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Federal Reserve System

The stock market is rigged. When I started making that claim years ago — and provided solid evidence — people scoffed. Some called it a…
Part of America's advantage over other economies historically has been the pace at which it both creates and destroys jobs. As they face slowing prospects or…
With all of that job creation being claimed by the Obama administration and disseminated by mainstream media outlets as signs of a sustained recovery you’d…
George Washington pointed out, “Overgrown military establishments, which under any form of government, are inauspicious to liberty, and which are to be regarded as particularly…
Greek ministers are spending this weekend, almost five grinding years since Athens was first bailed out, wrangling over the details of the spending cuts and…
After last week’s air tragedy, maybe a poor thought process but please stay with me.  Would you ever get on an airplane if there was no pilot? …
Since the global economic crisis, sharp divergences in economic performance have contributed to considerable stock-market volatility. Now, equity prices are reaching relatively high levels by…
Are there really secret manipulations of the economy going on in the shadows of Wall Street and Washington? Do bears crap in the woods? The NY Post’s…
You send an email to a reporter saying that you’ve got proof of criminal wrongdoing by a government official … or a big bank.  You…
NATO has announced that it is launching an “information war” against Russia. The UK publicly announced a battalion of keyboard warriors to spread disinformation. It’s well-documented that the West…
Wednesday is yet another Fed meeting where we get to hear “policy” from them.  So many times in the past, the upcoming meeting has been called…
The first quarter GDP will be negative unless the figure is again manipulated and faked. I am looking at two charts. One is the Federal…