Trump Threat to Quarantine New York: Interesting Constitutional Question
Today, the President announced that he was considering a quarantine of the tri-state area encompassing parts of southern New York, …
Monthly Archives: March 2020
Coronavirus public policy – things not seen
If you want to know why you can’t currently find hand sanitizer available at any retailer to use when you …
Does quarantine policy work?
There’s been a lot of jokes floating around about panic buyers cleaning up retailer’s supplies of toilet paper. I started …
Better late than never. BUT…
It’s better for the Fedsters to arrive at the party late than not at all. I’m delighted they were able …
Inappropriate Politicking ala coronavirus
It doesn’t matter if it’s true that the Trump Admin bungled the government’s response to the SARS-COV-2 virus. Since we …
What will the Fed’s excuse be this time??
Each moment of every day that passes as the FOMC sits on its hands while markets of all kinds tank …
Germophobe tips
I’m typically a real germophobe. This started about 15 years ago while working in building where the only practical path …
The Fed forgot something…
The Fed forgot something in today’s emergency Federal Funds (FF) rate cut, a big something like the pesky law authorizing …
Obligatory monetary policy/Covid-19 post
Back in 2016, the UK voted to leave the European Union. Whatever one might think about Brexit, this event provided …
