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It’s Game Over for the Fed—Expect a Monetary “Rug Pull” Soon…
It’s Game Over for the Fed—Expect a Monetary “Rug Pull” Soon… You often hear the media, politicians, and financial analysts casually toss around the word “trillion” without appreciating what it means. A trillion is a massive, almost unfathomable number. The human brain has trouble understanding something so huge. So let me try to put it […]
“Revolution Has Begun”: 75,000 Brits To Stop Paying Power Bills Amid Inflation Storm
“Revolution Has Begun”: 75,000 Brits To Stop Paying Power Bills Amid Inflation Storm The resistance is growing as more than 75,000 irritated people in the UK have pledged not to pay their electricity bill this fall when prices jump again. “75,000 people have pledged to strike on October 1st! If the government & energy companies […]
“Widespread Civil Unrest” Looming in UK Over Cost of Living Crisis
“Widespread Civil Unrest” Looming in UK Over Cost of Living Crisis Movement to stop paying bills snowballs. SOPA Images via Getty Images The chance of “widespread civil unrest” occurring in the UK as a result of people being unable to afford to pay their bills due to the cost of living crisis is “inevitable,” according […]
Fed Chairman Paul Volcker’s Thoughts On Goverance
Fed Chairman Paul Volcker’s Thoughts On Goverance For many people, former Fed Chairman Paul Volcker’s relevance today is rooted in how he broke the back of surging inflation in 1980. He is widely credited with employing the harsh policies that ended the high levels of inflation seen in the United States during the 1970s and […]
#228. In the eye of the Perfect Storm
#228. In the eye of the Perfect Storm A GUIDE TO THE SURPLUS ENERGY ECONOMY FOREWORD The title of this report makes intentional reference to the Perfect Storm paper published by Tullett Prebon back in 2013, when I was head of research at that organization. Since then, my efforts have been concentrated on (a) promoting discussion (at Surplus Energy […]
We Are Going To See Energy Prices Go Absolutely Nuts This Winter Just As We Plunge Into A Horrifying Global Economic Crisis
We Are Going To See Energy Prices Go Absolutely Nuts This Winter Just As We Plunge Into A Horrifying Global Economic Crisis How would you feel if your power bill went up by 50 percent this winter? How about 100 percent? Unfortunately, these kinds of price increases are already being announced. The world was heading […]
Why expensive gasoline is here to stay
Why expensive gasoline is here to stay “Future presidents and administrations are going to be absolutely bedeviled by high gasoline prices.” In the short term, expectations for a drop in gasoline demand have yet to emerge. | Jeff Chiu/AP Photo The political pain that high gasoline prices have inflicted on President Joe Biden offers a […]
The world’s self-organizing economy can be expected to act strangely, as energy supplies deplete
The world’s self-organizing economy can be expected to act strangely, as energy supplies deplete It is my view that when energy supply falls, it falls not because reserves “run out.” It falls because economies around the world cannot afford to purchase goods and services made with energy products and using energy products in their operation. It […]
#235. The affordability crisis
#235. The affordability crisis WHAT’S REALLY HAPPENING What might be called the ‘consensus narrative of the moment’ is that our near-term economic prospects depend on the ability of central banks to tame inflation without tipping the economy into a severe recession. There are numerous complications, of course, but this is the gist of the story. What these […]
Bigger than you can imagine
Bigger than you can imagine One of the problems with claims that our situation is “just like the 1970s,” is that very few adults of the period are still around to share the memory. Those of us who were children at the time have only memories distorted through the lens of childhood innocence. I, for […]
US Consumer Prices Soared In June, Americans’ Real Wages Fall For 15th Straight Month
US Consumer Prices Soared In June, Americans’ Real Wages Fall For 15th Straight Month With The White House having desperately tried to front-run this morning’s inflation print, analysts were expecting a jump higher led by food and energy costs. They were right in direction but it was way worse as the headline CPI soared 9.1% […]
Pulling Back The Curtain On The ‘Real’ US Economy
Pulling Back The Curtain On The ‘Real’ US Economy Revised numbers on US GDP from the Bureau Of Economic Analysis indicate that the economy faces a deeper contraction than originally reported. GDP shrank in the first quarter of 2022 by 1.6%; this is an impressive and sharp reversal from the fourth quarter of last year, which saw GDP […]
Rabobank: It’s A Depressing Idea To Admit We Have No Ideas
Rabobank: It’s A Depressing Idea To Admit We Have No Ideas It is said that small minds talk about people, average minds talk about events, and great minds talk about ideas – and I would add the smallest of minds talk about themselves. The smallest-minded market view is what your individual asset class did yesterday. For […]
The 1970s Again?
The 1970s Again? For the United States and much of the rest of the world, the 1970s were a time of high oil prices, surging inflation, stock market swoons, political upheaval, and geopolitical tension. Add pandemic and climate change to the list, and it also sounds like a fair description of the world today, a […]
Winter is coming: German agency head warns of gas shortages, bankruptcies, and massive price hikes that will send ‘shockwaves throughout the country’
Winter is coming: German agency head warns of gas shortages, bankruptcies, and massive price hikes that will send ‘shockwaves throughout the country’ Inflation is already taking its toll on the German economy, but next winter is now being described in near apocalyptic terms by one prominent German agency head A gas shortage and high prices […]
