Federal Reserve Policy: Normally, recessions are the result of a reduction in liquidity by the Federal Reserve, the central bank, which is signaled by a rise in interest rates. Normally, recessions are short-run affairs of 6 to 9 months. Unemployment, which is as costly in its way as inflation, causes the Federal Reserve to relent and to increase liquidity, …
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Europe: The slave of America
Herland Report: Europe, slave of America: The war in Ukraine has made it dreadfully clear that Europe has lost its independence and solely functions as a servant of American interests. European politicians are simply not working for the best interests of Europe. Rather, they are scrambling desperately to implement sanctions that weaken their own economies and make Russia filthy …
Read More »The Diminishing, Manipulated, Corrupt American Economy
Herland Report: Paul Craig Roberts: Since June 2009 Americans have lived in the false reality of a recovered economy. Various fake news and manipulated statistics have been used to create this false impression. However, indicators that really count have not supported the false picture and were ignored. For example, it is normal in a recovering or expanding economy for the …
Read More »TV interview: The dollar does not deserve to be the reserve currency, says Dr. Ron Paul
Herland Report TV: Historian Hanne Nabintu Herland sat down with former US Senator, Ron Paul to discuss the future of the US dollar as reserve currency. Will we see the end of the US dollar or will the debt economy and free printing fuel a new surge in interest for the US currency world wide? “We will push the …
Read More »Federal Reserve printing money out of thin air: How to Rig a Market
Herland Report: Federal Reserve printing money out of thin air: The theory is that the lower interest rate encourages consumer spending and business investment and that this increase in consumer and business spending results in more output and employment. What few, if any, economists and financial market commentators understand is that today all markets are rigged by the plunge protection …
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