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Economist Brian Wesbury argues that the Federal Reserve's massive balance sheet expansion during Covid has not just distorted ...
Until 2022, the Fed was a profit machine. It sent $109 billion to the Treasury in 2021 alone. Between 2012 and 2021, it sent more than $870 billion. Now, it’s losing money because it has to pay ...
As we go into the New Year, we ask the Federal Reserve to make a New Year's resolution that responsibility for the money printing machine in Washington is not to be taken lightly. Next time, let's not ...
Economist Brian Wesbury comments on how the Federal Reserve (and eventually taxpayers) are paying hundreds of billions of ...
Work divided among as many hands and machines as possible ... Meaning, there’s nothing to the money printing story. Warsh then writes that it’s the Fed that “has the power to ensure low ...
The Fed glosses over any culpability in triggering and extending U.S. inflation. However, it did print about $4.8 trillion in new money to support the overly generous COVID relief to households ...
A $110 billion loss is big by any standard, and yet the mystique surrounding the Fed’s money printing power has led many to dismiss the importance of these losses. The Fed owns a little under $8 ...
On Thursday, a district court judge handed down a ruling that threatens to dismantle part of that money-printing machine. Finally, there’s a Big Tech antitrust case with an obvious and effective ...
Money-market ructions in the autumn of 2019, including surging short-term financing costs, led the Fed to bring its previous round of QT to a screeching halt. This time, it has avoided such ...