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[NEWS ANALYSIS, OPINION & TUNES] [Welcome to another edition of TNnT which is short for “Tick’s Notes & Tunes”, where we usually start with “Notes” of interest on various, usually important, topics which are followed by “Tunes” which is the transcript of a fictional short wave radio transmission from where and when we do Read More …
Below are links to various videos we’ve done going back to 2017 concerning the fields of: Finance Economics (Macro) International Business OTHER RELATED VIDEOS OF INTEREST Videos on Interest Rates and Monetary Policy were updated as follows: The Fed Interest Rates GDP 08-31-19 Youtube https://youtu.be/GMyIX5idBH8 The Fed Interest Read More …
Power Focused Voters v. the Facts [Opinion and Analysis] In the last few days a couple of very short but important articles have been published. Below is a direct quote from an article written by Sarah K. Burris of the Raw Story dated either December 31, 2023 or January 1, 2024. What she says rings Read More …
[ Analysis and Opinion.] Should Jim Jordan be elected Speaker of the House of Representatives? The U.S. Congress is currently in gridlock. The Democrats by a slim majority control the Senate. And, the Republicans, again by a slim majority, control the House of Representatives. If one examines history there’s nothing particularly disturbing about Read More …
[OPINION and ANALYSIS] According to “FRED” , the acronym for Federal Reserve Economic Data, the Federal Reserve Bank’s on-line data source, and keeper of important economic statistics, the amount of total federal debt as a percentage of GDP (gross domestic product) of the United States has actually decreased since the last year of Donald Trump’s Read More …
Below is the video we did three years ago on the Federal Reserve (the Fed), interest rates and Gross Domestic Product. Although economic circumstances were much different back then than they are today, the basic economic discussion is still legitimate and relevant. The video is also highly relevant to any discussion of the causes of Read More …
[ANALYSIS and OPINION.] Student debt, particularly federally guaranteed student debt, is a big problem. According to studentloanhero.com there is $1.75 trillion in federally guaranteed student debt out there. And, over 11 percent of those loans are more than 90 days in arrears. That amount of student debt, if it were all forgiven, would amount, Read More …
[ANALYSIS/OPINION] Contrary to popular belief the President of the United States is not, under our Constitution, a dictator—or at least he is not supposed to be. In fact, there two other branches of government, namely, Congress and the Supreme Court. We’ll put aside the Supreme Court because they have no direct effect on inflation. Read More …
the Federal Reserve Bank’s federal funds interest rate policy. Velocity, the money multiplier, the all important interest rate on excess reserves and the ON RRP are all discussed Read More …
AUGUST 18, 2019 We have wanted to supplement our Fiscal Policy and Monetary Policy (the Fed Interest Rates and GDP) videos for quite some time. Unfortunately, we’ve been pressed to handle other matters. Below Is generally where we are headed with that video. We are hastening to do this because Read More …