Economy
The Federal Reserve’s Failed Employment Mandate
The mainstream media has spent a great deal of energy questioning whether the Federal Reserve should continue to resume interest rate increases during 2016. With ……Read More
Business
Economy
The Federal Reserve’s Next Experiment Pegging Long Term Interest Rates
I recently posted an analysis of an two-part article written by Ben Bernanke on his Brookings Institute blog. The first article looked at the Fed's ……Read More
Economy
Corporate America and Its Debt The Federal Reserve’s Conundrum
I want to open this posting with a definition: "Gross National Income (GNI) is the total domestic and foreign output claimed by the residents ……Read More
Markets
Tesla And Other Tech Giants Scramble For Lithium As Prices Double
Demand for lithium—the hottest commodity on the planet and the only commodity to show positive price movement in 2015—is poised to continue on its upward ……Read More
Markets
$85 Crude Oil By Christmas An Interview With Mike Rothman
After a 50 percent rally in oil prices between February and March, crude has retreated a bit as of late. The upcoming OPEC-Russia meeting in ……Read More
Economy
What is Per Capita Economic Growth Telling Us About the Economy?
While the mainstream media and the Bureau of Economic Analysis provide us with the quarterly gross domestic product data (not to mention its numerous revisions), there ……Read More