Some at the Fed worry that the central bank can’t get the inflation genie back in the bottle.
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Sunday, December 28, 2025
There’s a “New Upside Risk” in Town: “Pent-up Exuberance” – Fed’s Bostic
Topics: Economic fundamentals, Federal Reserve, Guest Post, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:49 am | 3 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 3/5/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Nuland retires, Trump electors, the Walgreens positivity data, and Taylor Swift has a cough. ~
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 127 Comments »
How Facebook Contributes to the Demise of Endangered Species
With little enforcement or legal culpability, social media sites like Facebook help wildlife trafficking thrive in plain sight.
Topics: Environment, Guest Post, Media watch, Regulations and regulators, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 6 Comments »
Links 3/5/2024
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:59 am | 233 Comments »
After Nigeria’s eNaira Disaster, Another “Live” Central Bank Digital Currency, Jamaica’s Jam-Dex, Founders
Just three countries have so far introduced CBDCs, according to the IMF, and two of them are already having serious issues.
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Nick Corbishley at 6:45 am | 22 Comments »
How Should the Government Negotiate Medicare Drug Prices? A Guide for the Perplexed
How some key points on negotiating Medicare drug prices under the Inflation Reduction Act were oddly left open, arguably much too open.
Topics: Guest Post, Health care, Links, Politics, Regulations and regulators, Ridiculously obvious scams
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:10 am | 6 Comments »
Google Demands That We Censor Our Content
Google trying to censor our content on bogus grounds.
Topics: Media watch, Notices, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:13 am | 130 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 3/4/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Topics: Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 103 Comments »
Links 3/4/2024
Topics: Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:55 am | 137 Comments »
Restaurants: Canaries in the Coal Mine of the Covid Labor Reset?
Independent restaurants are in a world of hurt due to labor cost increases. Yet oddly no one seems willing to cite Long Covid as a contributor.
Topics: Economic fundamentals, Health care, Income disparity, Pandemic, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:15 am | 18 Comments »
Armenia Freezes Participation in Collective Security Treaty Organization, Further Poisoning Ties With Russia
Even as the West is in crisis and prepares to turn its back on Ukraine it helped destroy, Armenian leaders see that and say “I want in.”
U.S. Seeks Semiconductor Supremacy with New Funding Initiatives
Is a “CHIPS Act 2.0” coming soon?
Topics: China, Guest Post, Infrastructure, Technology and innovation
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 5:00 am | 35 Comments »
IM Doc Reports on Covid Not Waning, Long Covid Effects as Lambert Lambastes Latest CDC Guidance as “Crime Against Humanity”
Lambert describes how the CDC destructively washes its hands of Covid as IM Doc chronicles how it is relentlessly continuing to harm patients.
Topics: Guest Post, Health care, Pandemic, Politics, Regulations and regulators, Science and the scientific method
Posted by Yves Smith at 1:59 am | 116 Comments »
Links 3/3/2024
Topics: Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:55 am | 177 Comments »
Democratic Rights Are No Excuse for Airing Russian Perspectives in Europe
Why are European elites “on the side of Ukraine’s freedom” so eager to curb freedoms at home? The silencing of opposing viewpoints accelerates in Italy as support for Project Ukraine declines.
Topics: Auto industry, Energy markets, Europe, Guest Post, Media watch, Politics, Russia
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:00 am | 64 Comments »



