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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 […]
What is the Federal Reserve Hiding From Us?
What is the Federal Reserve Hiding From Us? “The most inappropriate monetary policy that I’ve seen maybe in my lifetime.”- Paul Tudor Jones on the Federal Reserve via CNBC The Federal Reserve has three mandates per their Congressional charter. They are to effectively promote maximum employment, stable prices, and moderate long-term interest rates. The Fed […]
Doing 90 MPH on Deadman’s Curve: A Few Thoughts on Risk
Doing 90 MPH on Deadman’s Curve: A Few Thoughts on Risk When the wreck is recovered, witnesses will wonder why they took such heedless, foolish risks. You’re in the back seat wedged between tipsy revelers, the driver is drunk and heading into Deadman’s Curve at 90 miles per hour. Nobody’s worried because the driver has […]
A Nation of Imposters
A Nation of Imposters That’s how we’ve become a nation of imposters: our imposter stock market hits a new high and the imposters cheer because it proves the scam is still working. You’ve read the warnings about the proliferating imposter scams: scammers posing as “officials”, representatives of utilities or “a close friend of a family member” […]
Peter Schiff: Stock Up Now! Inflation Could Get Very Ugly
Peter Schiff: Stock Up Now! Inflation Could Get Very Ugly The price of pretty much everything is rising precipitously. The CPI for September came in above expectations with a month-on-month increase of 0.4%. Peter Schiff appeared on Unfiltered with Dan Bongino to talk about inflation in Joe Biden’s America. Peter said you should stock up now because […]
Viewing Inflation Through Rose-Colored Glasses
Viewing Inflation Through Rose-Colored Glasses Once “we get the pandemic under control, the global economy comes back, these pressures will mitigate and I believe will go back to normal levels,” Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen stated, echoing “transitory” sentiments by Fed Chairman Jerome Powell. Powell believes supply chain bottlenecks are the main culprit for inflation. Well, […]
We’re Living in a Chaos Economy. Here’s How to End It.
We’re Living in a Chaos Economy. Here’s How to End It. The Federal Reserve has been increasing the money supply at an explosive rate. The federal budget, deficits, and the trade deficit are record levels. Governments, both foreign and domestic, have locked down people, restricting production and consumption. How should this be viewed by an […]
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’s Why the Housing Market Has Gone from Overheated to Raging Inferno
Here’s Why the Housing Market Has Gone from Overheated to Raging Inferno Image credit: Creative Commons (CC0) The housing market is on the verge of spinning out of control. Just about everything that could be going wrong is going wrong. The only holdout for the moment is home prices, which are up an astonishing 22.5% just this year. For many […]
Life’s a Beach Until the Tsunami Hits: Four Waves Nobody Cares About–Yet
Life’s a Beach Until the Tsunami Hits: Four Waves Nobody Cares About–Yet Four monster waves are about to crash onto the Fed’s beach party and sweep away the unwary revelers. Hey, is the water in the bay receding? Never mind, free drinks are on the Federal Reserve, so party on, life’s a beach, asset bubbles […]
Is The Small Business Sector Being Deliberately Targeted for Destruction?
Is The Small Business Sector Being Deliberately Targeted for Destruction? Photo by Stephen Paris The past 18 months have not been kind to small businesses. If you were unfortunate enough to live in a blue state during the onset of the covid lockdowns and you own a brick-and-mortar business then you have probably spent a large […]
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 […]
My “Wealth Effect Monitor” for the Money-Printer Economy: Holy Moly, October Update
My “Wealth Effect Monitor” for the Money-Printer Economy: Holy Moly, October Update The bottom 50% need not apply. They just get to eat the soaring costs of housing. How the Fed totally blew out the already gigantic wealth disparity during the pandemic. On Friday, the Fed released the detailed data about the wealth of households […]
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 […]
