Last night, the comparison came up with recent selloff action and 1987. But the more frequent relative comparison from the perma-Bullish...
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Over the weekend, we discussed the various "shills and montebanks are coming out of the woodwork to proclaim — once...
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What Would Greenspan Do? That’s the question the WSJ’s Greg Ip asks: "Should the Fed worry more about rising inflation...
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Shameless plug: Last October, "The Unpleasant Truth About Inflation" noted all the reasons why inflation was actually much...
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Yesterday’ 1/4 point rate hike was no surprise . . . but the thought processes behind it may be. Consider the conundrum left to Ben...
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The original Fed statement is here; The WSJ Parses this statement with last month’s: THE FED’S STATEMENTS reflect how the...
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How bored am I waiting for the next Fed Statement? This bored: To Pause or not to Pause, that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler...
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Mike Panzner observes: "Over the course of the current tightening cycle (comprised of 15 rate hikes beginning in June...
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“Rising Oil prices are like a tax.” I’ve heard that canard repeatedly over the years. There are lots of reasons why this is...
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John Berry, the Washington Post reporter (now at Bloomberg) who covers the Fed — and widely believed to have a direct line from...
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