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Research Reports
2024
12/3/2024Cautionary Tale for DOGE
11/15/2024Downsizing the Bureaucracy Won't Crash the Economy
11/11/2024Mandate For Change
11/7/2024Hold the Course
9/18/2024And We’re Off!
8/7/2024Monetary Policy is Out of Control
7/31/2024September is Live
6/12/2024Reality Check
5/1/2024A Lack of Confidence
3/20/2024Rate Expectations
1/31/2024May Day
2023
12/13/2023Fed Declares Mission Accomplished
11/1/2023Pause…For Now
9/20/2023You Know It When You See It
7/26/2023Time Will Tell
6/14/2023The Fed Is All Mixed Up
5/3/2023Has the Fed Paused?
4/6/2023The “Abundant Reserve” System Crushes the Fed
3/22/2023All Mixed Up
2/1/2023Slowing, Not Stopping
1/25/2023First Trust 2023 Economic Year-End Outlook
2022
12/21/2022Is the BLS Cooking the Books?
12/14/2022More Work to Do
11/2/2022How Fast, How High, How Long
9/21/2022Another 75… With More to Come
7/27/2022What Wasn’t Said
7/14/2022Dollar Remains World Reserve Currency
6/28/2022The Monetary Surge Continues to Ebb
6/15/2022Fed Goes Bigger
5/20/2022Talking (and Warning) About Inflation Since the Start
5/4/2022Jerome Volcker
3/16/2022Powell Channels Volcker
1/26/2022Liftoff in March
2021
12/15/2021Faster Taper, Setting Up for Rate Hikes
11/3/2021Taper Time
9/22/2021China Worries Unwarranted
9/22/2021Fed Set to Announce Taper in November
7/28/2021Are We There Yet?
6/16/2021Fed Hawks Hatch
4/28/2021Closer, But Still Not Close
3/17/2021The Fed Speaks Softly, But Carries Some Big Numbers
2/25/2021The Greatest Possible Stimulus
2/10/2021Immunity is Closer Than You Think
1/27/2021Watching and Waiting
2020
12/16/2020Eyes on the Horizon
11/5/2020Not Much to Miss
9/16/2020Fed Determined to Stay Loose
7/29/2020Steady As She Goes
6/10/2020Loose and Staying Loose
4/29/2020QE Infinity and Beyond
3/23/2020Cut the Politicians' Pay
3/13/2020Reasons to Be Positive About the US Coronavirus Fight
2/25/2020Is It Time to Fear the Coronavirus?
2/3/2020Economic Data Release Calendar 2020
1/29/2020Quiet Year Ahead
2019
12/11/2019Fed on Hold
10/30/2019Finally, A Pause
9/18/2019Repo Madness
9/18/2019It’s Not You, It’s Me
7/31/2019Drip Drip Drip
6/19/2019Fed Tees Up Rate Cuts
5/1/2019No Cut in Sight
3/20/2019The Fed Emphasizes Patience
1/30/2019Patient Powell
2018
12/19/2018Market Overreacts to A More Dovish Fed
12/13/2018Yellen Agrees with The Austrians
11/8/2018Stay the Course
9/26/2018Full Steam Ahead
8/1/2018Waiting for September
6/13/2018Letting the Data do the Talking
5/30/2018An Open Letter to Arthur Brooks
5/2/2018Fed on Track for Four
3/21/2018Powell Takes Charge
2/9/2018This is Just a Correction…
1/31/2018Little Change as Yellen Exits
2017
12/13/2017Fed Stays on Right Hiking Path
11/1/2017Fed Resists the Doves
10/24/2017Tax Cuts Matter, Spending Cuts Matter More
9/20/2017Fed Resists the Doves
8/18/2017Let the Private Sector Take the Reins on Infrastructure
7/26/2017The Road to Normal Starts in September
6/14/2017Fed Hikes Again, Sets Plan to Re-Normalize Balance Sheet
5/3/2017Fed on Track to Hike in June
3/15/2017A Dovish Rate Hike
2/1/2017Fed Tilts Hawkish
2016
12/14/2016The Fed Turns Hawkish
12/1/2016Populist Uprising or Conservative Revival?
11/9/2016Saving Private Sector
11/2/2016Rate Hike Looks Set for December
9/21/2016Rate Hike Looks Set for December
7/27/2016Despite a Wimpy Fed, September Hike on the Table
6/15/2016Fed Projects Very Slow Path for Rate Hikes
4/27/2016Fed Nudges Toward a June Rate Hike
3/16/2016Rates Hikes on the Way
3/9/2016TARP Was a Mistake, Not a Success
3/4/2016The Healthcare Dichotomy
2/12/2016This is a Correction, Not a Recession
1/27/2016Fed Waiting for More Information
2015
12/16/2015The Fed Launches Rate Hikes
11/17/2015The Worst Recovery Ever…For Part-Time Jobs
11/13/2015It’s the Domestic Spending; Stupid
10/28/2015Fed Sets Stage For December Rate Hike
9/24/2015How TARP Created Trump
9/22/2015Government Taxi Bubble Causes Credit Union Failure
9/17/2015Yellen Flinches
7/29/2015September Hike Still on the Table
6/17/2015Fed Talks Hawkish, Acts Dovish
6/16/2015Greece is Detroit, Not Lehman
4/29/2015Key Seven Weeks Starts Now
3/18/2015Yellen Loses "Patience," But Maintains Flexibility
3/4/2015Don’t Audit It: Rein It In
1/28/2015Rate Hikes Still A Few Meetings Away
2014
12/17/2014Rate Hikes To Start in 2015
10/29/2014Fed Ends QE, Rate Hikes Now on Radar
9/17/2014Rate Hikes Approaching
7/30/2014Improving Economy, Weaker Guideposts
7/28/2014The Fed’s Massive Power Grab
6/18/2014Flock of Doves
5/28/2014The Myth of 2008
4/30/2014Fed Acknowledges Faster Growth
3/19/2014Dovish Words, Hawkish Forecast
1/29/2014Another Meeting, Another Taper
2013
12/18/2013A Dovish-Bullish Taper
10/30/2013A Bit More Hawkish, All Things Considered
9/18/2013Yellen Takes Over
8/19/2013Part-Timers and the Labor Market
7/31/2013Fed Shows Its Dovish Side
6/19/2013Fed Slightly More Optimistic
5/1/2013Fed Doesn't Budge
3/20/2013Fed Still Inching Toward Optimism
1/30/2013Fed Inches Toward More Optimism
2012
12/12/2012To QE Infinity, and Beyond!
10/24/2012Fed Doesn't Budge
9/13/2012Fed Sets Sail on QE3
8/1/2012Status Quo Fed
7/5/2012Business Investment Dwarfs Housing
6/28/2012Step Two – Going Backward – Election More Important Than Ever
6/20/2012Fed Does the Least
4/25/2012Nothing New From the Fed
3/13/2012No Sign of QE3
3/1/2012Fed Done: So Is Gold
2/3/2012Drudge, Tyler Durden and Economic Ignorance
2/2/2012Low Labor Force Participation Rate?...Not So Fast
1/25/2012Fed Language Goes Dovish, But Policy Unchanged
1/6/2012All The Emperors Are Naked
2011
12/13/2011Fed Less Gloomy on Economy, No Change in Policy
11/30/2011Europe - No More Tricks in the Keynesian Bag
11/16/2011The Super Committee - Much Ado About Little
11/9/2011The Drachma is Dead: So Is the Welfare State
11/3/2011The Story of MF Global - Capitalism Works
11/2/2011Fed Stands Pat on Policy
11/2/2011Housing At An Inflection Point
9/21/2011Fed Actively Twists But Holds Off on QE3
8/10/2011Fed Commits to Low Rates as Far as the Eye Can See
8/7/2011US Debt: Moody’s AAA / S&P AA+
8/4/2011Dow Down 500, But Fundamentals Still Strong
6/22/2011Fed Gets Slightly More Hawkish on Inflation, More Dovish on Growth
4/27/2011Minor Changes to Official Statement, More News in Press Conference
3/15/2011Fed Pays Lip Service to Better Economy and Higher Inflation
1/26/2011Bring Back Hoenig
2010
12/14/2010Fed Keeps Monetary Spigot Wide Open
11/3/2010Fed Embarks on QEII
9/21/2010Fed Fills Can of Gas, Threatens to Douse Fire
8/10/2010The Fed Gives the Treasury a Gift
6/23/2010The Fed Flies with the Doves
4/29/2010Fed Twiddles Its Thumbs
4/26/2010Steep Auto Sector Recovery to Continue
3/16/2010Fed Still Clinging to Extremely Loose Money
3/3/2010Bernanke Finally Fingers Mark-To-Market
2/19/2010The Fed Tests the Waters
2/12/2010The (Relatively) Bullish Case for Consumer Spending
1/27/2010"Extended Period" of Low Rates Starting to Lose Support
2009
12/16/2009Fed Inching Toward Higher Rates
12/15/2009Dive In: Housing is Cheap
12/3/2009Did the White House Signal Higher Unemployment?
11/4/2009Fed Tells Us What Will Lead to Rate Hikes
9/30/2009V-Shaped Recovery Update
9/23/2009Fed Sees Better Growth
9/1/2009This Recovery Won’t Be Jobless
8/13/2009Fed More Optimistic, But Stays Loose
6/24/2009Fed Steps Away From Quantitative Easing
6/24/2009John Callaway - RIP
6/9/2009V-Shaped Recovery Underway
5/26/2009Big Housing Recovery on the Way
4/2/2009Auto Sales Update
3/23/2009Bright Prospects for a Steep Auto Sector Recovery
3/18/2009Fed Balance Sheet Explodes
2/27/2009Consumer Loans Not the Next "Crisis"
2/12/2009Untouchable Accounting Rules; Really?
2/9/2009Unemployment and Stimulus II
1/7/2009CPI Deflation On Tap – But It’s Just Temporary
2008
12/23/2008Fed Balance Sheet Expansion Is Not Hyper-Inflationary
12/16/2008The Fed Goes Nuclear
12/4/2008Velocity Watch
12/3/2008NBER Makes it Official
12/3/2008Mark-to-Market Mayhem II
11/25/2008Following Our Plan
11/13/2008Roosevelt, Carter, or Clinton?
10/29/2008Fed Cuts Rates to 1%
10/8/2008We Need a Game Changer, Now!
10/6/2008New Forecast
9/25/2008Mark-to-Market Mayhem
8/5/2008Fed Takes "Baby Step" Toward Tightening
7/8/2008Home Sales Hitting Bottom
6/25/2008August Tightening On the Table
6/19/2008Forecast Update: Faster Growth, Higher Inflation, Higher Interest Rates
6/12/2008The Best Medicine - Fed Rate Hikes
4/25/2008Fed Turning the Corner
4/16/2008Brian Wesbury's Testimony to House Committee on Financial Services
4/10/2008Still No Recession in Our Forecast
3/14/2008Inflation Still A Long-Term Problem
3/11/2008Fed Answers Our Concerns
2/20/2008Recession Talk Premature
2/11/2008Fed Hesitation Hurting Economy
1/30/2008The Fed Cuts Another 50
1/29/2008Testimony to House Committee on the Budget
1/22/2008Fed Makes Emergency Rate Cut
1/17/2008Cutting Our Q4 Growth Estimate to 1.5%
1/16/2008Slow Money Supply Growth Doesn't Mean Low Inflation
2007
12/28/2007Voting With Our Feet
12/20/2007Non-Housing GDP Signals Loose Money
12/11/2007Fed Moves Again in December
11/27/2007Seeing the Light at the End of the Housing Tunnel
10/31/2007Two and Done
9/20/2007They Actually Did It - Cut Rates That Is
9/14/2007Claims Not Signaling Recession
8/29/2007Confidence Data Do Not Signal Consumer Slowdown
8/23/2007The Energizer Bunny Economy
8/13/2007Odds of a Fed Rate Cut Not 100%
8/8/2007The Greenspan Put is Dead: Long Live Bernanke
7/25/2007The Hypochondriac Market
6/28/2007The Fed Gets Bullish
6/7/2007Indigestion
5/31/2007Economic Bears Being Left Behind
4/23/2007Labor Pains
2/2/2007Rising Wage Gap, But No Squeeze
2006
11/15/2006A New Direction for America
8/30/2006The Supply-Side Scuffle
8/8/2006A Pause in Rate Hikes, Not the End
7/20/2006Pause Talk Déjà vu
6/30/2006The Canary Chirps Again
6/16/2006The Resilient Economy
5/10/2006The Manufacturing Renaissance
5/8/2006Transparency and Inflation Targets
4/27/2006Fed May Pause “At Some Point” – But Uncertainty Reigns
4/3/2006Bernanke Provides Continuity and More Tranparancy

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