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Artificially Low Interest Rates? So what?
Artificially Low Interest Rates? So what? The Federal Reserve has held interest rates artificially low for decades. Even after pushing rates to zero in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, “normalization” only managed to raise rates to 2.5% — hardly “normal.” The central bank began cutting rates in 2019, even before the coronavirus pandemic. But what […]
History Warns The Fed Will Raise Interest Rates More, Not Less
History Warns The Fed Will Raise Interest Rates More, Not Less History Warns The Fed Will Raise Interest Rates More, Not Less “Currently, the December 2019 Fed Funds futures contract implies that the Fed will reduce the Fed Funds rate by nearly 75 basis points (0.75%) by the end of the year. While 75 basis […]
The Fed’s Inflation Is behind the Supply Chain Mess
The Fed’s Inflation Is behind the Supply Chain Mess It seems supporters of the Biden administration finally settled on a narrative they like for explaining away supply chain shortages. Here’s the administration’s talking point: the US economy is rolling along so well that Americans are demanding huge amounts of goods. That’s overwhelming the supply chain and […]
Waypoints on the road to currency destruction — and how to avoid it
Waypoints on the road to currency destruction — and how to avoid it The few economists who recognise classical human subjectivity see the dangers of a looming currency collapse. It can easily be avoided by halting currency expansion and cutting government spending so that their budgets balance. No democratic government nor any of its agencies […]
“Transitory” Shortages & Inflation Are Actually Your Quality Of Life Being Stolen Right Before Your Eyes
“Transitory” Shortages & Inflation Are Actually Your Quality Of Life Being Stolen Right Before Your Eyes The Washington Post published an op-ed urging Americans dealing with product shortages to lower their expectations. My response? Don’t settle. Failed policies have our country devolving. There’s no doubt our country has all of a sudden slipped into the […]
Closer to the edge
Closer to the edge There may well be worse to come. With the end of the various government support schemes, redundancies have shot up once more. According to the BBC:Earlier this year when the establishment media was running fear stories about excess savings, the opening up of the economy was predicted to result in a massive […]
Weekly Commentary: A True Central Banker
Weekly Commentary: A True Central Banker Who can blame him? Certainly not me. October 20 – Financial Times (Martin Arnold and Guy Chazan): “Jens Weidmann has decided to step down after a decade as head of Germany’s central bank, only weeks after the country’s general election and shortly before a crucial decision on the future […]
Why Do Central Banks Want Higher Inflation?
Why Do Central Banks Want Higher Inflation? The debt ceiling debate in U.S. Congress and related political nonsense brings even more to light the exponential growth in US federal government debt. US government debt has doubled in the 10 years since the last major debacle Congress created over raising the debt ceiling back 2011. The […]
Are We Really Crazy Enough to Believe This Is Going to Work?
Are We Really Crazy Enough to Believe This Is Going to Work? Unbeknownst to the giddy participants, they’re not just betting on the omnipotence of the Fed Politburo, they’re also making a max-leverage bet that “the madness of crowds” will never end. Imagine an economy so dominated by its central bank that all markets hang […]
Lies, Lies & More Lies from the Financial Press
Lies, Lies & More Lies from the Financial Press COMMENT: Marty; the Fed quietly published the banks it was funding in the Repo Crisis. I just wanted to say, you are always right. The press claimed it was tax time, but you said it was the crisis in European banks. Your sources are always spot on. […]
Here is The Hidden $150 Trillion Agenda Behind The “Crusade” Against Climate Change
Here is The Hidden $150 Trillion Agenda Behind The “Crusade” Against Climate Change We now live in a world, where bizarro headlines such as the ones below, have become a daily if not hourly occurrence: *TREASURY TO STUDY IMPACT OF CLIMATE ON HOUSEHOLDS, COMMUNITIES *TREASURY LAUNCHES EFFORT ON CLIMATE-RELATED FINANCIAL RISKS *BRAINARD: CLIMATE-SCENARIO ANALYSIS WILL […]
“Programmable Digital Currency”: The next stage of the new normal?The war on cash’s endgame is here: money replaced by vouchers subject to complete state control.
“Programmable Digital Currency”: The next stage of the new normal?The war on cash’s endgame is here: money replaced by vouchers subject to complete state control. Building on the bitcoin model, central banks are planning to produce their own “digital currencies”. Removing any and all remaining privacy, granting total control over every transaction, even limiting what […]
Like The Dance Band On The Titanic, The Band Plays On
Like The Dance Band On The Titanic, The Band Plays On As The Ship Goes Down The Band Plays On It is said the dance band on the Titanic played on as the ship went down. This was all done as a grand effort to reassure the passengers and ease the panic in their hearts. Consider […]
Peter Schiff: Government Serves Grade-A B.S. on Inflation
Peter Schiff: Government Serves Grade-A B.S. on Inflation OCTOBER 5, 2021 BY SCHIFFGOLD 0 0 Both the Federal Reserve and the Biden administration continue to insist inflation is transitory. And they are also trying to shift the blame for rising prices so they avoid any responsibility. In this clip from his podcast, Peter Schiff explains why the government inflation […]
