Tag Archives: QE
Technical Notes for ‘The Untold Story’
This is an appendix for our earlier post, “Where $1 of QE Goes: The Untold Story.” We’ll describe our use of the Fed’s flow of funds data in more detail, in Q&A format.
If You Don’t Trust the Fed, Here’s an Inside View That Confirms Your Worst Suspicions
Earlier this year the notion that the Fed might modestly taper its purchases drove significant upheaval across financial markets. This episode should engender humility on all sides. It should also correct the misimpression that QE is anything other than an … Continue reading
What an Ex-FOMC Governor Really Wants to Tell You about the Fed
Hunting season is off to a good start this week, and I’m not just talking about deer hunting. It seems that former Fed officials declared open season on their ex-colleagues. First, Andrew Huszar, who once ran the Fed’s mortgage buying … Continue reading
An Audacious Plan to Fix the QE Non-Taper and Fiscal Non-Action in One Swift Move
If you’re anything like us, you may have reached the conclusions that: Our elected officials are charting a course to a fiscal disaster. The Fed is repeating past mistakes by setting us up for another bust. After the drama of … Continue reading
Yellin’ for Yellen: I Must Have Fallen Asleep and Woken Up in 2006
After reading the coverage of Janet Yellen’s Fed Chair nomination yesterday, it feels as though it’s 2006 all over again. Confidence in our central bankers seems to be approaching all-time highs, little more than five years after it collapsed alongside … Continue reading