by Andrew Moran | Aug 26, 2020 | Articles, Economic Affairs News
The punch bowl has been spiked. The stock market has been given cases of Red Bull, the real estate industry is on a sugar high, and Uncle Sam has artificially inflated consumer spending. The barrage of economic data in recent months are inevitably going to pad the...
by Andrew Moran | May 3, 2020 | Articles, Business News, Columns, Economic Affairs News, Politics, Social Issues
Show Some Interest! In March, the Federal Reserve slashed interest rates by 150 basis points to a target range of 0% and 0.25%. Before holding its April Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) policy meeting, most analysts anticipated that the U.S. central bank would...
by Andrew Moran | Apr 1, 2020 | Articles, Economic Affairs News, Politics
Will the Eccles Building turn into an investment house? Will the Federal Reserve be rebranded Powell & Associates? Will the central bank buy and sell stocks? After pulling the trigger on the mother of all monetary stimulus measures in the form of unlimited...
by Andrew Moran | Apr 1, 2020 | Articles, Economic Affairs News
The major central banks have slashed interest rates to 0% to curb the economic fallout from the Coronavirus pandemic. As the Federal Reserve, the Bank of Canada, and the European Central Bank embrace unprecedented quantitative easing, who in the world is even thinking...
by Andrew Moran | Mar 5, 2020 | Articles, Economic Affairs News, International, Politics, Social Issues
The year is 2029. The world has lost the war on Coronavirus, as half the planet refused to wash hands and practice basic hygiene. Millions are in quarantine, global commerce has come to a screeching halt, and societies are in ruin. And yet, in the deepest recesses of...