That basically removes their independence by holding a gun to their head when they make decisions though.

Bessent: The Fed should conduct exhaustive internal review of non-monetary policy

The amount of political games these cynics play lately is over the top: one gets the sense that these corrupt chancers are going to loot the US for everything they can before they cause its collapse.

Bessent: The Fed should conduct exhaustive internal review of non-monetary policy

You know the rate cut crew are going to get their hopes up again - I can hear July rate cut on the wind already.

US Producer Price Index - June 2025

The UK is a third world country by this point. I'd get out if I were you before investors bail en masse.

Consumer price inflation, UK: June 2025

With inflation ticking up I'm sure the man will be throwing his toys out of his pram soon enough in a pathetic attempt to get a rate cut that's not coming.

Trump suggests Jerome Powell handling of Fed renovations could be fireable offense

I don't know why people bet against the US: it's a loser's bet. Best to close positions before an event if your bet is against America.

US Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims

136.8 seems like a fantasy to be honest.

US Dollar and Canadian Dollar Under Pressure as Japanese Yen Attracts Flows

Isn't Fed Chair a political appointment? I'd expect the Republicans to appoint someone who will accelerate the decline of the dollar internationally.

Who Will Replace Jerome Powell as Fed Chair?

The US can get stuffed, it's already risky to buy their assets when to succeed at reviving manufacturing they must significantly devalue the dollar.

Wall Street fears foreign tax in budget bill may reduce allure of US assets

Let's go. Long live the UK and USA. 51st State??

UK set to become the first country to sign a trade deal with U.S., The New York Times reports

This is not entirely true because increased prices will mean reduced demand for the producers and likely a significant amount given the size of the US market too. So they will either have to engage in some mix of capacity // price reduction and ...

What Trump says he’s trying to accomplish with tariffs

Trump wants to devalue the dollar to boost manufacturing. That's all it is.

Trump: The Fed would be much better off cutting rates as U.S. tariffs start to transition...

Germany is not a serious international actor - it's a European power.

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi: China wants to boost high-level exchanges with France

It's an empire that has been expanding aggressively for hundreds of years. Indeed, it is the last remaining European colonial empire. We cannot co-exist together. Ultimately, it will absorb Europe or Europe will absorb it (most likely up to the ...

Trump: Lifting Russian sanctions is on the table at some point

The morons in the US don't understand simple logic. You put tariffs on us, we "reciprocate," it's just that simple.

EU says it will react firmly against US reciprocal tariff hikes

The elephant in the room is house prices: low rates for years on end have created a bubble that's too big to burst. Too much money and too many retirements are based on those inflated prices, so there's an extreme incentive not to let them go to the ...

Former Fed Govenor Mishkin on January CPI data: The Fed's 50 bps cut was a mistake in hindsight