More statist orientation of people, combined with already-bloated government budgets and dangerous levels of national debt, ...

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Unlike, say, Supreme Court justices, Fed officials tend to update their views often, more based on the business cycle than ...

The stagflation crisis of the 1970s stands as a clear warning of what might happen if the Fed’s independence is compromised.

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Powell’s successor may push short-term bond yields down, but long-term yields are beyond Fed control. Inflation worries, debt ...

Next week’s Federal Open Market Committee meeting promises to be one of the most interesting in recent memory.

And funds that provide investors with exposure to physical silver, like the iShares Silver Trust ( SLV 2.64%), are up with ...

One of the primary hopes of lowering the Fed Funds rate is that this will ignite the moribund housing sector. Existing home ...

With Wednesday’s expected move in fed funds, and this morning’s Treasury yield, the spreads will be 52 basis points, after ...