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Rising COVID cases, falling economy

Tom Spencer

Since the start of February this year, the Fed has expanded its balance sheet by more than $2.4 To put that in context, the Fed was created in 1913, and its total balance sheet assets only reached $2.4 trillion in assets, but only 2 months to achieve the same amount of balance sheet expansion this year.

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Would a Bund by any other name smell as sweet?

Tom Spencer

Definitions. Thirdly, European banks are currently focused on building their balance sheets not on lending. While Bunds may still smell sweet, weak financial markets in Europe are a cause for concern. Weak financial markets increase the risk that one or more European banks will fail. Case Interviews.

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

MishTalk

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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Can the Fed Really Print Money? What Would Negative Interest Rates Do?

MishTalk

Despite the unprecedented increase in the Federal Reserve’s balance sheet, growth in M2 over the first nine months of this year fell below its average rate of growth over the past 115 years, a time when the growth in the monetary base was stable and quite modest. The answer depends on the definition. So which is it?

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Ritholtz on Gold and on.

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Minyanville Business and Market News. Balanced Budget Ammendment Sign the Balanced Budget Petition. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Ritholtz on Gold and on Making Predictions; How Secular Bull Markets End; Winning vs. Investing. Sitka Pacific.

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Shockingly Bad Fiscal Health of Chicago (and the Financial Engineering Chicago Uses to Hide that Fact)

MishTalk

trillion muni market had puzzled at the true identity of Bond Girl, Hector Negroni, co-founder of New York-based investing firm Fundamental Credit Opportunities, said in a telephone interview. “ It is not a balance sheet test, but a cash flow test. So Chicago is not bankrupt by definition (yet) and has a huge tax base.