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

MishTalk

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The Importance of Business Acumen for High Performance

LSA Global

It is not just the purview of finance to interpret the numbers that govern profit and loss; it behooves every employee to understand how and why the company makes money, spends money, and measures financial performance. Study the Balance Sheet. With term definitions in hand, analyze your company’s balance sheet.

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Descent of the Global Monetary System

Tom Spencer

By taking America off the gold standard, the US dollar became a fiat currency, deriving its value not from a claim on gold but from the stability and creditworthiness of the US government, the tax collecting power of the Internal Revenue Service, and the restraint of the Federal Reserve in limiting the supply of dollars. (It

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China Cash Crunch Eases, For How Long? Three Things China Needs to Avoid; When can Beijing Truly move to Market-Determined Interest Rates?

MishTalk

But over the past two years, the government has rolled back its controls, lifting all restrictions on lending rates and giving banks more freedom to determine deposit rates. Advocates have called for such a system for years, saying it is the cornerstone of further financial reform. China’s credit boom is still in full swing.

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Pettis on Strains in China's Banking System; Avoiding the Fall

MishTalk

In either case they reduce consumption demand relative to production. They lower mortgage and consumer financing costs for households, who represent a substantial portion of total borrowing, allowing them greater spending power. Normally, lower interest rates are likely to increase consumption in two ways.

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Credit Equals Gold No.1

MishTalk

On January 15, Reuters reported China''s ICBC says won''t compensate investors in troubled shadow bank product. Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the world''s largest bank by assets, said on Thursday that it has no plans to use its own money to repay investors in a troubled off-balance-sheet investment product that it helped to market."

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