It seems everybody with a printing press (i.e. Central Banks) is on hold, as we noted in our May 10 post Bank of England Defers to Fed on Future Printing .
However, there is pressing new information concerning the monetary outlook, starting with ...
Tag: Federal Reserve
Feature - May 16th, 2012
All terms: commodities, Current Analysis, cycles, Federal Reserve, Government Bonds, Hedge Funds, Inflation, Japan
Blog Post - May 10th, 2012
One week ago, on May 3, we wrote ECB Holds Line on Interest Rates, More Printing regarding the coordinated status of central bank policy. We said:
“The Bank of England will decide next Thursday, May 10, if it will continue printing beyond the ...
All terms: Bank of Japan, Central Banks, Currency, currency inflation, ECB, Federal Reserve, GDP, Government, IMF, Monetary Policy, quantitative easing
Blog Post - April 26th, 2012
As expected ( here , and here ) the two-day meeting of Federal Reserve branch presidents culminated April 25 th with no printing yet this early on, lending rates unchanged and, most notably, expectation of “exceptionally low” rates through at ...
All terms: Bernanke, Commodities, Federal Reserve, Gold, Government, Interest Rates, Monetary Policy, Oil, quantitative easing, U.S. Dollar
Feature - April 25th, 2012
Considering exiting the bond market? That would make you a contrarian to say the least. As the chart illustrates, almost a trillion dollars has flowed into bond funds, including municipal bonds, since the beginning of 2007. Encompassing the period befor ...
All terms: Bernanke, Bonds, currency inflation, Derivatives, Federal Reserve, Interest Rates, Municipal Bonds, Fundamentals
Blog Post - April 20th, 2012
These days, it’s not so much as what the Federal Reserve does , or what it says , that impacts market behavior—it’s largely what people, especially large and institutional investors, think it’s going to do. (See the WealthCycles.com articl ...
Blog Post - April 10th, 2012
High oil prices have been a major hitch in the so-called economic recovery, hampering the Federal Reserve’s plans to print more dollars. The reason for this is when the market (stocks) perceives a downturn coming, oil follows suit on the anticipation th ...
All terms: China, Commodities, Currency, Federal Reserve, Government, Oil Price, Trade, trade imbalance, U.S. Government
Blog Post - April 2nd, 2012
In two large spurts, the Federal Reserve's banknote, the dollar, lost much of its sway over the people who comprise some of the largest economies in the world last week.
Turkey agreed to cut oil purchases from Iran by 20%, but was allowed to get awa ...
All terms: China, Commodities, currency, Euro Crisis, Federal Reserve, Gold, Government, India, Russia, The Dollar Crisis, Trade
Blog Post - March 29th, 2012
As readers are very aware, the impetus to refinance and to re-inflate real estate prices in the U.S. is a matter of systemic stability. Over 400 financial institutions have failed since the crisis began, and 37 banks have failed this year. If banks and ...
All terms: banks, Bonds, Commodities, Deflation, Federal Reserve, Government, Inflation, Real Estate
Feature - March 21st, 2012
The United States is marked by a philosophical division between the founding leaders who wanted to create a strong centralized national government and those who advocated a decentralized, libertarian model. Initially, the Nationalists lost—but they didn ...
Blog Post - March 20th, 2012
Here at WealthCycles we frequently speak of silver and gold. The topic is becoming quite popular in the wholly owned mainstream media, with CNBC running hour-long specials on gold in prime time slots.
"The man who never looks into a newspaper is bet ...
All terms: Alan Greenspan, Central Banks, Currency, currency inflation, Debt, Deflation, ECB, Federal Reserve, Government, Investor Confidence