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“Peak Inflation Is Here”- Jim Rickards
“Peak Inflation Is Here”- Jim Rickards Peak Inflation Is Here and Gone Last week Stansberry Investor’s Daniela Cambone interviewed Jim Rickards and got his take on inflation. We think this is a solid interview and Jim makes some good reasonable explanations as to why inflation has done what it has. Rickards puts much of the blame squarely […]
Chairman Powell Paralyzed With Fear As Inflation Takes Over
Chairman Powell Paralyzed With Fear As Inflation Takes Over Public domain, courtesy of the Federal Reserve One thing is certain, inflation is no longer officially “transitory.” For months, recently reappointed Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell kept telling the public that rising inflation was transitory, and would soon subside. It hasn’t, and isn’t likely to in the near future […]
China’s Banking Assets Are $52 Trillion, Growing By $40 Trillion Since 2008: “This Is What Hyper MMT Looks Like”
China’s Banking Assets Are $52 Trillion, Growing By $40 Trillion Since 2008: “This Is What Hyper MMT Looks Like” Thermodynamics “The interaction of inflation-focused monetary policies in the west and China’s mercantilist model created what I call The Refrigeration Mode,” said the CIO, sitting atop his prodigious pile. “The process has been ongoing for twenty years,” […]
Inflation Soared to 6.8% in November
Inflation Soared to 6.8% in November Inflation is soaring with no end in sight. The Consumer Price Index rose 0.8% in November, marking a 6.8% increase in inflation YoY. According to the Labor Department, this is the fastest pace of inflation since June 1982. In addition, Core-CPI rose 0.5% last month, amounting to a 4.9% […]
Fear and Inflation — The Timeless Policy Tools of Discredited Systems
Fear and Inflation — The Timeless Policy Tools of Discredited Systems If you’re wondering why the media, markets and mandates are making less sense despite a constant flow of hard facts contradicting their message, it’s critical to watch what is done rather than said by the policy makers behind the fear and inflation “new normal.” The Latest Fed-Speak Translation: […]
And Just Like That, Inflation Is About To Disappear?
And Just Like That, Inflation Is About To Disappear? Earlier this year, when inflation was still “transitory” two Fed chairs, Powell and Bernanke, made comments which we joked only make sense if the definition of inflation is changed: Sadly, our feeble attempts at humor were not unjustified, and as any economic history buff knows the […]
Prices Climb At Fastest Pace Since 1982… But It Could Have Been Worse
Prices Climb At Fastest Pace Since 1982… But It Could Have Been Worse Having surged faster than expected in 7 of the last 8 months, all eyes are on this morning’s Consumer Price Index as this is the last big release ahead of next Wednesday’s Federal Reserve decision, where Deutsche Bank economists (among many others) are expecting […]
Mainstream Economists Struggling to Hide the Incoming Economic Collapse
Mainstream Economists Struggling to Hide the Incoming Economic Collapse Photo by Annie Spratt For many years now there has been a contingent of alternative economists working diligently within the liberty movement to combat disinformation being spread by the mainstream media regarding America’s true economic condition. Our efforts have focused primarily on the continued devaluation of the […]
Eurozone Inflation at a Record High
Eurozone Inflation at a Record High Inflation in the doomed Eurozone increased 4.9% in November, marking the highest level of inflation since the creation of the euro. The larger economies within the bloc experienced a significant rise in inflation, with Germany posting a 6% increase and France experiencing a 3.4% rise. Other nations saw extreme […]
The Fed Will Break the Economy
The Fed Will Break the Economy Last week, the Fed was handed an unexpected gift as first-time jobless claims fell to the lowest level since 1969, which gives the Federal Reserve the green light to continue tapering its $120 billion monthly purchases of U.S. Treasury and mortgage-backed securities. Given the Fed’s dual mandate of maximum employment and stable […]
When Will Consumers Balk at Surging Prices?
When Will Consumers Balk at Surging Prices? That’s the big question. Looking for signs of widespread push-back but not finding much. Consumers pay whatever. One of the bizarre factors that has driven the current surge in inflation – the worst in 30 years per CPI-U, the worst in 40 years per CPI-W – has been the sudden […]
Fed’s Lowest Lowball Inflation Measure Spikes to Worst-Hottest 31-Year High. Powell Groans and Mutters
Fed’s Lowest Lowball Inflation Measure Spikes to Worst-Hottest 31-Year High. Powell Groans and Mutters But the Fed has now backed off its ridiculous claims and is taking inflation more seriously. The lowest lowball inflation measure that the US government produces, “core PCE,” which excludes the now soaring food and energy prices and understates inflation by […]
Shipping Container Price Surge Will Result in Increased Prices on Consumer Goods
Shipping Container Price Surge Will Result in Increased Prices on Consumer Goods The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) announced that we should expect consumer prices to rise 1.5% on average over the next year due to the global shipping crisis. Inflation, fuel increases, and labor shortages are among the many factors that […]
Food Inflation Is the 2022 Crisis, Not Supply Chains
Food Inflation Is the 2022 Crisis, Not Supply Chains The real trouble will start when this year’s energy crisis morphs into next year’s food inflation problem. We’ve all become armchair inflation experts. And why not? It’s almost impossible for anyone to keep getting it as systematically incorrect as professional economists have done this year. It’s time for the […]
Inflationary pressure in the US
We are seeing more news about rising inflation, but in reality the US data isn’t as bad as the news coverage would lead us to believe. The following table shows the data of seasonally adjusted price changes by month published by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. Food prices are continuing to rise at about […]
