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The Federal Reserve asked bond dealers and investors for projections of central bank asset purchases over the next six months, along with the likely effect on yields, as it seeks to gauge the possible impact of new efforts to spur growth. The New York Fed survey, obtained by Bloomberg News, asks about...
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OK, so the title is somewhat of an unfair attention grabber, pardon me on that. This is in relation to the video here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZf3Qye0BtQ in which Robert Murphy talks about how the balance in the checking account the banks have at the FED has increased from $45 billion to $829...
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It's very difficult to find an explicit description of the entire process. I think I understand the story, but I want to run this by you guys to see if you spot any errors: The Process of Monetization of the Debt (1) The US government runs a deficit and borrows money by issuing bonds that must be...
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http://digg.com/d1PWSl MZM Money Supply on Dec. 31 $4.697 trillion $8.105 trillion +72.6 the above link says that mzm has increased almost 73% since the year 2000. an economagic.com chart states that m2 has increased about 64 percent since the same time. as for the money components outside of these two...
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Hi I have a question about the Federal Reserve and the manipulation of interest rates. I understand that the problem with the central bank is that it will either push interest rates too high or too low which affects the availability of credit that flows into the economy. My question is this: Why don't...
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I just finished reading most of “The Mystery of Banking” and “America’s Great Depression” and I just can’t seem to figure out this one thing about the Federal Funds Rate. I know that the Fed doesn’t just “set” the rate; rather it sets a target rate...