Slowing Inflation Won’t Stop Fed Tapering
Posted September 18, 2021
Inflation in the United States slowed sharply during August. The Core Consumer Price Index (Core CPI) rose 0.1% month-on-month in August. That was down from 0.9%
Tag Archives: Federal Reserve
The Fed Has A Big Problem
Posted September 4, 2021
On Friday, the jobs report showed that only 235,000 new jobs were created in the United States during August. That was well below expectations of 728,000 new jobs. Up until
The Fed Is More Profitable Than Apple
Posted August 20, 2021
The Fed is enormously profitable. In fact, if it were a corporation, the Fed would have been the most profitable corporation in the world last year. Luckily
Peak Growth = Peak Inflation?
Posted June 24, 2021
The message from the Fed’s June 16th FOMC meeting was slightly more hawkish than the market had expected. It indicated that the first rate hike may
The Fed Is Preventing Negative Interest Rates Using Reverse Repos
Posted June 11, 2021
Reverse Repurchase Agreements on the Fed’s balance sheet have surged from $0 in mid-March to $535 billion on June 10th. Many people have begun to
Will Gold Crash Again?
Posted May 15, 2021
There are now reasons for concern that Gold could soon experience another serious correction as it did following its peaks in 1975, 1980 and 2011
Interview on Rich Dad Radio
Posted May 7, 2021
I recently had a great conversation with my friends Robert and Kim Kiyosaki for Rich Dad Radio. So far, this interview has been viewed nearly 250,000
Will The Liquidity Tsunami Continue To Drive Asset Prices Higher?
Posted April 29, 2021
A Liquidity Tsunami is currently driving asset prices to new record highs. In early March, Macro Watch published a video called “Liquidity Tsunami May Push Asset
Speech: How Capitalism Died & Where That Leave Us
Posted April 23, 2021
PLEASE NOTE: The link to the speech did not work when this blog was posted. It has been fixed. Apologies for the inconvenience. RD Capitalism
How To Learn The Most From Macro Watch
Posted April 20, 2021
The latest Macro Watch video explains to new (and existing) subscribers what they should do and the steps they should take to learn the most
Interview: Are We Heading Towards Massive Inflation?
Posted April 16, 2021
I was recently interviewed for the first time by Marco Santarelli for the Passive Real Estate Investing podcast. Our discussion focused on the outlook for Inflation.
Surging Money Supply Growth Won’t Cause Inflation
Posted March 26, 2021
Will asset prices soon be crushed by Inflation and higher Interest Rates? This is perhaps the most important question investors must grapple with today. The financial
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
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
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
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