Macro Watch: Fourth Quarter 2024
- 1. The Existential Threat of a Debt Deflation Depression
- 2. Economic Imbalances: A Warning for Investors
- 3. Why Bond Yields Are Rising
- 4. Learn How The Fed Creates Money from The Fed’s H.4.1 Report
Macro Watch: Third Quarter 2024
- 1. Money Creation Since 1914
- 2. Government Debt Since 1914
- 3. Credit Creation Drives The Economy Now
- 4. Balancing on the Edge: Critical Factors Impacting Markets in 2024
- 5. Why The Fed Will Cut Interest Rates Next Week
- 6. Do You Know How The Fed Cuts Interest Rates?
Macro Watch: Second Quarter 2024
- 1. Who Will Suffer Most When Chinese Growth Ends
- 2. Weak Credit Growth May Force The Fed To Cut Rates
- 3. Slowing Income Suggests Economic Weakness Ahead
- 4. Introducing Creditism 101
- 5. From Capitalism To Creditism
- 6. From Balanced Trade To Globalization
- 7. Wealth Bonanza: Risks and Opportunities
Macro Watch: First Quarter 2024
- 1. Microsoft’s AI Empire
- 2. Tesla: Real World AI
- 3. Large Budget Deficits Won’t Push Up Interest Rates
- 4. How Can The US Government Finance $22 Trillion Of New Debt?
- 5. China: Coming Off The Rails
- 6. Is China Turning Japanese?
Macro Watch: Fourth Quarter 2023
- 1. Meta: Bringing AI To The Masses
- 2. (Mis)Leading Economic Indicators
- 3. Amazon: King Of The Cloud
- 4. Bears Beware: Rate Cuts Ahead
- 5. Apple: On-Device AI
- 6. Recession In 2024?
Macro Watch: Third Quarter 2023
- 1. Liquidity’s Tightening. Watch Out!
- 2. Global Liquidity Is Tightening: Expect Trouble
- 3. Investors Should Beware Money Destruction
- 4. Nvidia
- 4.a Bard Explains Nvidia’s Processors: Bonus Video
- 5. Alphabet
- 6. Credit Trends Suggest A Recession Ahead
Macro Watch: Second Quarter 2023
- 1. Unchartered Territory
- 2. The Uncertain Outlook For Asset Prices
- 3. Debt Ceiling Austerity: A Recipe for Stagnation and National Shame
- 4. Lending Slowdown Suggests Rate Hike Pause
- 5. The Indispensable Dollar Standard Will Not Be Displaced
- 6. Higher For Longer Interest Rates May Rattle Markets
Macro Watch: First Quarter 2023
- 1. Bank Of Japan Doubles Bond Yield Cap
- 2. Do Fed, ECB and BOJ Assets Drive The S&P 500?
- 3. Inflation Is Down, But The Fed’s Not Finished
- 4. My Speech Before Members Of Congress
- 5. Higher Interest Rates Will Destroy Wealth
- 6. Systemic Banking Crisis: 2023
- 7. Banking Crisis, Recession May Drive Stocks Higher
Macro Watch: Fourth Quarter 2022
- 1. Creditism In Crisis?
- 2. China Downgraded
- 3. The Fed May Lose $50 Billion in 2023
- 4. More Wealth Destruction Ahead, Part One
- 5. More Wealth Destruction Ahead: Part Two
Macro Watch: Third Quarter 2022
- 1. Dollar Soars, Commodities Crash
- 2. Credit Creation, Rate Hikes and Recession Risks
- 3. The Chips and Science Act
- 4. 2008 vs. 2020: Crisis, Response, Recovery
- 5. 2008 vs. 2020 Part Two: Fiscal Stimulus
- 6. 2008 vs. 2020 Part Three: Monetary Stimulus
- 7. Watch Out: Something Is Going To Break!
Macro Watch: Second Quarter 2022
- 1. Stocks, Property and The Economy May Crash This Year
- 2. A Synopsis Of The Money Revolution
- 3. The End Of The Fed Put
- 4. Gold: If Not Now, When?
- 5. More Pain Ahead
- 6. Prepare For A Very Hard Landing
Macro Watch: First Quarter 2022
- 1. Still Standing
- 2. Aggressive Fed Tightening May Sink Markets
- 3. What The Fed Can’t Admit
- 4. Congress Passes Major R&D Investment Acts
- 5. Fear The Fed
- 6. Wealth and Debt in 2021
Macro Watch: Fourth Quarter 2021
- 1. Stormy Weather Ahead
- 2. Inflation Slowed Sharply in Q3
- 3. Lessons From China’s Last Economic Crisis
- 4. Creditism In China
- 5. Very Bad Things May Happen Due To The Fed’s Hawkish Pivot
- 6. Risks Are High And Rising
Macro Watch: Third Quarter 2021
- 1. Credit, Economic Growth and Inflation To Slow
- 2. Lessons From Comparing The Four Largest Central Banks
- 3. Liquidity Tsunami Update
- 4. The Fed Is More Profitable Than Apple
- 5. The Fed Has A Big Problem
- 6. Slowing Inflation Won’t Stop Fed Tapering
- 7. The Liquidity Tsunami Is About To End Abruptly
Macro Watch: Second Quarter 2021
- 1. Debt, Credit and Wealth Soared In 2020
- 2. How To Get The Most From Macro Watch
- 3. Speech: How Capitalism Died and Where That Leaves Us
- 4. Will The Liquidity Tsunami Continue To Drive Asset Prices Higher?
- 5. Will Gold Crash Again?
- 6. When The Fed Tapers QE, Will Asset Prices Crash?
- 7. The Fed Is Preventing Negative Interest Rates Using Reverse Repos
- 8. Peak Growth = Peak Inflation?
Macro Watch: First Quarter 2021
- 1. Credit: A Year Like No Other
- 2. Stimulus, Inflation, Stocks and Gold: What’s Ahead?
- 3. What’s Driving Tech Stocks?
- 4. Inflation Won’t Force The Fed To Tighten In 2021
- 5. Will Bond Yields Spike and Crush The Markets?
- 6. Liquidity Tsunami May Drive Asset Prices Much Higher
- 7. Surging Money Supply Growth Won’t Cause Inflation
Macro Watch: Fourth Quarter 2020
- 1. Dire Consequences Without New Stimulus
- 2. Bank Reserves Are Irrelevant. QE Works!
- 3. Stimulus and Your Wealth
- 4. The Euro vs. The Dollar
- 5. What The US Must Learn From Japan
- 6. Why China’s Winning
- 7. Big Stimulus Rally Ahead For Stocks and Gold?
Macro Watch: Third Quarter 2020
- 1. Will The Dollar Collapse?
- 2. Our Future Prosperity Depends On Government Debt
- 3. Melt Up?
- 4. The Biden Plan For R&D Investment
- 5. Trillions At Stake In Upcoming FOMC
- 6. The Velocity Of Money Is Irrelevant
Macro Watch: Second Quarter 2020
- 1. 28 Days (and $1.8 trillion) Later
- 2. US Banks On Life Support
- 3. When Creditism Met Covid-19
- 4. Gold Is Not A Sure Bet
- 1. Speech: How The Economy And The Financial Markets Work In The Post-Bretton Woods Era
- 5. Stocks: Boom or Bust?
- 6. Yield Curve Control
Macro Watch: First Quarter 2020
- 1. Corporate Sector Concerns
- 2. America’s National Emergency: Part One
- 3. America’s National Emergency: Part 2
- 4. America’s National Emergency Part 3
- 5. Thoughts On The Coronavirus
- 6. Recession or Depression?
- 7. Life During Wartime
- 8. Life During Wartime Part Two
Macro Watch: Fourth Quarter 2019
- 1. QE 4 Has Begun
- 2. The Repo Crisis and The Fed
- 3. The Repo Crisis and The Fed: Part 2
- 4. The Repo Crisis and The Fed: Part 3
- 5. The Repo Crisis and The Fed: Part Four
- 6. Household Wealth and Fed Policy
Macro Watch: Third Quarter 2019
- 1. America Can Invest or Surrender To China
- 2. Ray Dalio vs. John Mauldin: The Great Debate
- 3. How The US Can Win The Currency War
- 4. Ray Dalio vs. John Mauldin: The Great Debate Part 2
- 5. Dalio vs. Mauldin: The Great Debate Part 3
- 6. Expect More Rate Cuts
Macro Watch: Second Quarter 2019
- 5. Yield Crash
- 6. The Fed Is A Hostage Of The S&P 500
- 4. What Are Bank Reserves
- 3. Seigniorage
- 2. Looser Monetary Policy Will Be Required
- 1. Who Funded The Debt in 2018?
Macro Watch: First Quarter 2019
- 6. Credit Growth, Asset Prices and The Fed
- 5. Alphabet’s Other Bets
- 4. The Tech Giants: Part Two
- 3. The Tech Giants: Part One
- 2. The Fed’s Historic Policy Shift
- 1. R&D: The Future Depends On It
Macro Watch: Fourth Quarter 2018
- 6. The Yield Curve Is Sending You A Warning
- 5. Who Will Be Hurt By The US-China Trade War?
- 4. Investing In America
- 3. The Capital Structure Of The United States
- 2. A Concise History Of Creditism
- 1. Credit Update: Government Debt Spikes
Macro Watch: Third Quarter 2018
- 6. All The Money In The World
- 5. Chinese Monetary Policy Part 2: Crisis Management
- 4. Chinese Monetary Policy Part 1: Transforming The World
- 3. US-China Trade War: If China Fights Back
- 2. US-China Trade War: If China Capitulates
- 1. US-China Trade War: On The Brink
Macro Watch: Second Quarter 2018
- 6. QE In Europe Is Ending
- 5. The BOJ Goes Ballistic
- 4. The BOJ’s Radical Experiment
- 3. What You Need To Know About The US Government’s Budget Deficits & Debt
- 2. Who Will Buy The Debt?
- 1. Weak Credit Growth Leaves The Economy Vulnerable
Macro Watch: First Quarter 2018
- 6. Inflation Over The Last 100 Years
- 5. The Money Revolution
- 4. QT: The Pain Is Just Beginning
- 3. The Government-Induced Liquidity Crisis Could Crush The Markets
- 2. Rate Hikes, Quantitative Tightening and Their Consequences
- 1. The History Of US Monetary Policy
Macro Watch: Fourth Quarter 2017
- 7. Speech: Understanding Potential Threats To Trade and Economic Stability In Asia
- 6. Inflation Would Crush The Global Economy
- 5. The Stock Market: Worry Now, Sell Later?
- 4. The New Growth Driver
- 3. Japan’s Extraordinary Experiment
- 2. China’s Economy 2017
- 1. China’s Credit Tsunami May Capsize The World
Macro Watch: Third Quarter 2017
- 6. Speech For The CFA Institute Brazil
- 5. Frequently Asked Questions
- 4. The Four Great Threats
- 3. Who’s To Blame For The Global Economic Crisis?
- 2. Bubble or Recession: The Fed Must Choose
- 1. Global Liquidity Shock
Macro Watch: Second Quarter 2017
- 6. Monetary Revolution Part 2
- 5. Monetary Revolution
- 4. Quantitative Tightening
- 3. Can Global Economic Growth Continue?
- 2. Liquidity Gauge Update: Crowding Out
- 1. The Credit Structure Of The United States And Its Vulnerabilities
Macro Watch: First Quarter 2017
- 6. Creditism In Crisis
- 5. The Outlook For The Dollar
- 4. The Factors Driving And Constraining US Economic Growth
- 3. My Message To Some Of The World’s Largest Investment Managers
- 2. The Question I Asked Alan Greenspan Last Week
- 1. Trump’s Trade Policies: Good Intentions, Devastating Consequences
Macro Watch: Fourth Quarter 2016
- 6. A Recipe For Disaster
- 5. Voodoo Economics? Voodoo Two Won’t Do
- 4. President Trump, You Can Make America’s Economy Great Again. Here’s How
- 3. Derivatives Reform: Real or Razzmatazz, Part 2
- 2. Derivatives Reform: Real or Razzmatazz?
- 1. Credit Update: Weak and Vulnerable
Macro Watch: Third Quarter 2016
- 6. The Outlook For Interest Rates: Trumpthing Could Go Terribly Wrong
- 5. The Prospects For Asset Prices: 2017
- 4. Quantitative Easing Is Now Cancelling Half A Trillion Dollars of Government Debt Per Quarter
- 3. Libertarian Murray Rothbard Was Dangerously Wrong
- 2. The World Is $300 Trillion In Debt
- 1. Chimerica
Macro Watch: Second Quarter 2016
- 7. China’s Economic Crisis, Part 4: One World Is Not Enough
- 6. China’s Economic Crisis: Part 3
- 5. China’s Economic Crisis: Part 2
- 4. China’s Economic Crisis: Part 1
- 3. Credit Update: Our Economic And Political Problems Look Set To Multiply
- 2. ECB Policy: Everything You Need To Know (Part Two)
- 1. ECB Policy: Everything You Need To Know (Part One)
Macro Watch: First Quarter 2016
- 6. Are The Central Banks Out Of Ammunition?
- 5. Negative Interest Rates: How Did This Happen?
- 4. Death Spiral? Make That Plural
- 3. Liquidity Gauge Update
- 2. How My Career Shaped My Views On The Global Economy
- 1. Credit Growth: Below The Recession Threshold
Macro Watch: Fourth Quarter 2015
- 6. Rate Hike
- 5. American Meltdown: The Crisis Of 2008
- 4. Asia & The Slump In World Trade
- 3. China’s Next Move
- 2. The Dollar Standard: No Replacement In Sight
- 1. Weak Credit Growth Means Recession Ahead
Macro Watch: Third Quarter 2015
- 7. The Five Reasons The Fed Couldn’t (And Still Can’t) Hike Interest Rates
- 6. Standard Chartered’s Results Point To Rapid Global Economic Deterioration
- 5. The Prospects For Asset Prices: A Very Dangerous Moment
- 4. Monetary & Fiscal Austerity Explain The New Global Recession
- 3. Global Recession
- 2. Unsustainable Wealth
- 1. Who’s Going To Lend The Money To Drive Economic Growth?
Macro Watch: Second Quarter 2015
- 5. How The Government Came To Own 60% Of All US Home Mortgages
- 4. The Banks
- 3. Yellen’s (Triffin) Dilemma
- 2. Liquidity Gauge Update
- 1. Has The Next Recession Begun?
Macro Watch: First Quarter 2015
- 6. Negative Interest Rates
- 5. How The Fed Intends To Hike Interest Rates
- 4. QE Is Debt Cancellation
- 3. ECB QE
- 2. Credit Growth: Still Too Weak
- 1. Finance Capital
Macro Watch: Fourth Quarter 2014
- 7. How Capital Grows
- 6. Capital
- 5. Japan: Very Serious Challenges
- 4. FX Reserves, The Dollar Crisis & The Outlook For Global Liquidity
- 3. Analyzing The Five Largest Central Banks
- 2. The Outlook For Global Liquidity Points To Deflation Ahead
- 1. The Prospects For Asset Prices
Macro Watch: Third Quarter 2014
- 5. How Strong Is The US Economic Recovery?
- 0. Speech: How Capitalism Died & Where That Leaves Us
- 3. The Fed’s Balance Sheet
- 2. The Fed’s New Magic Trick
- 1. Credit: How Much Does It Take?
- 4. The Household Sector Balance Sheet Is Pointing To Trouble
Macro Watch: Second Quarter 2014
- 1. Introduction
- 1. Treacherous Markets Ahead
- 2. The Fed & Its Challenges
- 3. Austrian Economics: Right & Wrong
- 4. What Drives Currencies?
- 5. China’s Economic Crisis
- 6. Credit Growth Update
- 7. Economic Update
Macro Watch: First Quarter 2014
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Economic Overview
- 3. Credit
- 4. The Fed & Liquidity
- 5. Liquidity Conditions in 2014 and Prospects For Asset Prices
- 6. Global Deflation?
Macro Watch: Fourth Quarter 2013
- 1. Economic Overview
- 2. Credit
- 3. Liquidity Part One: Foreign Generated Liquidity
- 4. Liquidity Part Two: Quantitative Easing
- 5. Prospects For Asset Prices
Course 1: Capitalism In Crisis, The Global Economic Crisis Explained
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Restoring Stability After The Great Depression
- 3. 1960s America: Too Much, Too Soon
- 4. The End Of Sound Money
- 5. The Consequences Of Unbalanced Trade
- 6. Foreign Exchange Reserves
- 7. The Imbalance Of Payments & The US Economic Bubble
- 8. Flaws In The Dollar Standard
- 9. How Credit Slipped Its Leash
- 10. Creditopia
- 11. Financial Sector Deregulation
- 12. The Quantity Theory Of Credit
- 13. The Policy Response: Perpetuating The Boom
- 14. Inflation – Deflation
- 15. Concluding Remarks
Course 2: How The Economy Really Works
- 1. Introduction: What’s Changed?
- 2. Don’t Call It Capitalism
- 3. Who’s In Charge?
- 4. GDP 101
- 5. Fiscal Policy & Budget Deficits Part 1
- 6. Fiscal Policy & Budget Deficits Part 2
- 7. Interest Rates, Inflation and Globalization
- 8. Monetary Policy & Net Worth
- 9. Trade Deficits & Their Impact
- 10. Credit Growth Drives Economic Growth
- 11. Conclusion