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Category Archives: Monetary Policy
The Most Profitable Bank in the World
Our quarterly letter will be published this Friday and our clients will receive their year-end performance reports by the middle of next week. In the meantime, I wanted to make a few brief comments about an interesting story this week.
The Fed, QE 3, and The Cost of Money
This has been an interesting week for those of us who pay close attention to the U.S. Federal Reserve and the various speeches, interviews, and press releases that come from the members thereof. Regrettably, it has become increasingly important for … Read the rest of this entry
Jackson Hole and Monetary Insanity
Financial commentators and investment strategists are gripped with anticipation about this week’s banking symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, with heightened anticipation as to what Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke might say about the state of the economy and (more importantly) … Read the rest of this entry
Small Business Economic Trends
On June 14th The National Federation of Independent Businesses (“NFIB”) released its monthly survey of Small Business Economic Trends and there were a few interesting insights that I wanted to share. The NFIB is a member organization that represents more … Read the rest of this entry
Structural Unemployment
The recession ended two years ago but the unemployment rate has remained persistently high, currently at 9.0%. There is a fair amount of debate among analysts and economists – even within the Federal Reserve – as to the relative importance … Read the rest of this entry