Posts Tagged ‘fed’
BanksterCrime: After JPMorgan Threatens to Sue, the Fed Cuts Its Capital Requirement on the 5-Count Felon from a Planned 25 Percent Hike to Less than 8 Percent… By Pam Martens and Russ Martens, It appears that Senator Elizabeth Warren was spot on in her assessment of the lack of a backbone for Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome…
Deep Dive into the Dark Side of Banking and Its Handmaiden, Central Banks, Its All Build On Thin Air
By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: January 9, 2024 ~ Last September, speaking at a conference sponsored by the nonprofit watchdog, Better Markets, to examine if “too big to fail” banks had materially changed in the fifteen years since the 2008 financial collapse, Anat Admati, Professor of Finance and Economics at Stanford Graduate School of Business, offered…
BanksterCrime: By Nikhilesh De The U.S. House of Representatives voted largely along party lines to preventthe Federal Reserve from issuing a central bank digital currency. The CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act, introduced by Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), seeks to block the U.S. central bank from continuing efforts toward the development of a digital dollar. Republicans…
3/1/24: The Fed Pretends to Send a Warning to Wall Street’s Mega Banks on Derivatives and Counterparty Risk
BanksterCrime: By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: On Tuesday, the Vice Chair for Supervision at the Federal Reserve, Michael Barr, delivered a speech at a risk management conference in Manhattan. Barr’s objective was to convince conference attendees that the Fed has its eye on the ball when it comes to Wall Street mega banks and their counterparties…
1/25/24: Robert Kaplan Was Heavily Trading on May 1, 2020; One Day After a Fed Blackout Period and the Same Day He Made a Shocking Prediction on TV
By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: Robert Kaplan, Former President of the Dallas Fed To read main stream media headlines, one would think that the Federal Reserve Inspector General’s Office has exonerated former Dallas Fed President Robert Kaplan of any legal action for trading like a hedge fund kingpin while he was privy to insider information at…
These Charts Show Why the Fed Is Terrified to Stop Raising Interest Rates and Why NASDAQ Is Ripping Higher
By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: July 5, 2023 ~ The top chart above shows one of the most erratic eras in Federal Reserve policy-making history. In the 70s and early 80s, the Fed would slam on the brakes to bring down inflation by raising its benchmark rate (known as the Fed Funds rate), then slam…