to find that, almost without exception, interest credited is less than it was in prior months and far less than it was eight or ten months ago.

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Interest-Rates

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Fed a Rudderless Ship? / Interest-Rates / Central Banks

By: Axel_Merk

How much excitement can a statement by the Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee (FOMC) generate? Given that the Fed has been printing over a $1 trillion of fresh currency over the past year, more are indeed taking note when the Fed speaks.

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Economics

Sunday, August 02, 2009

Ben Bernanke Economic Forecasts Proven to be Incredibly, Uncannily Wrong / Economics / Central Banks

By: MISES

Best Financial Markets Analysis ArticleWe now have the diametrical opposite of the famous "Peter Schiff Was Right" video (a compilation of 2006 and 2007 clips in which Schiff, a financial expert who subscribes to Austrian economics, predicted the deep recession that would follow the bursting of the housing bubble).

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Economics

Thursday, July 30, 2009

Economic Arguments Against the Re-nomination of Bernanke as Fed Chairman / Economics / Central Banks

By: Paul_L_Kasriel

Diamond Rated - Best Financial Markets Analysis ArticleI Come Neither to Praise Nor to Bury Bernanke - No one is indispensable. There are plenty of well-qualified candidates to replace Ben Bernanke as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. So, the Republic will survive whether or not Ben Bernanke is re-nominated as Fed chairman. But let us be objective in assessing the job he has done as chairman. In my opinion, Anna Schwartz was not objective in her July 26 NYT op-ed piece arguing for the dumping of Bernanke.

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Politics

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Federal Reserve is a Ponzi Scheme that Creates Bubble After Bubble / Politics / Central Banks

By: Global_Research

Best Financial Markets Analysis ArticleDaniel Tencer writes: The Federal Reserve — the quasi-autonomous body that controls the US’s money supply — is a “Ponzi scheme” that created “bubble after bubble” in the US economy and needs to be held accountable for its actions, says Eliot Spitzer, the former governor and attorney-general of New York.

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Politics

Monday, July 27, 2009

Bernanke Upside Down and Backwards: Is Central Banking at Death’s Door? / Politics / Central Banks

By: Rob_Kirby

Diamond Rated - Best Financial Markets Analysis ArticleIn a rare lucid moment, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown recently quipped,

              “Technology means that foreign policy will never be the same again”

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Politics

Monday, July 27, 2009

Ben Bernanke Goes On Self-Promotional Media Blitz / Politics / Central Banks

By: Mike_Shedlock

Best Financial Markets Analysis ArticleBefore discussing Bernanke's self-promotional blitz, let's take a look a the Fed's massive coverup job on its balance sheet.

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Politics

Friday, July 24, 2009

Investors Overcoming Profit Pitfalls & Fed Perfidy / Politics / Central Banks

By: Deepcaster

Diamond Rated - Best Financial Markets Analysis Article“The Fed’s credibility has been tarnished by the easy credit policies it pursued and the lax regulatory oversight that let institutions ratchet higher their balance sheet leverage and amass huge concentrations of risky, complex securitized products…”William Donaldson, Arthur Levitt, Investors’, Working Group Report on Systemic Risk Regulation

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Economics

Thursday, July 23, 2009

Global Depression Triggering the Evolution and Revolution of the Central Banking System / Economics / Central Banks

By: Global_Research

Diamond Rated - Best Financial Markets Analysis ArticleAndrew G Marshall writes: Humanity is on the verge of entering into the most tumultuous period in our history. The prospects of a global depression, the likes of which have never been seen before; a truly global war, on a scale never before imagined; and societal collapse, for which nations of the world are building totalitarian police states to control populations; are increasing by the day. The major global trend forecasters are sounding the alarms on economic depression, war, a return to fascism and a total reorganization of society.  

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Politics

Thursday, July 16, 2009

The Privately Owned Federal Reserve Bank Runs the United States / Politics / Central Banks

By: Global_Research

Best Financial Markets Analysis ArticleBob Chapman writes: Last week the Dow fell 1.6%; S&P fell 1.9%; the Russell 2000 fell 3.3% and the Nasdaq slipped 1.8%; cyclicals fell 3.6%; transports 1.5%; consumers 1.6%; utilities 1.4%; banks 2.3% and broker/dealers 2.8%. High tech fell 1.8%; semis 1.8%; Internets 2.1% and biotechs 2.7%. Gold bullion fell $19.50 and the HUI gold index fell 8.4%.

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