FED increases borrowing costs for the first time this year TLB Staff note: Federal Reserve officials raised interest rates for the first time this year and the forecast is for a bumpier road to travel for […]
Money Under Fire by Chris Martenson One serious predicament we face is that the current leaders in the halls of monetary and political power do not appear to understand the dimensions of our situation. The mind-boggling part […]
“I Am a Most Unhappy Man”: Bankers & The Fed By TLB Contributing Author: Bill Muckler It’s not easy being a big bank these days. Consumers hate them, shareholders have beef with them and regulators can’t […]
Will the Oregon Malhuer Refuge Standoff between the Feds and Citizens become another Waco? A TLB Exclusive (Jan 19, 2016 | Grants Pass, OR) by Cathy Geibel, TLB staff writer It was a cold […]
By: Frank Shostak Most commentators are of the view that the massive monetary pumping of the Fed during 2008 prevented a major economic disaster. The yearly rate of growth of the Fed’s balance sheet jumped from […]
By: Ellen Brown “Some people think that the Federal Reserve Banks are United States Government institutions. They are private monopolies which prey upon the people of these United States for the benefit of themselves and […]
(Reuters) – The Federal Reserve on Wednesday left in place its monthly $85 billion bond-buying stimulus plan, arguing the support was needed to lower unemployment even as it indicated a recent stall in U.S. economic […]
In data released Thursday afternoon, the Federal Reserve revealed that its holdings of U.S. government debt had increased to an all-time record of $1,696,691,000,000 as of the close of business on Wednesday. The Fed’s holdings […]
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke criticized the debt ceiling as an unusual device that can be used to prevent the United States from paying it’s bills, as he suggested that the country would be better […]
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Charles Plosser said the central bank’s record stimulus risks a surge in inflation and may impair efforts by households to repair their finances. “Attempts to increase economic ‘stimulus’ may […]
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