Inflation

Inflation

Federal Reserve Balance Sheet Tops $8T for First Time

The U.S. central bank will continue buying Treasury and mortgage bonds to support the economy.

Markets  ·  11 June 2021
Bitcoin

US Consumer Prices Rise Faster Than Expected in May

The Consumer Price Index is important to bitcoin investors who are watching for signs of inflation.

News  ·  10 June 2021
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Jumps Most in 2 Weeks to $36K After El Salvador Passes Currency Law

The cryptocurrency is up from a low price of about $31,000.

Markets  ·  9 June 2021
Bitcoin

Deutsche Bank Issues Stark US Inflation Warning, Seeing Economic Parallels to 1940s, 1970s

Inflation could send the global economy into recession as central banks lose control, according to Deutsche Bank.

Markets  ·  7 June 2021
Inflation

Lawrence Summers on Inflation: Fed ‘Will Only Remove the Punch Bowl After It Sees People Staggering Around Drunk’

“I think policy is rather overdoing it,” the former U.S. Treasury secretary said at Consensus 2021.

Markets  ·  26 May 2021
Newsletters

Money Reimagined: How the Fed Could Fail

Mounting debts and inflation fears could leave central banks hamstrung in the years ahead, leading to the debasement of fiat currencies.

Policy & regulation  ·  14 May 2021
Bitcoin

MicroStrategy Keeps Buying Bitcoin, Adds Another $15M

CEO Michael Saylor continues policy of buying the crypto asset at set intervals.

News  ·  13 May 2021
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Makes Weak Bounce After Tesla Blow but Pullback May Not Be Over: Analyst

Elon Musk's tweets aside, bitcoin remains vulnerable to rising odds of a Fed Reserve rate hike.

Markets  ·  13 May 2021
Bitcoin

US CPI Report Shows April Inflation Faster Than Expected, Highest Since 2008

Nearly all major components of the CPI increased in April, a sign that pent-up demand is fueling a rebound in economic mobility.

Markets  ·  12 May 2021
Inflation

What Stanley Druckenmiller’s Inflation Warning Means for Crypto

One of the greatest forex traders in history believes a cryptocurrency is the “most likely” global reserve currency to replace the dollar.

Markets  ·  11 May 2021
Bitcoin

Federal Reserve Keeps Rates Near Zero, Maintains Asset Purchases, Sees Inflation as ‘Transitory’

The Federal Reserve kept monetary policy unchanged and sees inflation as temporary, which is closely watched by bitcoin investors.

Markets  ·  28 April 2021
Bitcoin

Inflation Worry Spreads Beyond Bitcoiners to Wall Street Stock Analysts

U.S. CEOs are now regularly discussing inflation during quarterly earnings conference calls. Bitcoiners saw this coming.

Markets  ·  27 April 2021
Inflation

As Powell Heads to Fed Meeting, Inflation Data Can Only Get Worse

Fed Chair Jerome Powell's challenge is to convince traders he's got the resolve to respond to runaway inflation, without actually doing anything.

Markets  ·  27 April 2021
Inflation

A Year After Coronavirus Meltdown, Few Investors See Risk of Deflation: Deutsche Bank

Inflation remains a key focus, according to a survey of global investors, although risk of a "Fed taper" appears low.

Markets  ·  26 April 2021
Bitcoin

Bloomberg’s McGlone Warns of ‘Predominant Deflationary Forces’

Bloomberg anticipates continued deflation and peak oil similar to 2018. This could be negative for bitcoin.

Markets  ·  19 April 2021