Markets
The End Of An Era: Is The US Petrodollar Under Threat?
Recent trade deals and high-level cooperation between Russia and China have set off alarm bells in the West as policymakers and oil and gas executives ……Read More
Business
Economy
Why Has GDP Growth Been So Modest?
We all know that there is a close relationship between personal consumption and GDP growth as shown on this graph from FRED: As ……Read More
Markets
Are Mutual Funds Being Haunted by Shadow Banking and Illiquidity?
In the October 2014 edition of the IMF's Global Financial Stability Report, there is a very interesting paragraph buried on page (ix) of the Executive ……Read More
Markets
Guess Who’s Buying Treasuries?
In case you weren't aware, the Federal Reserve's H.8 database provides the public (most of who don't pay any attention) with information about the assets ……Read More
Economy
Low Oil Prices Hurting U.S. Shale Operations
Slumping oil prices are putting pressure on U.S. drillers. The number of active rigs drilling for oil and gas fell by their most in two ……Read More
Economy
Nobody’s Home America’s Vacant Housing Problem
FRED, that wonderful source of all things economic, has a lot of interesting data that is there for the taking. As you'll see in this ……Read More