QE up, Yield Curve down

While we await the final details of the fiscal policy panic from government, the Fed announced unlimited QE in its monetary policy panic. I am not using the words "panic"…

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NFTRH; Post FOMC

Post FOMC The Fed has ended QE 3 as expected. Here is the big picture view that has seen a post-2008 constant in Zero Interest Rate Policy (ZIRP) and systematic…

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Raghuram Rajan’s Sneaking Out the Door (Raises Interest Rates)

The economist who predicted the financial crisis just sounded another alarm—it would be wise to listen this time

A good article (thanks Tom) about a good man trying to get out ahead of a rising interest rate world; India’s head of the RBI, who is raising interest rates while the US Fed keeps things stable for the rest of the world to start deleveraging.  Is this really what is in play, a world setting up to clean up its debts and inflationary excesses?

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How to Play the FOMC? Risk Management

How to play the FOMC?  Does it matter beyond "manage risk?" asked the robotic blogger.* The Fed has been using its jawbones as well as talking out of every other…

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