<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 04:13:50 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/qe/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Surviving Crypto's Hellish 2025: Why We're Not Leaving]]></title><description><![CDATA[2025 was expected to be a fantastic year for crypto. The money supply was increasing, the US administration turned pro-crypto, and we were nearing the end of another 4-year cycle. However, despite all]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@brennanhm/surviving-cryptos-hellish-2025-why-were-not-leaving-2xh</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@brennanhm/surviving-cryptos-hellish-2025-why-were-not-leaving-2xh</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brennanhm]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 09:45:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/vM1pGHgNcyCbeeHc7GQuREkEC9Cij6JM9qm6whPwCBrq9YK5ei5gPUBtZiocAr66v6MjJ6jHDwbGEgDP7x2juq1hMyYqRLnwytjAwWQr9G9Cmt28ixbaXaXX6PwisX793DqWD6E?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How The US Treasury's Shift To Short-Term Debt Could Undermine Inflation Control ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The US national debt has been growing exponentially over the past few decades. From just 1 trillion in 1981, to 22 trillion in 2020, all the way to 38.4 trillion today. Instead of paying off their debt]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@brennanhm/how-the-us-treasurys-shift-to-shortterm-debt-could-undermine-inflation-control--bhj</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@brennanhm/how-the-us-treasurys-shift-to-shortterm-debt-could-undermine-inflation-control--bhj</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brennanhm]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 05:10:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/vM1pGHgNcyCbeeHc7GQuREkEC9Cij6JM9qm6wWFsRVuRtcDTW8idGSTZ5MJaVRc13CrWC6S9FDYjPonGZ5FYbXmfFwaJkJahAJZgcjwdYGeNDV2L1e8TDHS53d9bUx5CDt3SzzJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lower Interest Rates And "Not QE" To Boost Asset Prices In 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[After a disappointing 2025, Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies could be set to take-off in 2026, thanks to the increasingly loose monetary policies of the central bank. In this post, we will briefly discuss]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@brennanhm/lower-interest-rates-and-not-qe-to-boost-asset-prices-in-2026-ena</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@brennanhm/lower-interest-rates-and-not-qe-to-boost-asset-prices-in-2026-ena</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brennanhm]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 05:00:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVPgRUuDKUinvD9B9LPPnXsRUBwBaSdpDgeL29xDhBBTyBUisKamgvVMtZmwQNZM1Uiv8EMBhyp7GVjh7NoSvZ7ULsSeusvMHCPYKtTAhcWpwnyPbxS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Another Tight Squeeze Before Final Take-Off?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The shakeouts continue without mercy. Every time someone calls for a relief rally, we get another sharp sell-off. Unless you are privy to insider information, timing the bottom is a fool's game, and many]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@brennanhm/another-tight-squeeze-before-final-takeoff</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@brennanhm/another-tight-squeeze-before-final-takeoff</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brennanhm]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2025 01:06:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjW4Pvz7LJVgc1Y8Dr68VKxqQHhW8TErRLJk3377abAeo1xkfjxdgZaDZGNQM3bVWYNEbsP7kP5PEFnQzdV5pRYKDD813qzJQZzAoYk6kx98A?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bullish Conditions For Crypto In Q4 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Despite the poor price performance of crypto assets throughout the first three quarters of 2025, there are still reasons to be optimistic for the remainder of Q4: Powell signaled that the end of Quantitative]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@brennanhm/bullish-conditions-for-crypto-in-q4-2025-4ur</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@brennanhm/bullish-conditions-for-crypto-in-q4-2025-4ur</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brennanhm]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 04:53:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNbFzDH4xCDboXNNshfe42hSdnhmZBDXfidaLu1BYbK7aaDpyhha8HhJUB5Q3yjmJcLp8nccPvaTyz8bbRT3toSbxg2eZBzsH4NBCJjMR59NgW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[ The Cost of Easy Money]]></title><description><![CDATA[For over a decade, money was almost free. Zero rates and quantitative easing made borrowing cheap, fueling markets, speculation, and confidence. But nothing free stays free — the price comes later. Cheap]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@rafaelmonteiro/the-cost-of-easy-money</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@rafaelmonteiro/the-cost-of-easy-money</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rafaelmonteiro]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2025 15:54:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVPgRCnRzbu6rj6tCWHWVCA9ZaKB4ZqkZGHKkQNjqereP4PXcC9YyYCw9NSPGBiXuqiR1Wh1aDfdbGQs5nKtLDNHDSBrk5aStrctPgJncNf6pchBieJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[the zero lower bound remains a medium term risk]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here is an interesting article that I discovered. Authors: Sophia Cho, Thomas Mertens, John C. Williams "Financial market derivatives provide real-time forward-looking measures of the perceived risk]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cent/@darkflame/the-zero-lower-bound-remains-a-medium-term-risk</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cent/@darkflame/the-zero-lower-bound-remains-a-medium-term-risk</guid><category><![CDATA[cent]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[darkflame]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2025 01:50:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4Eq1oVScUbiP2BtWmsoGF3ZmqjDUQhwZAtnjKPpkha7xHgagqoiAQQwQcXS87epxaNneE7DGxTLDpSL8pbMYtuQgp2zA6RCmaZ5cJGDZvKkpFpS8CN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bessent Implies Treasury Could Save The Bond Market]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last week, we saw a sharp rise in long-term interest rates, causing panic in the US debt markets. 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This is an abnormal]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@brennanhm/heads-up-stock-prices-and-bond-yields-are-diverging--j27</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@brennanhm/heads-up-stock-prices-and-bond-yields-are-diverging--j27</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brennanhm]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2025 08:06:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8XPruBFzdybzGFb3N9Byfujvx1KqAEMAuZWxyrz9EKCp4Wa2fgGntYn6mhgRh31uvXBQdRVhA9tJGGJhW7gHgsKwjS7rbHDFikGeqaKs1j2aXEQ4S9tbpgdQpN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[China & USA: Easy Money is BACK! ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Infinite QE is making a return. 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Due to the increasing lies of big tech, media, and government, the people's confidence in authority is at an all-time low. The ongoing]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@brennanhm/real-or-fiction-a-sanity-check-please</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@brennanhm/real-or-fiction-a-sanity-check-please</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brennanhm]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jul 2024 08:12:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4D1vKu1fLBLz8v5WiimkTyYNsKmntNq29WMduMzukosGCyUjhG6mncMQXYvNsQDdq2n1WjxDJu5rtWfBKSBuididsZcSkkgcb9bxJAZhppa1GaaR58?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[And The EU (played by me) Ruined QE For Everybody]]></title><description><![CDATA[It was just a game. One of QE, as in Quantitative Easing. 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It involves the central bank purchasing large amounts of government bonds or other securities in the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@stevelivingston/why-qe-is-dangerous-in-a-bond-bear-market</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@stevelivingston/why-qe-is-dangerous-in-a-bond-bear-market</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stevelivingston]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2022 15:34:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gold Could Have the Last Laugh As Central Banks Approach Insolvency.]]></title><description><![CDATA[#gold #federalreserve #ecb #qe #centralbanks #interestrates #inflation SUPPORT MANECO64: Use referral code Billy at Miles Franklin Precious Metals Investments: Affiliation with @ITM TRADING, INC. ✅ Click]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/money/@maneco64/gold-could-have-the-last-laugh-as-central-banks-approach-insolvency</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/money/@maneco64/gold-could-have-the-last-laugh-as-central-banks-approach-insolvency</guid><category><![CDATA[money]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[maneco64]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2022 09:39:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eF62BLKXjxv2FfErZNTnFoRcwNzGkvAU6aJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Powell Ready to Use Powerful Tools If Fed Over Tightens.]]></title><description><![CDATA[#federalreserve #fomc #dollar #interestrates #QE #inflation #cpi #bonds #stocks SUPPORT MANECO64: Use referral code Billy at Miles Franklin Precious Metals Investments: Affiliation with @ITM TRADING, INC.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/markets/@maneco64/powell-ready-to-use-powerful-tools-if-fed-over-tightens</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/markets/@maneco64/powell-ready-to-use-powerful-tools-if-fed-over-tightens</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[maneco64]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2022 10:00:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eGNnZHgttW46qiysdgXmZRDXty9s5ds8BKt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What even is QE? ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Quantitative easing is a word we seem to hear often these days, but what does it even mean... exactly. Many just chalk it up to "printer go brrr" and leave it at that. Mystery 'solved'. The actual]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@edicted/what-even-is-qe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@edicted/what-even-is-qe</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[edicted]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2022 18:51:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP35bVGjGoE93K3E4U5KX8KtMBJ2rhrSFXb1Nwz9wpn3XZHPw9Ds35t89vzQGSt1pBf6aYin1oiVPtbZ3wN9XUozuxuvvVGjCCDijpJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK Economic Collapse Is Under Way. Part 3.]]></title><description><![CDATA[#inflation #QE #mortgage #realestate #pension #interestrates #energy #bonds #minibudget #BOE Video chapters: 00:00 Introduction 02:00 Yellen backtracks and Bank of England buys £4.4 billion gilts 07:19]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/economics/@maneco64/uk-economic-collapse-is-under-way-part-3</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/economics/@maneco64/uk-economic-collapse-is-under-way-part-3</guid><category><![CDATA[economics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[maneco64]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2022 10:10:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eELcm9syNJUxVrwzmkMQq4p53MtpKr3xm4r?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Bank of England Opts for Hyperinflation.]]></title><description><![CDATA[#bankofengland #QE #sterling #inflation #bonds #pension #pension #markets Today we will go over the Bank of England's intervention to a vert not only a collapse of the government bond market but the pension]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/money/@maneco64/the-bank-of-england-opts-for-hyperinflation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/money/@maneco64/the-bank-of-england-opts-for-hyperinflation</guid><category><![CDATA[money]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[maneco64]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2022 09:20:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e2EPHFGKsRUpCMHUB9bgSEXj3z6pLWNtmaN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Britain's Debt Time Bomb Has Gone off.]]></title><description><![CDATA[#Debt #inflation #deflation #BOE #QE #Hyperinflation #CostOfLivingCriss #EnergyCrisis Today we will look back at Money Week's magazine 2012 warning about Britain's debt time bomb and how, in our opinion,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/economics/@maneco64/britain-s-debt-time-bomb-has-gone-off</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/economics/@maneco64/britain-s-debt-time-bomb-has-gone-off</guid><category><![CDATA[economics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[maneco64]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2022 08:54:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e8GZenY4RdagyN7ppn7pKMgovJxYeT1PBjC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Martin Lewis Pleads For More Government Spending to Help Fight Inflation!]]></title><description><![CDATA[#EnergyCrisis #CostOfLivingCrisis #Inflation #QE #Government #deficits #socialism Today we will look at why, in our opinion, the so-called money-saving expert Martin Lewis is wrong to call for the government]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/economics/@maneco64/martin-lewis-pleads-for-more-government-spending-to-help-fight-inflation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/economics/@maneco64/martin-lewis-pleads-for-more-government-spending-to-help-fight-inflation</guid><category><![CDATA[economics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[maneco64]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2022 08:58:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e786tQy8K21AyrJSJAcf9FBeuxgAZjKPLLW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>