Sound Money Project
The Sound Money Project was founded in January 2009 to conduct research and promote awareness about monetary stability and financial privacy. The project is comprised of leading academics and practitioners in money, banking, and macroeconomics.
It offers regular commentary and in-depth analysis on monetary policy, alternative monetary systems, financial markets regulation, cryptocurrencies, and the history of monetary and macroeconomic thought.
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Advisory Board: Steve H. Hanke, Jerry L. Jordan, Lawrence H. White
Director: William J. Luther
Senior Fellows: Nicolás Cachanosky, Gerald P. Dwyer, Joshua R. Hendrickson, Thomas L. Hogan, Gerald P. O’Driscoll, Jr., Alexander W. Salter
Fellows: J.P. Koning
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“The Fed’s QE Scheme Begins to Backfire”
“The Fed argues that QE is not inflationary, because the electronic money is sitting in the coffers of the banking Oligarchs, and isn’t circulating in the general economy. “One myth […]
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“Watch What the FOMC Doesn’t Say”
“The aim of QE2 has been to lower medium-to-longer-term interest rates since the Fed’s main policy variable—the overnight federal funds rate—has been pinned near zero for two years. But since […]
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“Sense and nonsense in the quantitative easing debates”
“Unemployment is not high because the maturity structure of government debt is too long, thank you, nor from any lack of “liquidity” in a banking system that is sitting on […]
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“Fed expected to dampen rate rise expectations”
“The central bank is not expected to signal any shift away from its intention to buy $600 billion in government debt but markets are already bringing forward expectations of when […]
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“Producer Prices Rise Most in 8 Months”
“Since August, there certainly doesn’t seem to be much deflationary threat here. The 12-month change in PPI for finished goods is 3.5% as of November. So what’s driving the increase […]
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“Beware of a China Bubble”
“After QE2, analysts were looking for possible consequences of the Federal Reserve Bank’s actions. What has become apparent is that the Fed has created another bubble in China. Investors globally […]
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“Dollar Weakens Versus Euro as Treasury Yields Decline Before Fed Meeting”
“The dollar fell against the euro, paring a weekly gain, on speculation Federal Reserve policy makers on Dec. 14 will discuss a plan to extend Treasury purchases to support growth. […]
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Back to Basics with the Sound Money Forum
As many of you may know, Sound Money received a real boost on Tuesday, December 7. Atlas, in partnership with Freedomworks, hosted a monetary policy forum. For full details and […]
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“More Than Half of Americans Want Fed Reined In Or Abolished”
“Americans across the political spectrum say the Fed shouldn’t retain its current structure of independence. Asked if the central bank should be more accountable to Congress, left independent or abolished […]
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Ben Bernanke’s Bond Bunk
“Here’s the problem in the main: Bernanke’s only tool to “tighten” monetary policy means selling bonds into the market and taking in cash from the system. But what happens if […]
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Money Printing and 100% Confidence, Day 4
“[Bernanke is] a different man, somehow, and likely not for the better as growing dissent amongst even his own Federal Reserve board has no doubt made him less confident in […]
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“David Einhorn Explains How QE2 Will Affect The Average American…”
“Basically, the Fed just threw away $600 + billion because QE2 “will be counterproductive,” [David Einhorn] told Rose, according to Bloomberg. “The goal of quantitative easing right now is to […]