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Keith Springer explains the motive behind the Fed’s Jackson Hole announcement and how it will affect investors’ perceptions of the economy.

The Federal Reserve Chairman says he expected the unemployment crisis to improve faster than it has, and new measures designed to curb unemployment could be on the way. Unemployment.info looks at what it could mean for unemployed workers.

The entire regulatory apparatus allegedly keeping an eye on banks / hedge funds / large corporations et al were actively complicit in allowing them to get away with, literally, murder, at least in the financial economic realm.

The Fed Rate Hike plays to 3 important audiences - Too Big to Fail Banks, so called 'deficit hawks', and the Chinese - but ignores the most important imperative - job creation.

The boom and bust cylce is a financiers best friend. During the good times, there are plenty of loans to make with great rates of interest. And in the bust years, bankers can gain assets when debtors default on interest payments.

The Federal Reserve is a private bank. While this is not new - it has been this way since 1913 - it is certainly news to most people. The Fed is owned 100% by shareholders, who are all private banks.