by Andrew Moran | Sep 21, 2020 | Articles, Columns, Economic Affairs News, International
It was a busy week for three of the world’s biggest central banks: the Federal Reserve, the Bank of England (BoE), and the Bank of Japan (BoJ). Despite these institutions presiding in three different continents, they showed their love for low interest rates. So,...
by Andrew Moran | Sep 22, 2019 | Articles, Business News, Columns, Economic Affairs News, Politics
The Japanese Takeover The Treasury Department released the latest foreign holdings data of US debt. The main headline was that Japan widened its lead over China as the top holder of Treasurys in July. Tokyo added roughly $8 billion to $1.13 trillion, while Beijing...
by Andrew Moran | May 19, 2019 | Articles, Business News, Columns, Economic Affairs News, Politics, Social Issues
Welcome to another installment of Swamponomics: Liberty Nation’s dive into the week’s morass of top news stories and the stream of economic fallacies that have been accepted as conventional wisdom by swamp creatures for years. Art Vandelay: Importer-Exporter In July...
by Andrew Moran | Nov 18, 2018 | Articles, Business News, Economic Affairs News, Taxes
Intense volatile sessions are becoming the norm on Wall Street and in other financial markets these days. One day, the Dow Jones pops 523 points, the next day the index crashes 3%. Investors are hoping and praying for a Hail Mary to let the good times keep rolling....