Quantitative Easing

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The Probability of More Quantitative Easing

By The Mogambo Guru 03/10/11 Tampa, Florida – It would be an understatement to say that I was flabbergasted to see that the monetary base jumped $130 billion dollars in two weeks! Well, using an exclamation point as punctuation seems to confirm my suspicions that I was, indeed, flabbergasted, as the term seems, somehow, appropriate … Continue reading

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The Economy And Housing Sink Further…And The Fed Telegraphs QE3

By now many of you have seen this, but James Bullard, the head of the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank – one of the Federal Reserve member banks that has historically been more conservative with regard to loose monetary policies, I might add – gave a speech today in which he responded to a question … Continue reading

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State Budget Woes Ensure QE to Infinity

How many years will it take for the Great Recession to be recognized as another depression by excessive debt? It is certain to be long after that fact. Clearly, the media coverage of the financial woes and the social consequences of the solutions proposed to solve them are not limited to the Midwest. Budget shortfalls … Continue reading

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The Timing of QE2 Was No Accident

Do you think the Fed’s decision to move ahead with QE2, despite the strengthening economy rhetoric, was coincidence with the rollover in the “the Formula” and “Leading Formula” in November? Don’t think so. When the formula rolls over, it begins to feed on itself as described by Jim. Identification of the real secular trends shows the … Continue reading

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Sterilizing Money at the QE Corral

By The Mogambo Guru 11/12/10 Tampa, Florida – There are a lot of intricacies in the Federal Reserve’s evil ways, especially as concerns creating $900 billion in the next six months in another round of quantitative easing, and one of them is explained by Daniel R. Amerman of DanielAmerman.com. He says, “There is something else … Continue reading

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The Inflation Mega-Trend Continues With UK CPI 3.4%, RPI 5.1%

Another month and another release of UK inflation data at far above the Bank of England’s target of 2% and above the upper limit of the Banks 1% to 3% range by reporting CPI of +3.4% for May. Thus the BoE Governor, Mervyn King will write another letter to repeat that the high rate of … Continue reading

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