Lara-Murphy Report
October 2018 Lara Murphy Report
THE WEALTH EFFECT: BY L. Carlos Lara
The height of the stock market and even the strength of the dollar itself ultimately rest on public confidence in our financial system. And right now there’s not much to be confident about.
September 2018 Lara-Murphy Report
Bernie Sanders introduced a bill to tax Amazon and other large employers based on how much assistance their employees get from the feds. This is a terrible idea that would hurt workers.
read moreAugust 2018 Lara-Murphy Report
THE RISE (AND FALL?) OF THE FED’S FLOOR SYSTEM – BY Robert P. Murphy
The Fed instituted a very important new policy in October 2008, which casts doubt upon the rationale for the bailouts. But this new approach may be unraveling.
July 2018 Lara-Murphy Report
The central bankers are a clever bunch–they’ve convinced the public that a lack of oversight is a GOOD thing.
Former Dallas Federal Reserve President, Richard Fisher, publicly dressed down President Trump in a recent interview with CNBC in response to Trump’s remark that he’s “not thrilled” about the Fed’s interest rate hikes. Obviously, Trump’s comment upset Fisher quite a bit and he told CNBC that by making that comment “Trump is out of line.” 1
June 2018 Lara-Murphy Report
TRUMP’S PLAYBOOK FOR THE ECONOMY: Trump’s Executive Order 13772 on “Core Principles for Regulating the United States Financial System.” was written to provide the President’s rationale for
wanting to overhaul the U.S. tax code and scale back the excessive government regulations found in the Dodd-Frank Act. Now, one year later after the report came out, and seeing several of the major suggested changes written about in the report actually take place, I am now convinced that this official essay is actually Trump’s “playbook” for the economy. So far he has been executing it just
as it is written.