episodes about banking

04/05/2023
Episode 221: Are We Really Surprised We’re Having Another Banking Crisis?-Alex Pollock & Steve DeweyIt looks like the bill is finally coming due after decades of reckless monetary policy and out of control federal spending. After 40 years of relatively stable prices, we now have raging inflation. Interest rates have risen dramatically. Mortgage rates have more than doubled. And commercial banks are now sitting on more than $600 billion of unrealized bond losses. Of course, and as expected, wi ...