The Trump Administration is currently considering bailing out several industries including, most notably. These bailouts would be targeted towards alleviating some of the pain felt by the Coronavirus slowdown. Here is what those bailouts might look like.

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thatsall The Federal Reserve just had an emergency session where they cut the Federal Funds rate by 100 points. The federal funds rate is now a quarter of a percentage point. At the same time they have escalated their quantitative easing program to buy five hundred billion dollars worth of Treasury Bills and two … Continue reading A Federal Reserve Emergency Rate Cut and $700 Billion Quantitative Easing Program Explained →

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thatsall Congressional Switchboard: (202) 224-3121   Congress is currently debating how to renew three operations in the FISA program. The bill that was just passed by the house and is up for a vote in the Senate has several reforms to the surveillance program. Here is exactly what’s happening.

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thatsall The Federal Reserve just announced that they are going to be providing one point five trillion dollars in short term loans to financial institutions in order to keep the markets liquid. Here is exactly what happened and what it all means.

After a failed OPEC meeting designed to limit supplies in response to shrinking demand, oil prices have hit new lows. So, what the heck happened?

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thatsall On Thursday Turkey’s President Erdogan and Russia’s President Putin met and agreed to a ceasefire in Idlib. Here’s the context in which Russia, Syria, Turkey, and the rebels were approaching these negotiations and what was agreed to.

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thatsall The Federal Reserve just cut the key interest rate by half a percentage point in response to coronavirus concerns. It was not very effective at stimulating the economy. The next day, the house of representatives passed an eight point three billion dollar spending plan that lead to a massive market uptick. Here is … Continue reading Solving the CoronaVirus: The Federal Reserve vs. Congressional Action →

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thatsall America just signed a four page deal with the Taliban in an attempt to end the 18 year war in Afghanistan. Here’s what America and Afghanistan just agreed to do in the coming years.

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/members?membershipType=active_patron Over the past ten days the stock market has collapsed. This has led to some of the largest losses since the 2008 collapse that led to the great recession. What caused this stock collapse and what does it mean?

Bernie Sanders and his economic policy advisor Stephanie Kelton are believers in a new economic movement called Modern Monetary Theory. This theory is concerned with controlling the supply of cash in the economy as opposed to trying to control how people spend their money. Here’s the idea behind that theory.