Video: An Obama Shutdown: How Could We Tell?

YouTube Video from the Heritage Foundation

FED FOCUS-Rise in US Treasury yields may trigger more Fed buying

Forbes.com — By Alister Bull

WASHINGTON, May 28 (Reuters) – Rising U.S. government bond yields could force the Federal Reserve to expand a massive program to buy Treasury and mortgage-related debt, and if it does, it may need to be much more aggressive to be effective.

The Fed’s second-in-command Donald Kohn gave a clear signal [...]

Iceland expected to turn left in weekend election

Nobody wants to mention tax rises just ahead of the elections,” said Thorolfur Matthiasson, an economics professor at the University of Iceland. “But if the budget deficit is 10 percent of GDP and the official debt is approximately what the nation can produce in one year, then the politicians will have to raise tax and [...]

End Inflation and Take Back Our Money

Many people don’t realize that inflation doesn’t have to exist. We’ve heard it all of our lives and think it is just part of having money, but it’s not. The reason we have inflation is because of the Federal Reserve. Repeal the Federal Reserves Charter and you end inflation, the deficit and the downward spiral [...]