It’s a Good Time to be a Fracker
Costs and regulations coming down, production going up – and oil is still headed for $65.
Costs and regulations coming down, production going up – and oil is still headed for $65.
I’m surprised by the naiveté of Mr. Luskin in assuming that Republicans welcome a (truly) more objective rule in setting interest rates. Consider that in December 2016 the newly appointed (January 2017) Vice Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Monetary Policy and Trade Roger Williams whined about only the second one quarter-point interest rate rise in a decade to a level which is still well below what most rules-based advocates would calculate. Does conservative dogma include perpetual, unwarranted interest-cost subsidization for all borrowers and debtors?
If the Trump administration is so chaotic, why are markets so resilient and risk-embracing?
With three Trump appointees, the Fed is likely to move toward rules-based policy.