One of the most pernicious effects of the Fed’s policies on American politics, especially over the past 25 years, has been what increasingly seems to […]
Month: April 2015
Glitter Bomb: Yeah!? What Did You Think Was Going to Happen? EU Forever?
A great man, Father Kinoti, once explained that “often people rail against something because they sense its innate evil. They might not be able to articulate […]
A New Event Within the Cycle of Lower Crude Oil Prices; and an Interesting Juxtaposition
The cycle of cheap energy, a strong dollar, and weak global demand (including a weak China), first described in “Crude Analysis of Crude: I Enter […]
Cycle of Weak Global Demand: Chinese Export Number Misses Big!
China Trade Balance (Mar), which came at CNY 18.8 bln vs exp CNY 250.0 bln, with exports -14.6% y/y (in yuan terms), while imports were […]
Don’t Be So “Pretendtious”!; Pondering the State of the Union
We can pretend that what has not had the greatest effect on the economy during the Obama years is ZIRP or zero interest rate policy. We […]