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“Fed Asset Buying May Reach $2 Trillion”
“The Federal Reserve may purchase $2 trillion of assets to stimulate the U.S. economy and start by announcing a fresh round of monetary easing on Nov. 3, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said. “We expect an announcement of $500 billion or perhaps slightly more over a period of about six months,” Jan Hatzius, the New York-based…
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“Oil rises to near $81 as traders mull Fed moves”
“Oil prices rose to near $81 a barrel Friday in Asia, rebounding slightly from the previous session’s steep drop, as traders mull the possible effects of anticipated moves by the U.S. Federal Reserve to spur economic growth.” Read more. “Oil rises to near $81 as traders mull Fed moves” Alex Kennedy Businessweek, October 22, 2010.…
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Liberty Forum and Freedom Dinner, November 9 & 10, 2010
Join hundreds of freedom’s allies at the world’s largest gathering of free market champions from the United States and around the globe. Atlas’s annual Liberty Forum has become a “must-attend” event for members of the worldwide think tank community. Now in its 10th year and moved to November to complement our annual Freedom Dinner, the…
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Richard Ebeling to Present at Northwood University – Nov. 2
Northwood University’s Forum for Citizenship and Enterprise, in partnership with the Atlas Economic Research Foundation, will host a lecture by Northwood University Professor Richard Ebeling on the importance of sound money for a free society. The lecture is titled “Ending Monetary Socialism: Gold, Sound Money, and the Free Society.” The event will be held on…
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“Managed Money” – Alan Reynolds
“Hypothetical monetary systems always look better than actual experience. Economists therefore view their responsibility as deciding what characteristics money ought to have, then imposing that money on the public. The same economists presumably would not dictate what sorts of shoes we should have, or how many, or one what terms. The question of why economists…
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“China Hides Rampant Inflation in Money Binge”
“When money is created at a faster rate than real economic growth, the result is inflation. Yet so far this year, China’s official statistics show consumer inflation at barely over 3 percent. Those figures have many economists scratching their heads, wondering where the inflation went, while most people in China seem content to believe their…
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Surprise! China Has Inflation Problems…
“In order to avoid the global recession that took hold in 2008, China implemented an aggressive stimulus policy. Credit was made plentiful and the inflation machine kept on chugging. The amount of foreign capital attracted to China’s continued growth helped to push prices of real property higher and higher.” Read more. Surprise! China Has Inflation…
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“Dollar Sinks Amid Fed Speculation…”
“The dollar weakened against 15 of 16 major peers, losing at least 1.5 percent versus currencies including the Australian dollar and Swedish krona. The U.S. currency has depreciated more than 3 percent versus all 16 major counterparts since the end of August, falling more than 10 percent versus the euro and Australian dollar, as speculation…
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“100 Percent Reserve Money: The Small Change Challenge” – George Selgin
“In a free market economy from which fiduciary media are excluded, economic progress will be limited, perhaps severely, by the high cost and correspondingly limited supply of small-denomination money—money that is needed to accomplish retail and other low-value exchanges. Historically, fiduciary token coins have proven to be the only practical means for addressing the small…
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“Federal Reserve State of Play”
“For many, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke’s speech at the Boston Federal Reserve Bank conference last Friday confirmed expectations that renewed quantitative easing will definitely be approved at the Nov. 2-3 Federal Open Market Committee meeting. “QE2” advocates seized on his comment that high unemployment and low inflation make “a case for further action,” although that…
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