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Is High Inflation Now A Bigger Danger Than A Deflationary Crash?
Is High Inflation Now A Bigger Danger Than A Deflationary Crash? What’s the more likely event at this point: a deflationary crash or runaway inflation? For a long time, Peak Prosperity co-founder Adam Taggart and I have hewed to the “Ka-POOM!” theory, which states that a major deflation will scare the central banks so badly […]
On Inflation (& How It’s Not What Happens Next)
On Inflation (& How It’s Not What Happens Next) Everyone is convinced the dollar is going to inflate because more dollars are entering the system. But are they really? That is the question that sparked a succinct Twitter thread by Travis K (@ColoradoTravis) explaining why inflation is not what happens next (emphasis ours): Let’s take a […]
Weekly Commentary: Moral Hazard Quagmire
Weekly Commentary: Moral Hazard Quagmire The Nasdaq100 jumped another 3.5% this week, increasing 2020 gains to 32.3%. Amazon gained 4.3% during the week, boosting y-t-d gains to 77.8% – and market capitalization to $1.626 TN. Apple surged 8.2% this week, increasing 2020 gains to 69.4%. Apple’s market capitalization ended the week at a world-beating $2.127 […]
They’ve Done It Again
They’ve Done It Again The stars are back in their courses. The angels are back in the heavens. And the Perfections are back within sight… For merely 148 trading days after bottoming… the S&P returned to record heights today. The index closed the day at 3,389 — eclipsing its February 19 height of 3,386. Thus […]
Panic in Real Estate
Panic in Real Estate COMMENT: I live in central West Texas, I am passing on to you the fact that there is a “rush” of sales in rural property’s. Houses with small amounts of land attached are “flying off of the shelves” so to speak. This is occurring throughout all of West Texas and in the […]
Here’s Why the “Impossible” Economic Collapse Is Unavoidable
Here’s Why the “Impossible” Economic Collapse Is Unavoidable This is why denormalization is an extinction event for much of our high-cost, high-complexity, heavily regulated economy. A collapse of major chunks of the economy is widely viewed as “impossible” because the federal government can borrow and spend unlimited amounts of money because the Federal Reserve can create […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh II
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh II Monte Alban, Mexico (1988) Photo by author. My response to an ongoing discussion regarding debt-/credit-based fiat currency and it’s impact on our pursuing the infinite growth chalice. _____ Yes, credit-/debt-based fiat is certainly one of the most significant causes of our pursuing the infinite growth chalice. Not the only one, […]
No Payment, No Problem: Bizarre New World of Consumer Debt
No Payment, No Problem: Bizarre New World of Consumer Debt All kinds of weird records are being broken. But it’s scheduled to expire, and then what? The New York Fed released a doozie of a household credit report. It summarized what individual lenders have been reporting about their own practices: If you can’t make the […]
US Facing Mounting Debt Amid Global Pandemic – ABC
US Facing Mounting Debt Amid Global Pandemic – ABC Good interview with Professor Barry Eichengreen of UC Berkeley, a good friend of GMM, and odds on favorite to be a Nobel laureate one day. We agree with him that now is not the time to worry about the public debt as we are already down this rabbit hole and […]
Money Supply Growth in May Again Surges to an All-Time High
MONEY SUPPLY GROWTH IN MAY AGAIN SURGES TO AN ALL-TIME HIGH Money supply growth surged to another all-time high in May, following April’s all-time high that came in the wake of unprecedented quantitative easing, central bank asset purchases, and various stimulus packages. The growth rate has never been higher, with the 1970s the only period […]
Rabobank: “We Live In A Pretty Crazy World Right Now”
Rabobank: “We Live In A Pretty Crazy World Right Now” Crazy World I think we can all agree that we live in a pretty crazy world right now: and that’s an appropriate title for the Daily today too, for reasons that will be explained shortly. It’s a world where we are seeing staggering increases in […]
The World Is Drowning In Debt
The World Is Drowning In Debt According to the IMF, global fiscal support in response to the crisis will be more than 9 trillion US dollars, approximately 12% of world GDP. This premature, clearly rushed, probably excessive, and often misguided chain of so-called stimulus plans will distort public finances in a way in which we have not […]
A Serious Message From Chris Martenson
A Serious Message From Chris Martenson Time is running short to brace for impact Like a windstorm toppling a hollowed-out tree, SARS-CoV-2 didn’t cause the current recession so much as it exposed how rotten things already were. Even before SARS-CoV-2, households were struggling. Far too many were limping along without any savings at all, one […]
The Great American Shale Oil & Gas Massacre: Bankruptcies, Defaulted Debts, Worthless Shares, Collapsed Prices of Oil & Gas
The Great American Shale Oil & Gas Massacre: Bankruptcies, Defaulted Debts, Worthless Shares, Collapsed Prices of Oil & Gas The bankruptcy epicenter is in Texas. The Great American Oil Bust started in mid-2014, when the price of crude-oil benchmark WTI began its long decline from over $100 a barrel to, briefly, minus -$37 a barrel […]
Europe’s Bailouts Risk a Full-Blown Financial Crisis
EUROPE’S BAILOUTS RISK A FULL-BLOWN FINANCIAL CRISIS The measures implemented by governments in the eurozone have one common denominator: a massive increase in debt from governments and the private sector. Loans lead the stimulus packages from Germany to Spain. The objective is to give firms and families some leverage to pass the bad months of […]
