The Fed’s main reason for raising rates took three weeks to reach the public. The statement should carry it on decision day.
Live Updates: Warsh and Fed Officials Raise Interest Rates to Fight Inflation
The Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the first time since 2023, by a quarter of a percentage point, and suggested more increases could follow. The move puts its new leader, Kevin Warsh, at odds with President Trump.
How we raised $3M for an open source project - PostHog
Open source projects have long battled with how to finance themselves. PostHog is lucky to have significant funding and wanted to share what we did…
Interest Rates: Prices Hidden in Plain Sight
I study ways the shift in credit price disclosures from dollar terms to interest rates has impacted consumer and firm behavior. In an experiment, I find that co
Inflation Funding in Practice in Delegated Stake Based Protocols
One of the trickiest challenges in the decentralized governance of blockchain protocols is figuring out how to continue to fund and…
annotations: La faiblesse des taux d’intérêt nous oblige à reconsidérer la politique budgétaire
Traduction française du billet de blog "Why low interest rates force us to revisit the scope and role of fiscal policy: 45 takeaways" d'Olivier Blanch
With rising interest rates, something deeper than inflation is going on
Typically, bond rates rise when an economy is doing well and inflation appears to be moving up. But something much deeper and more structural is currently going on.
USA Today CEO Says Higher Pricing Strategy Working, Micropayments Showing ‘Interesting’ Results
USA Today Co.’s push to get readers paying higher prices for journalism is working and despite a nearly one-third drop in its…
Limited and Varying Consumer Attention: Evidence from Shocks to the Salience of Bank Overdraft Fees
Abstract. We explore dynamics of limited attention in the $35 billion market for checking overdrafts, using survey content as shocks to the salience of ove
Does Monetary Policy Tightening Reduce Inflation?
Recent research has identified periods when the Federal Reserve intentionally acted to slow inflation when it exceeded desired levels. The success of these disinflation attempts reveals the extent of policymakers’ commitment to lowering inflation. An extension of this analysis indicates that successful disinflations are associated with a decline in the demand-driven component of inflation. This was especially evident during recent monetary policy tightening, with contributions to core inflation from demand declining 2 percentage points since the summer of 2022—the largest decline for any deliberate disinflation attempt since 1969.
DeFi Lending Rates: Best Stablecoin Yields Today | DeFi Rate
USDC lending pays about 4.8% across the biggest DeFi pools, roughly a point above the Fed. Live supply rates for 89 pools on Aave, Maple, Compound and more.
Issue 104 – World Tyranny Financial
As the Trump family’s crypto dealings raise more alarms, crypto enforcement is falling to new lows
Why the Gates Foundation Abandoned Article Processing Charges (and What They’re Doing Instead)
In 2024, the Gates Foundation updated their Open Access Policy to redirect funds from APCs to support more equitable models. Ashley Farley explains their thinking and vision for the future.
Why Has the Price of Gold Risen So Sharply? | Econofact
Gold has a long history of being held as a financial asset by private investors and central banks, which can be the source of large shifts in its price.
