PRESIDENTS: ECONOMIC CREDIT OR BLAME

[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 …

FINANCE MACRO ECONOMICS & INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS VIDEOS

  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 …

The FED, INFLATION & INTEREST RATES

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 …

The Fed, Interest Rates and GDP 2d ed

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 …

The Fed, Interest Rates and GDP

Here’s a video that directly addresses how the Federal Reserve Board sets interest rates in an attempt to bolster employment, stave off excessive inflation and stabilize long term interest rates.  David Dixon Lentz discusses the inter-relationship between fiscal and monetary policy and how they affect Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Of course, no discussion is complete Read More …