Fed Caves on Tightenings

by Adam Hamilton of Zeal LLC At mid-December’s Federal Open Market Committee meeting, Fed officials began discussing quantitative tightening.  Effectively selling previously-monetized bonds to unwind quantitative-easing money printing, this revelation from the minutes rattled markets in early January.  But hawkish-jawboning talk is cheap, …

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Biden caves, reinstates Trump plan…

The U.S. Department of Education announced Monday it is reversing its decision to stop Trump-era data collection about teacher-on-student sexual assault allegations after facing sharp public backlash. In November, as Breitbart News reported, the Biden Education Department decided to “terminate questions put in …

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Trump Caves Again

Via ZeroHedge Trump Announces 3-Week Stopgap Deal, Threatens ‘National Emergency’ If No Wall Funding Update 3 (2:20 pm ET): Trump has announced a tentative deal to reopen the government for 3 weeks until Feb. 15. TRUMP: AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, I HAVE …

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