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Thinking Things Over May 13, 2012 Volume II, Number 19: Fundamental Monetary Reform Is Coming...(Part One) By John L. Chapman, Ph.D. Washington, D.C. The monetary system is to the economy what circulating blood is to the body: the former enables the latter to function. If the former is plagued with a virus, the latter will [...]
Thinking Things Over September 16, 2012 Volume II, Number 31: Bernanke Casts a Vote for Obama John L. Chapman, Ph.D. Washington, D.C. “Reason…teaches all Mankind, who would but consult it, that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his Life, Health, Liberty, or Possessions. [And what best promotes this?] …[A] standing Rule [...]
Thinking Things Over January 3, 2012 Volume II, Number 1: Predictions for 2012: Obama Loses, 2.5% Growth in the U.S., Eurotrouble, No War with Iran, 2013 Warnings By John L. Chapman, Ph.D. Canton, Ohio Used to the conditions of a capitalistic environment, the average American takes it for granted that every year business makes something new and [...]
Was it all mere window dressing? A con pulled by cunning Communists who needed to secure the collateral security of an intended transition toward the opposite direction? What a difference a few years makes, then, given how when Xi Jinping began his term in 2012 the word most in the West used to describe his [...]
China’s growing troubles go way back long before trade wars ever showed up. It was Euro$ #2 that set this course in motion, and then Euro$ #3 which proved the country’s helplessness. It proved it not just to anyone willing to honestly evaluate the situation, it also established the danger to one key faction of [...]
Jay Powell has had his mind changed for him. Why? Not even a year ago he was downplaying things like federal funds. The rise in that one anachronistic rate was inconsistent with a healthy financial system poised for the good times that come with serious economic acceleration. Quite the opposite, actually. To dismiss the obvious [...]
In the continued absence of regular data, as the US federal government attempts to get back up to speed before the next lull, it is perhaps appropriate to continue on with this week’s parade of anecdotes. Here I’ll discuss three of them, each seemingly unrelated to the others. To begin, we start with Chinese robots. [...]
Jay Powell is on the warpath, he thinks. Some aren’t so sure, though. At his last press conference, the one held on September 26 after the last “rate hike”, someone in the media actually asked him about the impact of rising interest rates. And not in a good way. His answer would apply to a [...]
Economic Reports Production Production ended the year on a strong note but early readings from January are not as positive. The December industrial production report headline was strong at a 0.9% gain but a lot of that strength was in the mining (oil drilling) and utility sectors. Mining has actually led the way the last [...]
By Jeffrey Snider & Joseph Calhoun Late 2014/early 2015 will perhaps be the closest to a real recovery from the Great “Recession” we shall see in this cycle. Q1 2015 marked the peak year over year growth rate of GDP in this recovery at 3.76%. That rate compares quite unfavorably with even the feeble post [...]
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