Lurking behind a surge in United States government bond yields since the spring of this year are the two largest players in the market that have stopped buying U.S. Treasury debt. The Federal Reserve launched a quantitative tightening (QT) monetary policy program in...
There certainly was a lot to unpack in late 2021, and prices for quality farmland and used tractors continued to trend higher along with all materials related to farming and food. One bright spot for farmers is that the price of fertilizer subsided, but it’s still too...
I explored the origin of the United States dollar and subsequent debasement in the first part of this series and then noted its weaponization by the Biden administration in response to the current geopolitical and financial crises that are accelerating a...
A negative flow of economic data and liquidity issues are replete with contagion signals and slower growth on a global scale, which are building towards a TPTB acknowledgement that a global recession has arrived. Predicting when the financial lords of officialdom will...
U.S. trade relations with China may devolve from the “Phase-1” agreement announced on Oct. 11 to a full-blown return of tit-for-tat tariffs. In response to the escalation of unrest in Hong Kong after nearly six months of anti-government protests, the U.S. House passed...