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A Treasury Bill Deluge Is Here. What Could Go Wrong.
The department is issuing billions of short-term debt. Wall Street is watching to see if it trips up the funding market.
Central bank independence needs a better defence: Peacock
Investors may be fixated on Donald Trump’s attacks on the Federal Reserve, but the Bank of England also faces increasing ...
Banking Panics In The Past—That Was The Government
Banking panics that apparently were so regular that they necessitated creating the Federal Reserve in 1913 all stemmed from ...
Economists Are The Only Barrier To A Return To The Gold Standard
As Nathan Lewis has long observed, the “yes, but” arguments against a gold standard are completely bogus. To see why, ...
Fiscal Flows, Bank Credit, And The Fed For July
June 2025 fiscal flows signal short-term caution and likely SPX declines in July, but liquidity unlocks and Fed rate cuts ...
2 Cryptocurrencies With Sky-High Valuations That Might Be Worth the Risk
In the second half of the year, two major cryptocurrencies could see a significant breakout: Bitcoin (BTC 1.12%) and Solana ...
Alpha Picks Weekly Market Recap
Trade tensions dominate headlines once again, while the Alpha Picks portfolio continues to outperform across all performance ...
From tariffs to universities, Trump’s negotiating style is often less dealmaking and more coercion
President Donald Trump prides himself on being a dealmaker, but his negotiating style is more ultimatum than compromise. In ...
Treasury Department reveals $27 billion surplus for June
The Fox & Friends Weekend' hosts weigh in on the Treasury Department's surplus and the impact of the Trump administration's ...
Treasury warns the government it may not balance the budget or meet its housing targets
Unless we are happy to keep government debt, – which is already close to a trillion dollars – growing indefinitely, taxes will need to rise.
Raise taxes to fix budget, Treasury advises Labor in accidentally published advice
A series of subheadings accidentally sent to the ABC by Treasury reveals extensive detail about its frank advice to the ...
Treasury tells Labor to hike taxes, slash spending to avoid budget blowout in leaked advice as millions struggle with price pressures
Labor must impose higher taxes on Australians grappling with a cost-of-living crisis and slash spending in order to avoid ...