THE FED INDUCED FARCE

The minutes from the last Fed meeting were released on Wednesday afternoon. The minutes, along with a squadron of jabbering Fed heads lying about the economy doing great, pretty much locked in the most talked about .25% interest rate increase in world history.  Evidently the Wall Street titans of greed have convinced the muppets higher interest rates are great for stocks, as the market soared by 250 points. As institutional money exits the market on these rigged up days, the dumb money retail investor buys into the market with dreams of riches just like they did with Pets.com in 2000, McMansions in 2005, and Bear Stearns in 2007.

The Fed has lost any credibility they ever thought they deserved by delaying this meaningless insignificant interest rate increase for the last three years, so they will make this token increase in December come hell or high water. They want to give themselves some leeway for easing again when this debt saturated global economy implodes in the near future. The Fed is trapped by their own cowardice and capture by the Wall Street cabal. If they raise rates the USD will strengthen even more than it has already. The USD is already at 11 year highs. It has appreciated by 25% in the last year versus the basket of world currencies. The babbling boobs on the entertainment news channels authoritatively expound with a straight face about the rise in the dollar being due to our strong economic performance. It’s beyond laughable, as the economy has been sucking wind since the day the Fed turned off the QE spigot in October 2014.


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UM, YEAH… I’M NOT GONNA NEED YOU TO COME IN ANYMORE

This was the good old days. The vaunted Obama jobs recovery (waitresses, retail clerks, fry cooks, and maids) has petered out. The trade data earlier this week confirmed negative GDP for the 1st quarter. The Atlanta Fed model already shows only 0.9% GDP growth in the 2nd quarter. That will go negative as people with no jobs and those with jobs seeing their real wages decline have stopped spending.The 4th quarter GDP was boosted by citizens having to pay more Obamacare and heat for their cold houses. Winning!!!

Corporations are reporting declining revenues and profits, while using their spare cash to buy back their stock at all-time highs to boost executive stock compensation. Why spend money on capital investment or pay your workers more when you can pump your EPS,  fire 5,000 people and outsource their jobs to India?  It’s the American way.

The 99% are experiencing a recession in the real world. People around the globe are experiencing a depression. But Wall Street, aided and abetted by their Federal Reserve puppets and Politician cronies in DC, is joyous and overflowing with riches for the .01%. How long can they artificially prop up financial markets before the floor gives out?

If people in this country could just look up from their iGadgets and think for one moment…..

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