Mike Norman Economics

Naturally, politicians and pundits debate whether the amount is excessive. But implicit in their seemingly routine deficit debate is a remarkable shift: Inflation has replaced debt — the old stalking horse for defeating progressive legislation — as the primary concern with deficit spending.It's a subtle change, with profound consequences. And it augurs the rise of a revolutionary approach to political economy, Modern Monetary Theory (MMT), as the dominant paradigm in the politics of...

In my early trading days I was always a seller. That was a terrible strategy. Trade and invest using the concepts of MMT. Get a 30-day free trial to MMT Trader. https://www.pitbulleconomics.com/ Download my podcasts! New one every week. https://www.buzzsprout.com/1105286 Mike Norman Twitter https://twitter.com/mikenorman

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As soon as Democrats took over Washington with big plans for reviving the economy, corporate media started sounding the alarm about government spending (FAIR.org, 1/25/21). With the party’s infrastructure bill - which could come in around $2 trillion over four years - now pending, the media deficit hawks are on high alert, tossing around big, scary numbers to throw cold water on the bill.It’s hardly surprising to find deficit hawkery from the Washington Post editorial board (3/11/21), which...

Boomers bullish...AAII Sentiment Survey: Bullish sentiment is at an unusually high level for the second consecutive week.https://t.co/CPRW7Qb6JE pic.twitter.com/9JUhkCDr3R— AAII SentimentSurvey (@AAIISentiment) March 18, 2021

Effective zero reported here out to 90 days (some reports of actual negative rates, Treasury reporting system here probably cannot accept a negative input ?) and lower numbers starting to creep out to the right axis of time.... meanwhile Mike reporting everyone is short the 10-yr go figure..  US going Mike’s “full Japan!”?   imo still not out of realm of possibility....

No more SLR exemption as of March 31. Will bond yields soar and markets collapse? Trade and invest using the concepts of MMT. Get a 30-day free trial to MMT Trader. https://www.pitbulleconomics.com/ Download my podcasts! New one every week. https://www.buzzsprout.com/1105286 Mike Norman Twitter https://twitter.com/mikenorman

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