This week saw the release of the Fed’s big annual research report, Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households in 2022....
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Imagine you had a device that allowed you to peer into the future. You enter a subject matter into this machine, requesting a...
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At least they told us what they were going to do. As much as critics of the Federal Reserve have been up in arms over the fastest...
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Bank failures since 2001, scaled by amount of assets in 2023 dollars. The graphic above, via Flowing Data, puts recent...
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Depositors heaved a sigh of relief when news broke Sunday that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation was going to make whole...
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The news broke Sunday afternoon that depositors would be made whole and would have full access to their accounts and money today;...
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Armchair quarterbacking the decisions of the Federal Reserve long ago became a blood sport. With the benefit of hindsight, we all...
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This week, we get to hear from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell twice – tomorrow in the Semiannual Monetary Policy...
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Very useful dashboard via the St. Louis Fed, which maintains the fabulous FRED database. With a clean and simple interface, it puts all...
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Last week, I discussed the December CPI print; it showed further evidence that inflation is coming down substantially. But...
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