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

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Wednesday, August 07, 2013 3:40 AM. 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 Mish Audio Video.

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Reader Question: Does the.

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Tuesday, August 06, 2013 10:19 AM. Reader Question: Does the Fed Balance Sheet Properly Reflect QE Announcements? The feds balance sheet doesnt reflect it. The balance sheet was up $720 billion from Aug 1, 2012 to Aug 1, 2013 ($309B in treasuries and $393B in MBS) but that is only $60B per month.

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Draghi Announces ECB Exit From Easing Remains Far Off

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Wednesday, June 26, 2013 12:10 PM. Bernanke says the US economy is solid enough that the Fed can begin tapering its balance sheet purchases later this year. Given the stock and bond market bubbles the Fed has created, the Fed of course should taper (not that it should ever have expanded its balance sheet in the first place).

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: FHA Swamped By Defaults.

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Saturday, June 29, 2013 1:21 AM. While these reforms may improve FHAs balance sheet over the long term, they would also reduce market liquidity, which in turn could cause home prices to fall. Mish Audio Video. August 2013 (16). July 2013 (82). June 2013 (70). May 2013 (82). April 2013 (85).

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"World Running Out of Positive-Yield Bonds"

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German 10-Year Bond Yield click on chart for sharper image Since September of 2013, yield on the German 10-year bond has plunged from around 2% to 0.367%. Banks and insurers need Germany’s AAA securities to bolster their balance sheets and pension funds mop up bunds to match their liabilities.

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

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Thursday, June 27, 2013 2:46 PM. But one way or another we do have to write down the huge hidden losses in the country’s balance sheet, and this will mean not a collapse but rather many years of Japanese-style slow growth as the system grinds its way though its excesses. Mish Audio Video. August 2013 (16).

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FOMC Minutes and Economic Projections: Dissent in Both Directions

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Wednesday, July 10, 2013 2:41 PM. Following is a snip from the June 18-19, 2013 Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee , released today. percent for 2013, 3.0 Participants also described their views regarding the appropriate path of the Federal Reserves balance sheet. percent at the end of 2013, 6.5