Showing posts with label Bernanke. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bernanke. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 09, 2011

Stuck on the Zero Bound and Dissent

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So, the FOMC spoke and its statement more or less conveys the fact that we are reaching an end game of sorts for Fed policy while voting me...
Monday, August 08, 2011

Will Bernanke Jump the Shark Tomorrow?

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As most business and finance media onlookers gear up for another dose of Fed speak tomorrow with particular interest in the Feds response to...
Thursday, July 14, 2011

Fake It Till You Make It Fed Policy

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Listening to Bernanke over the last two days it should be clear that the Fed is going to go for another round of quantitative easing. While ...
Thursday, February 19, 2009

Mid-Cycle Meltdown?: Jobless Claims February 19 2009

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Today, the Department of Labor released their latest read of Joblessness showing seasonally adjusted “initial” unemployment claims remained ...
Tuesday, February 03, 2009

On The Stamp: Food Stamp Participation November 2008

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As a logical consequence of the prolonged economic downturn it appears that participation in the federal food stamp program is on the rise. ...
Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Bernanke’s Nightmare: Commercial Paper December 31 2008

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This post is a follow up and further elaboration showing the current and historical values for some key interest rates. These interest rates...
Monday, December 15, 2008

Homebuilder Blues: NAHB/Wells Fargo Home Builder Ratings December 2008

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Today, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) released their latest Housing Market Index (HMI) showing dramatic new lows and con...
Monday, December 01, 2008

Bernanke’s Nightmare: Commercial Paper December 01 2008

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This post is a follow up and further elaboration showing the current and historical values for some key interest rates. These interest rates...
Friday, October 31, 2008

Bernanke’s Nightmare: Commercial Paper October 30 2008

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This post is a follow up and further elaboration showing the current and historical values for some key interest rates. These interest rates...
Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Question(s) of The Day - Paulson and Bernanke Flawed Characters?

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Will Bernanke and Paulson eventually both be judged by history to be tragically flawed characters? Bernanke… Expert on the Great Depression…...
Thursday, October 09, 2008

Question(s) of The Day - Are Rate Spreads Correct?

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Is it possible that the LIBOR rate, TED and Commercial Paper spreads are simply telling us that, prior to this momentous unwind, rate spread...
Monday, September 29, 2008

The Almost Daily 2¢ - Epic Irony

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By now most of you have likely already either perused the mega-bailout bill or some summarizations of its features so I won’t dwell endless...
Friday, September 26, 2008

GDP Report: Q2 2008 (Final)

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Today, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released their third and final installment of the Q2 2008 GDP report showing better than expec...
Thursday, September 25, 2008

The Almost Daily 2¢ - Bernanke’s Nightmare

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This post is a follow up and further elaboration on last week’s grim Federal Reserve chart showing the current and historical values for som...
Monday, September 15, 2008

The Almost Daily 2¢ - The Greenspan-Bernanke-Paulson Wreck

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Make no mistake, today’s stock market plunge was as much the result of the bailouts of Bear Stearns, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as the absen...
Friday, September 12, 2008

Conspicuous Correlation: Retail Sales August 2008

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Today, the U.S. Census Bureau released its latest nominal read of retail sales showing a decline of 0.3% from July 2008 and 1.6% increase a...
Friday, July 18, 2008

The Almost Daily 2¢ - Twin Peaks?

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Subtitle: Bounce or Bust? The S&P 500 bounced sharply off of the 1215 level on the euphoric but shortsighted notion that Fannie and Fred...