Today on TAP: But a weakened banking system, coupled with a Fed that is hawkish on rates but kind and gentle on financial regulation, could be the economy’s undoing.
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Are Good Jobs Good News?
Today on TAP: At many media outlets, however belatedly, they are. But not at The Wall Street Journal.
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Will the Fed Wreck an Improving Economy?
Today on TAP: Both the inflation and the employment outlook continue to improve.
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Small Business Rises Up Against ‘the Robbery’ in Greece
Eye-popping power bills have devastated midsized companies across Europe. But thanks to a sadistic EU energy privatization regimen called the Target Model, no one has been hit harder than Greece.
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The SVB Collapse Reveals the Class Bias in American Policymaking
When bankers blow their businesses up, it’s no-questions-asked bailout time. When student borrowers need relief, not so much.
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The Fed’s Rate Hikes and the Housing Crisis
High interest rates only worsen the shortage of affordable housing, but the cure lies far beyond the realm of monetary policy.
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Bank Crisis Reveals Numerous Federal Reserve Failures
Bad financial supervision, a panicky response, and now the Fed has created a trigger policy for more inflation.
Posted inEconomic Policy
There Are Worse Things Than Mild Inflation
A shaky banking system, for one. A failure to comprehend how the climate crisis raises prices, for another. Will the Fed continue to compound the damage?
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The Fed-Induced Bank Wobble
Today on TAP: Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse is a function of the Fed rate spike, and will surely trigger calls for its well-heeled tech and venture capital clients to get a bailout.
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The Fed’s Own Economists Challenge Interest Rate Folly
Today on TAP: Biden should appoint a prominent dissenter to the open post of Fed vice chair.
