Like so many Americans, Judy Shelton’s hopes for a spot on the Fed are on life support.
Gary Gensler and Ted Kaufman are not the kind of people big finance want to see in positions of influence.
And that doesn’t even take into account the QAnon guy.
Among central bankers, “powerful” will now be used to connote howling, helpless impotence.
They’ll probably just shrug off the impending economic cliff the president and Congress seem intent on driving off.
Who says this country suffers from systemic racism?
Some people have understood and connected the dots and lay the blame at the Fed’s door.
I mean, sure, a 50% jump in profits seems great, but he wouldn’t want to set expectations too high.
But not without delivering another, posthumous “F.U.” to the late former Fed chief.
This is a less reassuring statement than he probably thinks.
Not that the Federal Reserve is mad about it or anything. Oh, they are?
It is not a serious question, but it is a sign that he is seriously pissed.
Well, their investors will get the treat, but all the same.
Don’t banks and the Fed have better things to do right now?
Welcome to the Zumanjaro: Drop of Doom market.
An eager and not-at-all-shellshocked world greets the arrival of Square Financial Services.
Donald Trump may be right about Bizarro King Midas, although for the wrong reasons, of course.
Let’s play a pre-pandemic parlor game together, maybe for the last time.