The Fed meets on Wednesday to discuss the direction of monetary policy. With the futures market pricing the odds of “no change in rates” at 97.2%, no one
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After more than a decade of analyzing, writing, speaking, warning, and complaining about the Federal Reserve’s use of an “Abundant Reserve” monetary policy we
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Sacramento, CA, Jan. 12, 2026 – Independent Financial Group, LLC (IFG) – a privately held independent wealth management provider supporting more than 600
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We have never seen economic data as murky as they are today. The jobs data are very soft, and yet the Atlanta Fed’s GDPNow model (which slowly incorporates
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When it comes to interpreting the economy we put a premium on sobriety. One good piece of economic data doesn’t mean a boom, nor does one bad report mean a
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There are two very important meetings about monetary policy this week but, so far, most of the public only knows about one of them.
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In the ten years prior to the onset of COVID, the consumer prices index rose at an average annual rate of 1.7%. Since the onset of COVID the overall CPI has
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Many of you may have recently seen a chart circulating on the internet suggesting a nationwide collapse in home prices is on the way, that we are in the
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Back in 1980, a central feature of President Reagan’s campaign was a thirty percent across-the-board cut in income tax rates. Once elected, he followed through
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In a better world, politics would not be important to investors. The government would have little influence over the economy, public policies would be
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History is absolutely clear – Capitalism is the best system ever developed (actually evolved by human experiment) to boost living standards. At the same time
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A small part of the federal government took a short break from being shut to make sure the Labor Department could deliver the September Consumer Price Index.
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