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Rising COVID cases, falling economy

Tom Spencer

Since the start of February this year, the Fed has expanded its balance sheet by more than $2.4 To put that in context, the Fed was created in 1913, and its total balance sheet assets only reached $2.4 trillion in assets, but only 2 months to achieve the same amount of balance sheet expansion this year.

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Coronavirus & Consulting Offers

Tom Spencer

The UK has 3,500 known cases of the virus and London will probably be shut down in the next week, if not before. The travel and hospitality industries have been decimated, stock markets around the world have tanked, and governments struggle to combat this devil on so many fronts. Commerce has ground to a halt. Today, not so much.

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Would a Bund by any other name smell as sweet?

Tom Spencer

ON WEDNESDAY November 23rd, an auction of German government bonds (known as “Bunds”) managed to sell only €3.6 Thirdly, European banks are currently focused on building their balance sheets not on lending. Case Interviews. Would a Bund by any other name smell as sweet? in Economics. Categories.

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Midsize Cities Are Entrepreneurship’s Real Test

Harvard Business

Entrepreneurship ecosystems are composed of many different stakeholders and include large companies, universities, banks, media, and the government, all of whom push and pull more local companies to grow more rapidly. We taught journalists how to interview entrepreneurs and elicit their stories of growth.

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Another Definition of Deflation: Antal Fekete Defines Deflation as a "Pathological Slowing in the Velocity of Money"

MishTalk

In an interview with the Daily Bell that just came my way, Antal Fekete writes about Blowing Up Modern Austrian Economics. Background on Velocity To understand the interview discussion, one must first understand velocity. Interview Snips I post snips of the interview below, followed by my own comments. in a Good Way.

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Shockingly Bad Fiscal Health of Chicago (and the Financial Engineering Chicago Uses to Hide that Fact)

MishTalk

Kristi Culpepper is a state government official with the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Previously, she worked for the Kentucky General Assembly analyzing state and local government bond issues and tracking the state''s capital construction programs. This fund is used to pay for essential government services and activities (e.g.

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Fed Balance Sheet vs. Stock Market; Will QE Cause Inflation?

MishTalk

Case Against The Fed. What Has Government Done to Our Money? Fed Balance Sheet vs. Stock Market; Will QE Cause Inflation? Fed Balance Sheet vs. Stock Market. The risk premiums of risky securities have become unsustainably compressed in the process, and the Feds balance sheet has metastasized to $3.5