Category: Quantitative Easing
The analysis published under this category are as follows.
Friday, September 24, 2010
Fed Money Printing a Definition of Insanity, Doing the Same Thing and Expecting a Different Result / Interest-Rates / Quantitative Easing
By: Mike_Larson
This week, Federal Reserve officials did it. They jumped the shark. Crossed the Rubicon. Bought a ticket on the express train to financial Never Never Land. Whatever you want to call it.
I say that because Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and the rest of the members of the Federal Open Market Committee opened the door to a new round of quantitative easing, or “QE2.” Specifically, they said (with the important passages bolded by me):
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Thursday, September 23, 2010
30 Trillion for Quantitative Easing (QE) 2? It's Time to Get Radical! / Politics / Quantitative Easing
By: Chris_Kitze
Yes, it's time to get radical on the economy and no, I'm not talking about going full Karl Marx -- the politicians in Washington appear well down THAT road.. The next set of bailouts could run $30 trillion (as I'll explain in a bit) and that's probably not the end of it because all the future government entitlements are well over $100 trillion. This is not only unaffordable, any attempt to make good on even a small portion of this is a fool's errand. In addition to attempting an impossible task that is doomed to fail, we're bailing out the wrong people! Hopefully, this article will get you thinking -- feel free to leave a comment and help our discussion.
Friday, September 10, 2010
More Stimulus and Unlimited Money Printing Burning the Economic Toast / Economics / Quantitative Easing
By: Richard_Daughty
Even though I have been drinking so that my speech is slurred after testing some crazy idea that I could drink away my utter horror at the death and dying of the US dollar and economy, history is, on the other hand, being made crystal clear that when a country is so idiotic as to ignore its own Constitutional requirement that money be only made of silver and gold (so as to prevent its over-issuance and thus prevent inflation, The Worst Of All Evils (TWOAE)), and then to compound that stupidity and perfidy by unbelievable over-production of the ridiculously-preferred fiat currency by the foul Federal Reserve mindlessly printing too, too much of it, for too, too long, distorting the economy into an ugly, cancerous, government-centric abomination, that country and its currency are soon toast, which is an unfortunate metaphor because I like toast.
Thursday, September 09, 2010
Federal Debt Crisis Solution, Time for Bernanke to Drop Money on to Main Street / Economics / Quantitative Easing
By: Ellen_Brown
The Fed is proposing another round of “quantitative easing,” although the first round failed to reverse deflation. It failed because the money went into the coffers of banks, which failed to lend it on. To reverse deflation, the money needs to be funneled directly to state and local economies. The Fed may not be authorized to “monetize” state bonds, but it COULD buy bonds issued by state-owned banks.
Saturday, September 04, 2010
Quantitative Easing QE2, Debt Created Out of Thin Air, Banking Crisis Worsens / Interest-Rates / Quantitative Easing
By: Bob_Chapman
In a futile attempt to keep the economic and financial system afloat, QE2 is underway. It began in early June as banks changed the rules for awarding loans. Their efforts over the past few months have only met with moderate success. Banks had cut back lending by some 25% over the past 16 months mainly to small and medium-sized companies. In the process the economy slowed down markedly and unemployment shot up to levels not seen since the 1930s. These first attempts to restart a sliding economy have so far not met with success. It was not long after that the real decision makers at the Fed that QE2 was going to be needed. We saw the marshalling of financial and economic forces and the tell tale sign of a stock market moving upward for unexplained reasons. That tipped us to QE2.
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Quantitative Easing Will Trigger Another Wave of Mergers and Acquisitions / Stock-Markets / Quantitative Easing
By: Washingtons_Blog
As I noted when the government started bailing out the big banks:
[The] Treasury Department encouraged banks to use the bailout money to buy their competitors, and pushed through an amendment to the tax laws which rewards mergers in the banking industry.
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010
More Money Printing, More Problems / Politics / Quantitative Easing
By: MISES
CJ Maloney writes: The recent decision by the Federal Reserve to keep its balance sheet stuffed to bursting with whatever the Wall Street banks decide to throw onto it came as no surprise and crushed any hope that the Fed would tone down its policy of quantitative easing (QE) — or credit easing (CE), as Mr. Bernanke prefers to call it. With the US economy stalled despite the trillions of "stimulus" funds larded out to the politically connected, the people who helm the Federal Reserve likely felt they had no other choice. This was too easy to predict; for the past few decades the response of US monetary authorities to any crisis has been the same — print more money.
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Quantitative Easing No Exit - Stage Left or Right / Interest-Rates / Quantitative Easing
By: Peter_Schiff
This week, national attention was fixated on JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater, whose bold, creative, and controversial exit strategy could revitalize his future prospects. Not nearly as noticed was the Federal Reserve's decision on Tuesday to avoid finding an exit strategy for its own never-ending career trap. Unfortunately, the Fed's choices affect our lives much more than Slater's.
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Friday, August 13, 2010
Investors Profiting from the Quantitative Easing Threat / Stock-Markets / Quantitative Easing
By: DeepCaster_LLC
“Why the Fed will Soon Print $2 Trillion” - Barron’s Magazine Cover, August, 2010
Q.E. is a Major Threat, but one which properly positioned Investors can use for profit.
Just this past Tuesday, August 10, 2010 The Fed announced it would undertake a modest bit of Q.E. (Quantitative Easing) by using proceeds from its mortgage bond investments to buy U.S. Government Debt.
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Friday, August 13, 2010
QE2, Fed Policymakers Screw It Up Again! / Interest-Rates / Quantitative Easing
By: Mike_Larson
Albert Einstein famously defined insanity as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. But apparently the message hasn’t gotten through to the folks in the Eccles Building in Washington. Because the Federal Reserve is at it again!
This week, policymakers met in D.C. and decided to fire up the printing presses. Led by “Helicopter Ben” Bernanke, they pledged to buy new Treasury securities whenever old Treasuries or mortgage securities matured or were paid off.
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Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Credit Easing Goodbye, Quantitative Easing Ahoy! / Interest-Rates / Quantitative Easing
By: Axel_Merk
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) has decided to reinvest any proceeds from maturing securities acquired through its $1.25 trillion mortgage-backed security (MBS) purchase program. The proceeds won't be invested in short-term, but in long-term Treasuries.
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Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Quantitative Easing Take II Into Uncharted Territory / Interest-Rates / Quantitative Easing
By: Mike_Shedlock
In response to Will Quantitative Easing Spur Inflation? Job Creation? Credit Expansion? Do Anything? (a point-by-point discussion of thoughts from Chris Ciovacco at Ciovacco Capital Management regarding quantitative easing), I received a nice reply from Chris.
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Thursday, July 29, 2010
The Fed Flashes the Nuclear Quantitative Easing Trump Card / Interest-Rates / Quantitative Easing
By: Gary_Dorsch
Of ten people who hear the same story or speech, each one might understand it differently. Perhaps, only one of them will understand it correctly. On July 21st, Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke was speaking in riddles, as central bankers are apt to do, while delivering his testimony before Congress. Each word that’s uttered by the Fed chief is scrutinized by anxious speculators, who try to interpret the message correctly, before quickly placing bets in the marketplace.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Should the Fed Pump Even More Money? / Interest-Rates / Quantitative Easing
By: Frank_Shostak
Some Fed officials and various commentators, such as Professor Paul Krugman, are of the view that the US central bank should be ready to consider additional steps to boost the US economy in the wake of a visible softening in key economic data. For instance, the yearly rate of growth of retail sales, after climbing to 8.5% in March, have fallen to 4.8% in June. The ISM manufacturing purchasing manager's index (PMI) fell to 56.2 last month from 59.7 in May.
Friday, July 16, 2010
Fed Money Printing Won't Matter Much to the Real Economy / Economics / Quantitative Easing
By: Mike_Larson
In the wake of the latest batch of “double-dip” chatter, the market’s attention is shifting back to the Federal Reserve. Investors are asking a simple question:
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Wednesday, July 07, 2010
Fed Audit Failure Lends Credence to QE Rumors / Interest-Rates / Quantitative Easing
By: Dr_Jeff_Lewis
Just last week, Congress had a critical piece of legislation before it. Congress, through House bill HR 1207, could pass the bill in its entirety with a simple majority vote, and it would be included in the Financial reform overhaul bill which is currently being pushed through Congress. Should the audit bill have been added to the financial reform legislation, upon passage, the books at the Federal Reserve would be opened for audit by the GAO – at which point every citizen, politician, and investor would know within six months the extent of the actions taken by the Fed over the past 97 years of pure secrecy.
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Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Four Reasons Why the Fed Will Try Quantitative Easing / Interest-Rates / Quantitative Easing
By: Dr_Jeff_Lewis
While we were led to believe that the Fed would begin tightening upon recovery, new fears of a double dip have sparked the Keynesian clan into moving in the opposite direction. Soon enough, we believe, a new quantitative easing program will be unveiled.
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Thursday, May 20, 2010
Bernanke’s Blackhawk Helicopter and the Global Currency-Trade War: DEFCON 2 / Currencies / Quantitative Easing
By: David_Knox_Barker
Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board, Ben Bernanke, is now famous for declaring his willingness to use a helicopter to dispense dollars to stop U.S. deflation. In the spirit of shock and awe, he promised the indiscriminate firing of dollars into the U.S. and global economy, without concern for friendly fire casualties. Granted, indiscriminate firing of dollars near innocent savers and trading partners is not friendly fire, but stick with this analogy, it gets better.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Will Fed "Soft Money" Create Hard Times for U.S. Economy? / Economics / Quantitative Easing
By: Money_Morning
Martin Hutchinson writes: For a U.S. president, nominating Fed governors is a little like nominating Supreme Court justices: Since they serve a 14-year term, you have the chance to shape the U.S. Federal Reserve for a decade after your administration ends. What's more - even though Fed governors are subject to confirmation by the U.S. Senate - you're far less likely to have trouble getting them through than you do with the Supremes.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Printing Money to Pay Debts, Fast Track Way to End Our World / Economics / Quantitative Easing
By: LewRockwell
Richard Daughty writes: The proverbial boogeyman, the phrase “end of the world as we know it,” is not particularly significant to me because it is, literally, always true, because any progress at all, anywhere, means that tomorrow will never be like today, and so “the end of the world as we know it” can be extended to mean “and it will be better and better!”