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Fed Balance Sheet vs. Stock Market; Will QE Cause Inflation?

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Case Against The Fed. Fed Balance Sheet vs. Stock Market; Will QE Cause Inflation? Fed Balance Sheet vs. Stock Market. The risk premiums of risky securities have become unsustainably compressed in the process, and the Feds balance sheet has metastasized to $3.5 Abolish The Fed Sign the Petition.

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Michael Pettis on the China.

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Case Against The Fed. It can increase buying appetite on the upside (limited information gives us greater scope to assume best-case scenarios) and it hurts prices on the way down (uncertainty rises dramatically and worst-case scenarios become plausible). Perhaps last week was a case in point. Home Builders.

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Another Definition of Deflation: Antal Fekete Defines Deflation as a "Pathological Slowing in the Velocity of Money"

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In an interview with the Daily Bell that just came my way, Antal Fekete writes about Blowing Up Modern Austrian Economics. Background on Velocity To understand the interview discussion, one must first understand velocity. The simple definition V = GDP/M where V is velocity, M is money supply, and GDP is Gross Domestic Product.

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