Wed 2008-05-28 00:00 EDT

The Institutional Risk Analyst: Fed Risk: Interview with Richard Alford

Fed Risk: Interview with Dick Alford; Institutional Risk Analytics; former fed economist Richard Alford argues Fed misread inflation for deflation, Fed fighting the wrong battles; "US population is not ready to hear that their real levels of income, assets prices and other indicia of national well being may be falling or relatively stagnant for the foreseeable future."

Fed Risks; Institutional Risk Analyst; interview; Richard Alford.

Wed 2008-05-28 00:00 EDT

What is Taylor's rule? (03/1998)

by The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco; real short-term interest rates should consider actual inflation relative to Fed target, economic activity relative to "full employment", and short-term rate considered consistent with full employment

03/1998; Taylor's rule.

Wed 2008-05-21 00:00 EDT

Winter (Economic & Market) Watch >> Berserker Funds in Commodities

Winter (Economic & Market) Watch >> Berserker Funds in Commodities; Michael Masters testifies on commodity speculation; "f investors (or whatever) held a stable currency with accurately rated (rather than bogus) investment grade financial instruments, with a positive real rate of return, against a truthful inflation number, would they be loaded to the gills with everything from grains to oil to cattle?"

Berserkers Funds; Commodities; economic; Market; watch; winter.

Sat 2008-05-17 00:00 EDT

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Inflation Hysteria

inflation is increase of money and credit; rising prices are symptom not cause; rising prices symptoms of "past" monetary inflation

Inflation Hysteria; Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis.

Sat 2008-05-17 00:00 EDT

Minyanville -

NEWS & VIEWS-Five Things You Need to Know: The Inflation Hysteria, by Kevin Depew; "Today's 'inflation' is illusory. It is the tail end of the Federal Reserve's mirage of economic production; credit creation."

Minyanville.

Sat 2008-05-17 00:00 EDT

Winter (Economic & Market) Watch >> GRIN and Bear It

Winter (Economic & Market) Watch >> GRIN and Bear It; Great unreported Inflation (GRIN) rapidly emptying pocketbooks

Bear; economic; GRIN; Market; watch; winter.

Thu 2008-05-15 00:00 EDT

Jesse's Café Américain: US Government Economic Statistics Are a 'Con Job'

Jesse's Café Américain: US Government Economic Statistics Are a 'Con Job'; understating inflation, unemployment

con jobs; Government Economic Statistics; Jesse's Café Américain.

Wed 2008-05-14 00:00 EDT

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: CPI Numbers For April: Spotlight On Energy

understating inflation

April; CPI Numbers; energy; Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis; Spotlight.

Tue 2008-05-13 00:00 EDT

Calculated Risk: Fed's Hoenig: Serious Inflation Risks

Calculated Risk; Fed's Hoenig; Serious Inflation Risks.

Tue 2008-05-13 00:00 EDT

RGE - The de facto nationalization of the global financial system

by Brad Setser; perhaps "the rise in inflation in the Gulf and China and the difficulties both are facing trying to sterilize the rapid growth in the foreign assets is an indicator that there is a small risk that the US also might end up being a bit too large for the emerging world to save"

de facto nationalization; global financial system; RGE.

Thu 2008-03-27 00:00 EDT

Winter (Economic & Market) Watch >> Gonna Be a Mad Max Revolution?

Winter (Economic & Market) Watch >> Gonna to be a Mad Max Revolution? "Historically food inflations and famines combined with corrupt, irresponsible government has been the spark to storming the palace gates and insurrection."

economic; Gonna; Mad Max Revolution; Market; watch; winter.

Sun 2008-03-23 00:00 EDT

The Big Picture | Investing in a Post-Fact Society (a/k/a, Were the Good Times a Mirage?)

"Many of the stated economic gains have been a false ghost. Whether it was overstated job creation (NFP), understated inflation (CPI) or "inflated" growth (GDP), a shocking amount of the debate about the economic expansion has been primarily spin."

Big Picture; good times; investment; K; Mirage; Post-Fact Society.

Thu 2007-12-27 00:00 EST

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: How does one invest for inflation and deflation?

deflation; Inflation; investment; Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis.

Fri 2007-12-21 00:00 EST

Money Matters: Despite Obvious Inflation, Bank of Japan Will LOWER Rates!

low Japanese interest rates key to worldwide economic collapse

bank; Japan; lower rating; money matters; obvious inflation.

Tue 2007-12-18 00:00 EST

The Oil Drum | Food Price Inflation

by Stuart Staniford

Food Price Inflation; Oil Drum.

Fri 2007-12-14 00:00 EST

naked capitalism: Mr. Minsky Moment Calls for Rate Cuts

"he best we have is palliatives. We can either take the losses, as the US has repeatedly told third world countries in similar fixes to ours, or we can go the Japan route of socializing the cost of propping up bad businesses and deals, or we can expand the money supply considerably and let inflation eat away at the value of the debt overhang." bearish UBS economist George Magnus calls for rate cuts

Mr. Minsky Moment Calls; naked capitalism; rate CUTS.