US Federal Reserve - Money Morning Australia

11/01/2021

Biden, Bitcoin, and the Future of Money — When Fiat Currency Fails

Massive spending and tax hikes will have huge implications for the future of money and the global monetary system, which is why I’m tipping Bitcoin [BTC] to beat all other asset classes again this year...

Lachlann Tierney

07/09/2020

RBA Interest Rate May as Well Be Zero — The Impact of Negative Rates

It’s not quite negative yet. But it’s getting mighty close. More money printing hijinks are afoot and a cash rate of .1% may as well be zero. What can we learn from countries that went negative though?

Ryan Clarkson-Ledward

28/08/2020

Jerome Powell, the Inflator — The US Fed’s Policy on Inflation

Jerome Powell has abandoned any care about inflation... The US Federal Reserve Chair confirmed this at this year’s (virtual) Jackson Hole summit. Stating that the Fed would no longer be strictly targeting an average 2% inflation rate for the US economy...

Murray Dawes

18/08/2020

What the Hell Is Going on? — Looking at Inflation and the US Bond Market

We’ve all been amazed by the path of markets since the COVID crisis hit. A mind-bending crash and then a relentless rally after the US Fed rode to the rescue once again. What is going on!?!

Ryan Clarkson-Ledward

07/08/2020

The US Dollar’s Days Are Numbered — The USD is Losing Value

Since 1920 ‘til today, the US dollar has become the centre of global trade. But, the question the US now faces is, when will it end? Because if history is any guide, then the US dollar’s days are numbered. The USD is currently down 9% from its March highs...

Ryan Dinse

03/08/2020

Are the Boomers Too Big to Fail? — Why Central Banks Prop Up Markets

Today, I want to take a step back from the here and now and instead take a look at the big picture. Because in a strange way the stock market reaction to the turbulent times of 2020 makes sense, when seen through the prism of one huge, overarching trend...

Ryan Clarkson-Ledward

17/07/2020

How the Next Banking Crisis Will Likely Unfold: Bank Bailouts or ‘Bain-Ins’

Too big to fail. It was the mantra that defined the GFC. Leading to extraordinary taxpayer-funded bailouts of banks across the world. Whenever the next banking crisis arrives, be it in a matter of weeks or years, bailouts won’t be on the table. Instead, we are likely to see ‘bail-ins’...

Ryan Clarkson-Ledward

10/07/2020

Watch Out: Weaponised Currencies Are Coming — Currency Wars

Money has become important not only as a tool for transactions, but as a means to exert influence and control. Make no mistake about it: money is a weapon. The US knows it, China knows it — and you need to know it too...

Lachlann Tierney

04/07/2020

The Trust Quotient: Gold and Bitcoin versus the Fed

Trust is an ethereal term, but one thing you can be sure of is that endless rate tinkering and debt-funded growth leads to the decay of it. And I think there is another asset which thrives in a low-trust environment. This is cryptocurrency, and Bitcoin...

Ryan Clarkson-Ledward

02/07/2020

You Won’t Believe Who’s Getting the Fed’s Free Money

Overnight the Fed released their minutes from their 9–10 June meeting. What was interesting was a new list put out by the Fed. One that detailed the nearly 800 companies which the Fed is pumping money into...