Rising rates will collide with rising entitlement deficits
It’s no longer a secret: interest rates are going up, and when they do, the cost of borrowing for everyone will rise. That includes borrowing costs for the federal government,…
As interest rates get set to rise, Uncle Sam is unprepared to handle the fallout
With the new year in fiscal recklessness and folly underway, it’s worth recalling that, as the Federal Reserve starts raising interest rates, Uncle Sam’s balance sheet will get even worse….
The man who warned about inflation is wary of the future
Some contrarian economists on Wall Street are beginning to think inflation may rear up to seven percent for the first part of the year – a pace not seen in…
Inflation highest in 30 years as consumer sentiment falls
Central bankers, their pet economists, and assorted politicians may not like to talk about it publicly, but inflation is roaring ahead even as consumers’ outlooks turn sour. In part, it’s…
So much for transitory inflation
The most recent inflation data shows that prices are galloping ahead, rising 5.4 percent year-over year and showing more staying power than the Federal Reserve or its assorted apologists believed…
Pretending debt doesn’t matter
The federal government’s years-long debt binge has left the country more than $28 trillion in the hole with no sign, from either major political party, that the borrowing will stop….
Price increases outpacing wage gains
While we are lectured that inflation may, possibly, be worth watching, but poses no real threat to the American economy, the data tell a somewhat different story. According to Bloomberg,…
Lessons from history on inflation and political risk
The great inflation debate in the U.S. is still in its early stages, but the most recent inflation print, showing May’s consumer prices rising at their fastest rate since 2008,…
How lax monetary and fiscal policy may spur inflation’s return
More voices are warning that the federal government’s spending orgy, coupled with the Federal Reserve’s aggressive interference in the markets will end both in tears, and recession. Via RealClear Markets…
