Author: John Mason

“Regardless of the risks of deflation, the FOMCwill do all that it can to ensure continuation of the economic recovery.”Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the Board of Governor of the Federal Reserve System at the Federal...

The Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) released statistics on the state of the thrift industry for the second quarter of 2010 on August 25. The industry is limping along, but the signs of a disappearing industry are all over the...

Today I would like to reference an article by William Galston on the website of the New Republic (http://www.tnr.com/blog/77215/getting-out-the-recession-stimulus-spending-debt-banks).Galston’s point is this: the value of...

Reading an article in the Wall Street Journal this morning I was hit twice by the number 52. (For those that are looking for signs it can be noted that you can reverse today’s date and get 52 as well!)The first sighting,...

The biggest problem in the economy, I believe, is the banking system. The government recognizes this and that is why the various agencies within the government are following such bizarre policies. The Federal Reserve has kept...

I am responding to a comment I received about one of my recent posts. The post related to the buildup of cash on the balance sheets of large commercial banks, large non-financial companies, and investment funds. The comment...

There is an op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal that I believe everyone should read. It is written by Jeremy Siegel and Jeremy Schwartz and is titled “The Great American Bond Bubble.”...

Earlier this year a friend of mine and his wife got a mortgage on their new home. (As of today, they have only been married three hundred and fifty-three days.) Let me just say that the price of their home is well into the six...