The gold trick joni Juli 25, 2017 Add Comment Federal Reserve, gold, gold standard Edit Now that the U.S. debt ceiling season is upon us again, I've been wondering if the U.S.'s official gold price is going to finally be... Read More
Why the American taxpayer might prefer a large Fed balance sheet joni Maret 07, 2017 Add Comment clearing and settlement, David Andolfatto, Federal Reserve, Fedwire, Larry White, quantitative easing, required reserves Edit David Andolfatto and Larry White have been having an interesting debate on the public finance case for having a large (or small) Federal R... Read More
If the Fed was so aggressive, why didn't we have inflation? joni Januari 14, 2017 Add Comment Federal Reserve, inflation, quantitative easing Edit In a recent podcast with Robert Hall, Russ Roberts asks: "If the Fed was so aggressive, why didn't we have inflation? And does th... Read More
A 21st century U.S. trade dollar joni Desember 02, 2016 Add Comment bimetallism, coins, dollarization/euroization, Federal Reserve, Ken Rogoff, legal tender Edit "America's only unwanted, unhonoured coin." - John Willem on the silver trade dollar. The inspiration for this post comes fro... Read More
Thoughts on Rogoff's 'Curse of Cash' joni November 05, 2016 Add Comment anonymity, cash, Federal Reserve, Ken Rogoff, Riksbank Edit The US$5000 banknote, destroyed in 1969 along with the $10,000, $1000, and $500 notes With the publication of his new book The Curse of Cash... Read More
Is the Fed breaking the law by paying too much interest? joni September 15, 2016 Add Comment Federal Reserve, George Selgin, liquidity premium, Milton Friedman, nominal interest rates, Stephen Williamson Edit George Selgin had an interesting post describing how the Fed appears to be breaking the law by paying too much interest to reserve-holders.... Read More
Monetary policy as a system of connected lakes (a post for John Hussman) joni Juli 31, 2016 Add Comment Federal Reserve, hot potato effect, inflation Edit I always like reading fund manager John Hussman because he writes very well, but I feel like he's dug himself into a bit of an intellec... Read More
The Fedwire recession joni Juni 28, 2016 Add Comment clearing and settlement, David Beckworth, Federal Reserve, Fedwire Edit I last wrote about Fedwire data two years ago. Since then, Fedwire has entered into a (nominal) recession. Is this something we need to wor... Read More