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Monetary Tightening: Previous US Episodes

As the Federal Reserve raises US interest rates in an effort to quell inflation, are there any lessons to be learned from similar previous episodes?

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The White-Black Wealth Ratio Since 1870

Wealth represents the accumulation of assets during a lifetime, and thus wealth gap are always larger than income gaps.

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Africa: Are There Too Many Currencies?

It is commonplace to observe that the enormous US domestic market benefits from having a single currency, rather than, say, 50 state-level currencies.

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Fed Pivot is Not an Investment Thesis

In a recent Bloomberg article, a group of economists voiced their fears that the Federal Reserve’s inflation fight may create an unnecessarily deep downturn.

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How Much of the Gasoline Price is Crude Oil?

The US Energy Information Administration gives this answer for August 2022:

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Schlesinger: On the Quality of State Department Writing During the Kennedy Administration

Schlesinger was a Harvard history professor who became a “special assistant” to President John F. Kennedy.

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