2015 in review: Q1
A post to review topics that caught my attention this during the first quarter this year. I had originally intended …
Monthly Archives: December 2015
Breitbart: Is the GOP’s big tent collapsing? – Get the popcorn
I generally take articles on Breitbart with a grain of salt because the very few that I have fact-checked couldn’t …
Merry Christmas!!
I just want to extend my best wishes for happy and healthy holidays and a Merry Christmas to all my …
Why inflation targeting is a bad idea: Reason #589
Among other reasons I’ve mentioned about why inflation targeting is a bad idea over the years here on my blog, …
Deflating Trump
Earlier I posted excerpts of a Newt Gingrich newsletter in which he regards the Trump/Carson/Cruz phenomenon as a natural consequence …
Correction: Effective FF Rate
Yesterday I wrote that the effective FF rate had been as high as 0.38% within the last 18 mos. I …
Newt Gingrich: Republican leaders need to worry about themselves, not Trump
In his newsletter this month, Gingrich reprinted an op-ed that was originally published in the Washington Times on December 16, …
The Fed lays one on with a whimper [Updated]
So today was the big lift off day. The FOMC decided to raise the FF rate by 25 basis points. …
An interesting time for Market Monetarism
I’ve been traveling over the last week. I had only my iPad and smartphone with me and therefore didn’t do …
On Christina Romer and Follow up: Bernanke Fed’s Rope-a-Dope
Originally posted on dajeeps:
I finally read the recent lecture given by Christina Romer (dated 10/23/13). There’s a lot in…
