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PRIVATE BLOG – Fed Raises Rates As Socrates Forecast to the Day

PRIVATE BLOG – Fed Raises Rates As Socrates Forecast to the Day Private blog posts are exclusively available to Socrates subscribers. To sign-up for Socrates or...

The Fed Does Not Back Down

  COMMENT: Marty, it’s refreshing to have Socrates that is totally unbiased. It projected continued rising rates into next year and the Fed just proved...

The Old Guy in the Corner of the Room

COMMENT: Marty, I hate to tell you but the reason you saw this coming was that you are old – like me. LOL. Do you realize that the 2007-2008 crisis was 16...

PRIVATE BLOG – The Banking Crisis – The Real Backdrop

PRIVATE BLOG – The Banking Crisis – The Real Backdrop Private blog posts are exclusively available to Socrates subscribers. To sign-up for Socrates or to...

Fed Rates Up into 2024?

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has made it clear that he sees higher interest rates ahead in his battle against inflation and their unrealistic 2% target....

PRIVATE BLOG – The Market Says Higher Rates not Lower are Coming

PRIVATE BLOG – The Market Says Higher Rates not Lower are Coming Private blog posts are exclusively available to Socrates subscribers. To sign-up for Socrates or...

Interest Rates & the Fed

The Federal Reserve raised the benchmark by 25 bps, as expected. The Fed fully understands that the manipulation of the CPI is a necessary aspect both for...

Beware the Plot Behind Interest Rates

  Sometimes you need to look behind the curtain before you understand the real trend. It is true that Federal Reserve officials are committed to fighting...

The Central Bank Dilemma

  The Central Bank Dilemma has become a major crisis in and of itself. I have been warning these past years that the ONLY tool a central bank has is...

Central Bank QE

  QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; Nobody knows history better than you. Will QE continue if we end up in war? It seems there would be no choice. Thank you for your...