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How Central Bank Interest Rate Policy Is Destabilizing Banks

May 18, 2019 by Counter Markets

By Justin Murray Broadly speaking, banks operate under the concept of maturity transformation. Banks take short-term – less than one year – financing vehicles, such as customer deposits, and use that to finance long-term – more than one year – returns. These returns range from the most commonly understood loans, such as auto loans and mortgages, to investments in equity, … [Read more...] about How Central Bank Interest Rate Policy Is Destabilizing Banks

“National Security” and other Thought-Stopping Clichés

April 8, 2019 by Counter Markets

By Justin Murray I was browsing the news recently and came across an interesting headline. It read “ U.S. Orders Chinese Company to Sell Grindr App ”. My first through was that the Federal Government was, once again, narrowly defining a monopoly to a ridiculous degree and decided this Chinese company was somehow monopolizing the swipe left/right mobile phone dating scene … [Read more...] about “National Security” and other Thought-Stopping Clichés

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