by Andrew Moran | Dec 4, 2023 | Articles, Business News, Opinion
In Washington, the clarion call to resolve America’s fiscal deterioration has been to raise taxes on everyone. Even if politicians claim they do not want to confiscate wealth from low- and middle-income households, they still do so every time the Treasury...
by Andrew Moran | Dec 1, 2023 | Business News, Lights, Camera, Action, Opinion, Swamponomics
As the world looks back at 2023, one of the most pivotal moments of the year was in March when a banking crisis emerged in California and New York. The failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank highlighted just how disastrous Bidenflation was and revealed how...
by Andrew Moran | Nov 27, 2023 | Articles, Business News, Good Reads, Opinion
Are we at the end of the interest rate hike cycle? Central banks continue sending mixed signals to global financial markets forcing everyone to play a silly game of will-they-or-won’t-they. With above-trend inflation rates unlikely to touch their multi-decade highs,...
by Andrew Moran | Nov 5, 2023 | Articles, Business News, Good Reads, Opinion
Well, that was an uneventful Federal Reserve policy meeting. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) completed its two-day November powwow, leaving interest rates unchanged at a range of 5.25% and 5.5%. The financial markets widely anticipated the decision to hit the...
by Andrew Moran | Nov 1, 2023 | Business News, Lights, Camera, Action, Opinion, Swamponomics
A new Bloomberg survey of economists worldwide shows that they believe the Federal Reserve and other central banks will not be as adamant about unleashing quantitative easing policies in the future amid slowing economic conditions. But when businesses, consumers, and...