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What Are You Going To Do As Our Money Dies?
What Are You Going To Do As Our Money Dies? Central banks are killing our currency to protect the already-rich In our recent article It’s Time To Position For The Endgame, Chris Martenson explained how the US Federal Reserve and its sister central banks around the world have been engaged in the largest and most egregious […]
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 […]
Got Wood? Lumber Prices Explode To Record Highs Amid “Supply Chain Screw Ups”
Got Wood? Lumber Prices Explode To Record Highs Amid “Supply Chain Screw Ups” When builders go to the lumberyard, they expect two-by-fours in ample supply. As Galvnews.com reports, it’s like expecting to find milk at the supermarket. But, in recent months, something has changed… dramatically… Since the lows in early April, the price of Lumber […]
Venezuela Has Gone Cashless (And That’s Not All)
Venezuela Has Gone Cashless (And That’s Not All) Writing about the current situation in my country is becoming increasingly difficult. Just checking my personal chats with all the information I receive is heartbreaking. People I have known my entire life are having a very hard time and are being harassed. Collecting information from friends and […]
Dollar’s Purchasing Power Drops to Lowest Ever. Inflation Heats Up, as Fed Wants, After Simultaneous Supply & Demand Shocks
Dollar’s Purchasing Power Drops to Lowest Ever. Inflation Heats Up, as Fed Wants, After Simultaneous Supply & Demand Shocks “We’re not even thinking about thinking about” slowing the decline of the dollar’s purchasing power — and thereby labor’s purchasing power. A supply shock and a demand shock came together during the Pandemic, and it produced […]
Did the Fed Just Unwittingly Light the Spark Towards 13% Inflation?
Did the Fed Just Unwittingly Light the Spark Towards 13% Inflation? The Fed just announced a major shift in its approach to inflation, and the move is not getting nearly the attention that it deserves. That is, of course, unless you don’t mind inflation moving higher than any other time in recent memory. Writing for […]
Inflation
Inflation Remember all those “green shoots?” That was the ubiquitous phrase used by White House officials and TV talking heads in 2009 to describe how the U.S. economy was coming back to life after the 2008 global financial crisis. The problem was we did not get green shoots, we got more like brown weeds. The […]
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 […]
Consumer Prices Soar By Most In 11 Years In June On Rebound In Fuel Costs
Consumer Prices Soar By Most In 11 Years In June On Rebound In Fuel Costs After three months of ‘deflation’, consumer prices were expected to rebound strongly in June and it did, with headline CPI beating expectations (+0.6% MoM vs 0.5% exp). That is the biggest monthly jump since June 2019… Both Goods (Ex-Energy) and Services […]
Socrates & its Forecast of Shortages in Food for this 8.6-Year Wave
Socrates & its Forecast of Shortages in Food for this 8.6-Year Wave COMMENT: Mr. Armstrong; I am beyond impressed with the forecast your computer puts out. More than a year in advance you forecast that this wave would be inflationary but due to shortages in food. I do not know how it makes such an interesting […]
Seems Counter-Intuitive in This Crisis: Inflation Heats Up for Services Firms, and They’re Able to Pass it on via Higher Prices
Seems Counter-Intuitive in This Crisis: Inflation Heats Up for Services Firms, and They’re Able to Pass it on via Higher Prices Even manufacturers, after months of crushed commodities prices, experience inflation and are able to pass it on. Stimulus money the government and the Fed have thrown around by the trillions. It seems somewhat counter-intuitive […]
How Surging Bank Deposits May Collapse the U.S. Dollar
How Surging Bank Deposits May Collapse the U.S. Dollar In another episode of “Strange 2020”, banks have become flush with deposits. But not in the way you might expect. According to CNBC, “A record $2 trillion surge in cash has hit the deposit accounts of U.S. banks since the coronavirus first struck the U.S. in January.” In one […]
Is Data Our New False Religion?
Is Data Our New False Religion? In the false religion of data, heresy is asking for data that is not being collected because it might reveal unpalatably unprofitable realities. Here’s how every modern con starts: let’s look at the data. Every modern con starts with an earnest appeal to look at the data because the con artist has assembled […]
Soaring Food & Energy Costs Spark Rebound In Producer Prices
Soaring Food & Energy Costs Spark Rebound In Producer Prices Producer Prices rebounded MoM in May with headline Final Demand PPI rising 0.4% (against +0.1% exp) but it left PPI YoY still down 0.8%… Some serious dispersion in the various sector’s price swings… This rebound was driven by a record surge in food prices… Two-thirds of […]
