Author DM Celley

May 2022

COULD THERE SOON BE ANOTHER GLOBAL HOUSING CRISIS?

The era of easy money is coming to an end thanks to a combination of geopolitical events that have spurred a wild rush of inflation.  Central banks in many parts of the world are already beginning, or are set to begin, tightening cycles, designed to quash this inflation.  The demand for housing has held up

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DID THE FED BLUNDER WITH ITS INFLATION POLICY?

Investors as well as central bankers have been lulled into complacency by forty years of controlled inflation coupled with major economic growth.  Itโ€™s possible that policy makers were hesitant to react when inflation started up with a vengeance about one year ago.  But for many months since that time, it appeared that the Federal Reserve

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UKRAINIAN RESISTANCE IS INGRAINED IN HISTORY

Are you surprised at the extent of resistance by Ukraine in their current war with Russia?  It appears to many observers that the Russian Military and Putin Government probably miscalculated the Ukrainian peopleโ€™s will to resist domination.  By taking a look at the last 100 years of the history of Ukrainian-Russian relations we can see

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THE ROLE OF QUANTITATIVE EASING IN INFLATION

Inflation is upon us as evidenced by rising fuel and food prices, along with almost everything from clothing, to housing, to new vehicles.  Most economists point to this round of inflation as owing to ultra-low interest rates coupled with low unemployment thereby providing strong demand.  The supply chain, still recovering from Covid, cannot rise up

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