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Austria bucking Trend Against Digital Currency
Austria bucking Trend Against Digital Currency The Austrian National Bank has started an information campaign to support cash. It remains to be seen whether it is on a collision course with the ECB. There will be rising resistance to this scheme to eliminate paper money and force everyone into a digital currency. I would expect you will see […]
The Dollar Is Dying
The Dollar Is Dying Insulting the Captive Audience This week, while perusing the Federal Reserve’s balance sheet figures, we came across a rather curious note. We don’t know how long the Fed’s had this note posted to its website. But we can’t recall ever seeing it. The note reads as follows: “The Federal Reserve’s balance sheet […]
Shortage of $50 Canadian Bills?
Shortage of $50 Canadian Bills? A reader sent in this photo that was posted at the head office branch of Bank of Montreal in Vancouver, which is one of the largest banks in Canada. This is a trend that is beginning to appear around the world. However, central banks are using the virus as an […]
Hoarding Cash
Hoarding Cash The reason there is a shortage of cash developing around the world is rather straight-forward. The trust in the government is collapsing. Italy has just lowered the legal amount someone can pay for anything in cash from €3000 to €2000. Australia made it a criminal act to pay for anything with A$10,000 or […]
“Panic-Driven Hoarding Of Bank Notes”: People Aren’t Abandoning Cash During The Pandemic, They’re Socking It Away
“Panic-Driven Hoarding Of Bank Notes”: People Aren’t Abandoning Cash During The Pandemic, They’re Socking It Away Habits change in the midst of a global recession, not to mention a global pandemic. We have already looked at how the pandemic has caused seismic shifts in many industries, but it is also causing a shift in how people […]
The Biggest Economic Threat Today
The Biggest Economic Threat Today Kind heaven, no! A fresh economic scourge is upon the land. Announces CNN: “New Threat to the Economy: Americans Are Saving Like It’s the 1980s.” Is a higher evil possible? Thus we are informed: Americans are slashing their spending, hoarding cash and shrinking their credit card debt as they fear […]
Demand for Bank Notes in Dollars & Euros Spikes Despite Fears of Covid-19 Contaminated Cash
Demand for Bank Notes in Dollars & Euros Spikes Despite Fears of Covid-19 Contaminated Cash A curious phenomenon. In the United States, as coronavirus concerns grew and state after state went into lockdown, and as consumption plunged and unemployment exploded at a previously unimaginable rate, the amount of physical dollars in circulation spiked to $1.89 […]
COVID-19 and the War on Cash: What Is Behind the Push for a Cashless Society? [SHORT]
COVID-19 and the War on Cash: What Is Behind the Push for a Cashless Society? [SHORT] Cash may well become a casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic. As these COVID-19 lockdowns drag out, more and more individuals and businesses are going cashless (for convenience and in a so-called effort to avoid spreading coronavirus germs), engaging in online commerce […]
Mapping out the Banking Elite’s Goal for a Cashless Monetary System – Part Two
Mapping out the Banking Elite’s Goal for a Cashless Monetary System – Part Two In the first part of this article we traced the development of the ‘Utility Settlement Coin‘ – a project that began in 2015 and which has now evolved through the inception of a consortium called Fnality International. Fnality are comprised of a number […]
Economists Puzzled By Surge In US Money Supply
Economists Puzzled By Surge In US Money Supply Summary: Uncertainty incites a dash to cash, which we’ve seen at an accelerated pace beginning about five months ago, amounting to $887.4B; In the two weeks ended September 30th, MZM rose by $158.1B, a figure that has only been eclipsed in the immediate aftermath of 9/11 Declining […]
8-Reasons To Hold Some Extra Cash
8-Reasons To Hold Some Extra Cash Over the past few months, we have been writing a series of articles that highlight our concerns of increasing market risk. Here is a sampling of some of our more recent newsletters on the issue. Never Hurts To Ring The Cash Register Looking For A Sellable Rally Bull vs. […]
“Cashless” Sweden Suddenly Warns Citizens: Hoard Banknotes & Coins In Case Of Cyber-Attack Or War
“Cashless” Sweden Suddenly Warns Citizens: Hoard Banknotes & Coins In Case Of Cyber-Attack Or War For years, we have commented on the Swedish government and the Riksbank pushing for a “cashless society.” The Riksbank has over 1,000 articles posted on its website on the “cashless society“. The emphasis worked: between 2013 and 2017, the amount of cash in circulation dropped […]
The Demise of Physical Money: A Retail Worker’s Perspective
The Demise of Physical Money: A Retail Worker’s Perspective Something I have come to realise about money is that the more you come into direct contact with it, the less alluring it becomes. That may sound like a hollow platitude, but when your history of paid work has predominately involved handling thousands of pounds through face […]
The Super Wealthy Are Already Preparing For NIRP and Worse
The Super Wealthy Are Already Preparing For NIRP and Worse The Global Elite are preparing for Negative Interest Rate Policy (NIRP) and Wealth Grabs. How do I know? They’re moving their money into physical cash. Physical cash represents one of the rare loopholes in our current financial system. When money is in actual physical cash […]
