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Green Shoots and Brown Weeds

Lance on Jun 19 2009 | Filed under: Currency, Dollar, Economic Indicators, Economics, Employment, Federal Reserve, Government policy, Housing Market, Inflation, economy

We conducted our first webcast last week, an update on the housing market, unemployment and the economy. We had a couple of technical issues which were a bit distracting, and we need a new microphone, but all in all a fair overview of the economy which was well received by those who attended. The webcast [...]

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The Monetary Base Finally Moves

Lance on Sep 30 2008 | Filed under: Dollar, Economics, Federal Reserve, monetary policy

The Federal Reserve has for a long time eschewed increasing the money supply directly, and instead has manipulated credit to affect the economy and control inflation. This has led to three important things which are in my opinion at the root of this crisis.

Asset price inflation (at least initially) as opposed to broader price inflation.
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