by Andrew Moran | Jan 22, 2022 | Economic Affairs News, Lights, Camera, Action, Opinion, Swamponomics
The Federal Reserve has given the folks residing and working on Main Street and Wall Street a special dose of quantitative easing to cure the ailments stemming from the coronavirus pandemic. For more episodes, click...
by Andrew Moran | Dec 12, 2021 | Articles, Economic Affairs News, Good Reads, Opinion
The last time inflation was this high, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial was the top film at the box office, the St. Louis Cardinals were the World Series champions, and the Commodore 64 was invading households. The United States is partying like it’s 1982 as every...
by Andrew Moran | Aug 1, 2021 | Articles, Economic Affairs News, Opinion
Is it morning in President Joe Biden’s America? If so, it might not be as sunny as the administration would hope. Indeed, it was a cloudy week on the economic data front, even with the world’s largest economy reopening in the aftermath of the coronavirus...
by Andrew Moran | Jun 13, 2021 | Articles, Economic Affairs News, Good Reads, Opinion
The Federal Reserve has ostensibly embraced the mantra of “records are made to be broken.” For the first time in its century-old history, the United States central bank’s balance sheet exceeded $8 trillion after more than a year of unprecedented and...
by Andrew Moran | Apr 25, 2021 | Columns, Economic Affairs News
President Joe Biden is ostensibly keeping up with one of his 2020 presidential campaign promises. According to various reports, the administration is proposing doubling the capital gains tax rate for wealthy individuals to 39.6%. When an existing surtax on investment...