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...
by Andrew Moran | Feb 6, 2023 | Articles, Business News, Opinion
After more than a decade of quantitative easing (QE) efforts – a blend of artificially low interest rates and balance sheet expansion – the Federal Reserve gave life to zombie companies. The era of easy money policies allowed these firms – entities that only generate...
by Andrew Moran | Mar 24, 2020 | Articles, Economic Affairs News, Politics
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is boldly going where no central banker has gone before: quantitative easing infinity. The U.S. central bank is taking one small step for stocks and one giant leap for the global economy with the mother of all monetary bombs. It is...
by Andrew Moran | Mar 8, 2020 | Articles, Columns, Economic Affairs News, Election 2020, Politics
Dumb Money Rules During the beginning stage of the massive sell-off that took place on the New York Stock Exchange, Coronavirus stocks were soaring to the moon. A whole host of penny companies that most people never heard of before had suddenly skyrocketed triple...
by Andrew Moran | Oct 9, 2019 | Articles, Business News, Economic Affairs News, Politics
By now, it is clear that the first ten people or the last ten listed in the Yellow Pages would have a better clue on monetary policy than the current suits at the Federal Reserve. This means Aaron A. Aaronson or Zya Zion Zuriel could oversee interest rates and the...