Politics and Government

From Forbes.com, John Tamny writes for Paul Ryan and the Republicans, tomorrow is the day that never comes.

On The Kudlow Report, Rep. Huelskamp says the budget deal is not a deficit reduction package.

On Cato, Chris Edwards criticizes the Ryan-Murray budget agreement.

Monetary Reform
From Forbes.com, Nathan Lewis says amid an ongoing QE experiment, banks are not sitting on their reserves.

In The WSJ, Michael Casey, Alen Mattich, and Michael Arnold write economy is responding to taper prospects.

In The WSJ, Sudeep Reddy reports economists are expecting The Fed to pull back on easy-money.

In The WSJ, Steven Russolillo discusses how taper jitters have intensified.

On TGSN, Kathleen Packard analyzes The Fed’s expectations before tapering.