"Prices are rising because corporations have the power to raise them. They're using "inflation" as an excuse. The Fed is about to apply the wrong medicine."

"The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC or Fed) announced on December 15 that it will taper off its bond purchases faster than it expected just one month ago, with purchases likely ending in mid-March 20"

"The Federal Reserve Controls Short Term Interest Rates, Expected Future Interest Rates, Term Premium, and Liquidity Premium. QED the Yield Curve is a Policy Choice."

"Fed chairman Jerome Powell has decided the Fed ought to “review” its ethics policies after it was revealed that high-ranking personnel at the Fed were actively trading stocks even as the Fed was busy pulling the levers on monetary policy."

A good overview of the Fed's real origins in populist demands for easier credit, rising prices and a money supply less tied to gold.