NR PLUS Politics & Policy The Elephant Squashing the Financial Markets By Douglas Carr June 21, 2022 With all the wild events of the last few months, central-bank liquidity appears to have the most significant influence.
NR PLUS International U.S. Borrowing Is the Wuhan of Global Inflation By Douglas Carr April 27, 2022 It is undeniably true that the U.S. dollar’s role as the world’s reference currency has served as a transmission mechanism for exporting inflation to the world.
NR PLUS Monetary Policy Can the Fed Get Out of Its Own Box? By Douglas Carr February 7, 2022 It needs to exhibit the decisiveness and deftness of its original pandemic response.
NR PLUS Fiscal Policy How Deficit ‘Stimulus’ Supercharged Inflation By Douglas Carr December 23, 2021 Biden’s ‘American Rescue Plan’ came at just the wrong time.
NR PLUS The Economy The Debt-Binge Bust By Douglas Carr December 2, 2021 Fiscal responses to recent recessions have shown Keynesian stimulus to be ineffective.
NR PLUS Monetary Policy How Will the Housing Bubble Burst? By Douglas Carr October 11, 2021 Monetary policy has caused this bubble, and only monetary policy will cure it.
Fiscal Policy Not Your Father’s Infrastructure By Douglas Carr August 24, 2021 If the past five decades are any guide, the Senate infrastructure bill is unlikely to stimulate economic growth.
The Economy The Fed and Markets Are Right about Inflation By Douglas Carr July 23, 2021 Why investors are predicting moderate inflation.
Fiscal Policy U.S. Economy to Fed: ‘No Mas’ QE By Douglas Carr July 21, 2021 It’s absurd to pump money into the economy with one hand while draining it with the other.
Fiscal Policy Corporate Tax Hikes Would Kneecap the Economy By Douglas Carr May 19, 2021 Biden wants to make corporations pay their ‘fair share’ at the expense of economic growth.