Debt, Credit and Wealth Soared In 2020
Posted April 10, 2021
Total Credit in the United States soared by an astonishing $8 trillion last year to $83.5 Trillion, well above the previous peak increase of $5
Category Archives: Economics in the Age of Fiat Money
Interview: Liquidity, Inflation, Stocks and Property
Posted April 8, 2021
I was recently interviewed by Hunter Thompson for the Cash Flow Connections Real Estate Podcast. This was an interesting and far-reaching conversation. I highly recommend it.
Interview: Why Asset Prices Could Keep Surging
Posted April 3, 2021
I was recently interviewed by Keith Weinhold for Get Rich Education. We discussed why the Fed is unlikely to tighten Monetary Policy any time soon
Liquidity Surge Update
Posted March 23, 2021
Liquidity in the Financial Markets continues to surge. Bank Reserves swelled by a QUARTER OF A TRILLION DOLLARS last week alone. Reserves have risen by
Interview: Liquidity Tsunami vs. Inflation Fears
Posted March 19, 2021
A battle between two powerful opposing forces is now playing out in the financial markets. The stakes riding on the outcome of this fight are
Liquidity Tsunami Update
Posted March 12, 2021
Last week, Macro Watch published a video called “Liquidity Tsunami May Drive Asset Prices Much Higher”. It suggested that as the Treasury Department spends down
Liquidity Tsunami May Drive Asset Prices Much Higher
Posted March 6, 2021
A Tidal Wave of Liquidity may soon be injected into the Financial System. If it is, asset prices could rocket higher. The Treasury Department estimates that
Will Bond Yields Spike and Crush The Markets?
Posted February 28, 2021
A rout in the bond market last week sent government bond yields sharply higher and the price of a broad range of speculative assets painfully
Inflation Won’t Force The Fed To Tighten in 2021
Posted February 20, 2021
Monetary Policy in the United States is extraordinarily loose. The Federal Funds Rate is very close to 0% and the Fed is creating $120 billion a
What’s Driving Tech Stocks: Liquidity, Fundamentals or Both?
Posted February 7, 2021
Two years ago, Macro Watch made a three-part series on the six largest US Tech Giants, ranked by the size of their spending on Research
Stimulus, Inflation, Stocks and Gold: What’s Ahead?
Posted January 16, 2021
A $900 billion stimulus bill was passed by Congress in December. President-elect Biden has just proposed a new $1.9 trillion Covid relief package. Moreover, with the Democrats
Credit: A Year Like No Other
Posted January 2, 2021
The latest Macro Watch video looks at some of the extraordinary developments in US credit and wealth during the first three quarters of 2020. It
Big Stimulus Rally Ahead for Stocks and Gold?
Posted December 22, 2020
An $892 billion stimulus bill was passed by Congress last night. It is likely to push the price of stocks, gold and other asset classes higher. The
Why China’s Winning
Posted December 17, 2020
China’s economy is on track to overtake the United States economy as the largest in the world in less than eight years, if current trends
What The US Must Learn From Japan
Posted November 27, 2020
The new Macro Watch video compares the Japanese economic policy response to Covid-19 with that of the United States – in terms of its impact on
The Euro vs. The Dollar
Posted November 23, 2020
Since the Covid-19 pandemic began, Macro Watch has focused primarily on the economic policy response to the crisis in the United States. The new Macro Watch
New Interview: Highly Recommended
Posted November 13, 2020
I was recently interviewed by Jim Baer for his podcast The Puck: Venture Capital and Beyond. Jim, who works in the world of venture capital and technology,
Stimulus and Your Wealth
Posted October 30, 2020
Household Wealth plunged by a record-breaking $7.2 trillion during the first quarter of 2020. It then recovered all of that and more, $7.6 trillion, during the
Understand Money
Posted October 24, 2020
Monetary Policy is the US government’s most powerful economic policy tool. The Fed is currently creating $120 billion a month and pumping it into the
Bank Reserves Are Irrelevant. QE Works!
Posted October 16, 2020
Many people believe that when the Fed creates money through Quantitative Easing, that that money simply gets stuck in the banks as Bank Reserves and