Opinion
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Federal Reserve Proposes Banking Rule Reform
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The Federal Reserve and Trump administration agencies will solicit public comments on a proposed change to the Volcker Rule, a provision of the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, commonly referred to as “Dodd-Frank.” -
Austrian Monetary Theory vs. Federal Reserve Inflation Targeting
Opinion -Editorial -Several major central banks around the world, including the Federal Reserve in the United States, have set a goal of two percent price inflation. The problem is, what central bankers are targeting is a phantom that does not exist. -
Federal Reserve Floats Billions for European Bailout; Skeptics Abound
Opinion -Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has announced the Federal Reserve will put billions of dollars into the nearly $1 trillion (euro equivalent) bailout of Greece and Europe. -
Federal Reserve Places Restriction on Future Bank Bailouts
Opinion -The Federal Reserve has adopted new rules restricting its ability to bail out financially strained banks, complying with provisions in the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. -
Federal Reserve Morphs from Central Bank to Central Planner
Opinion -A common concern among critics of recent Federal Reserve policy is “the Fed” does not have an adequate exit strategy to shrink its balance sheet. -
Federal Reserve Policies Cause Booms and Busts
Opinion -Since the economic crisis of 2008-2009, the Federal Reserve – America’s central bank – has expanded the money supply in the banking system by over $4 trillion, and has manipulated key interest rates to keep them so artificially low that when adjusted for -
One Hundred Years of the Federal Reserve
Opinion -Two days before Christmas 1913, President Woodrow Wilson signed the Federal Reserve Act, creating America’s latest and current central bank, the Federal Reserve System. -
Heartland Institute Experts React to Federal Reserve Slowing Quantitative Easing
Opinion -The Federal Reserve today announced it will slow the third round of “quantitative easing” (QE3), reducing the Fed’s purchase of government bonds from a rate of $85 billion per month to $75 billion per month, and will not raise interest rates. -
Federal Reserve’s ‘Exit Strategy’ is Just More Monetary Manipulation
Opinion -The recent media reports that the Federal Reserve has devised an “exit strategy” to reverse their nearly $3 trillion increase of the money supply over the last several years shows the monetary central planners remain wedded to the philosophy of -
Federal Reserve Okays Chinese Buyout of U.S. Bank
Opinion -The Federal Reserve Board made history this past week, for the first time giving approval for a Chinese bank to purchase a U.S. bank. The Fed approved applications by China’s largest bank, the $2.5 trillion Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd. -
Economist to NY Federal Reserve: ‘Nothing Good Goes On In This Place’
Opinion -Economist Robert Wenzel edits and publishes the EconomicPolicyJournal.com Web site, where he regularly takes Fed policies to task. Nonetheless, the New York Federal Reserve Bank recently invited him to speak. Below is a condensed version of his remarks. -
Deflation is Not Depression, Something Our Federal Reserve Needs to Learn
Opinion -Testimony of Joseph T. Salerno before the U.S. -
Blind Monkeys Could Have Managed Money Better Than the Federal Reserve
Opinion -In 2013, we Americans will commemorate a century of wealth destruction in the United States—the Federal Reserve will be 100 years old. -
Federal Reserve Proposes Huge Cuts in Credit Card ‘Swipe’ Fees
Opinion -Interchange fees on credit card purchases may soon be slashed by order of the Federal Reserve, and consumers may feel the results. -
Federal Reserve’s Statements Don’t Match Its Actions
Opinion -The Fed has finally reported relevant money data for December. In the two months from October through December (roughly referred to as the QE2 period), the Fed increased bank reserves by $34.3 billion. -
Federal Reserve Wants More Credit Card Regulation
Opinion -A year after Congress passed and the president signed the CARD Act, the Federal Reserve is moving to involve government even more deeply in credit card regulation. -
Federal Reserve Policy Slows Spending
Opinion -Since 2007 the Federal Reserve has nearly tripled the size of its portfolio of securities. Fed officials say their action has produced a highly accommodative policy. However, recent signs point to a dramatic slowdown in spending. -
Federal Reserve Bank Encourages Irresponsible Borrowing
Opinion -The Federal Reserve Bank is attempting to intrude the government further into the finance market by calling upon mortgage lenders to become lenient regarding repayment terms (“Fed Calls for Loan Leniency,” Sept. 5). -
‘Underwater’ Homeowners in Florida Struggle for Federal Life Preserver
Opinion -Florida received $1 billion from the federal government to help struggling homeowners, but just 13 percent of that money has gone toward helping them. -
Can Anyone Manage the Federal Estate?
Opinion -No genius could possibly understand the nuances of all 154 national forests, or 18,000 grazing permits. -
Federal Fiscal Shortfall Nears $1 Million Per Household
Opinion -Editorial -While some believe the U.S. government can spend and borrow with abandon because it can print money, one of the most established laws of economics is that there is no such thing as a free lunch. -
All States Should End Federal Unemployment Bonus Benefits
Opinion -Editorial -Inevitably, this federal benefit has disincentivized millions of people from reentering the workforce — despite the fact that many business owners are desperate for workers, with many raising wages in an attempt to incentivize job applications. -
Federal Judge Rejects Arizona Copper Mine Approved by Federal Agencies
Opinion -environment-climate-news -A federal judge has overturned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s approval of a permit for Hudbay Minerals’ proposed Rosemont copper mine in Arizona’s Coronado National Forest. -
Trump Administration Proposes Opening Alaskan National Petroleum Reserve to Oil and Gas Production
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The Trump administration proposed opening most of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska to oil and gas production, reversing an Obama-era plan that closed much of the reserve.