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Inflationary Financing and GDP
INFLATIONARY FINANCING AND GDP This article demonstrates that only government borrowing in the US and UK drives GDP growth. This surprising conclusion is confirmed by long-run statistics. GDP does not represent economic progress, nor does it include the expansion of activity in the non-financial private sector, because that marries up with larger trade deficits, which […]
The CPI Understates Inflation Skewing Our Expectations
The CPI Understates Inflation Skewing Our Expectations The purpose of the consumer price index (CPI) is to reflect just how much inflation is eating into both our incomes and our savings. Consumer inflation has been estimated since the 1700s, by measuring price changes in a fixed-weight basket of goods. This method was seen as a […]
Nothing Is Guaranteed
Nothing Is Guaranteed There are no guarantees, no matter how monumental the hubris and confidence. The American lifestyle and economy depend on a vast number of implicit guarantees— systemic forms of entitlement that we implicitly feel are our birthright. Chief among these implicit entitlements is the Federal Reserve can always “save the day”: the Fed has the tools […]
Global Central Banks “Are Trapped By Their Own Inflation Targets”
Global Central Banks “Are Trapped By Their Own Inflation Targets” Negative Rates Would Lead To #Chaos Central bankers attending the G-7 meeting are sounding remarkably coordinated in their message. The global economy is growing but inflation isn’t. And that, along with the oft-cited global headwinds, means they’re ready and able to add more liquidity to the system. […]
Core Consumer Price Inflation Prints Hotter Than Expected
Core Consumer Price Inflation Prints Hotter Than Expected Having slowed and disappointed for the last two months, all eyes are on US consumer price index growth (which was expected to slow once again in June) this morning as the next Fed rate-cut narrative confirmation. The problem for rate-cut-hopers is that the picture is mixed at […]
For Those Who Don’t Understand Inflation
FOR THOSE WHO DON’T UNDERSTAND INFLATION This article is a wake-up call for those who do not understand the true purpose of monetary inflation, and do not realise they are the suckers being robbed by monetary policy. With the world facing a deepening recession, monetary inflation will accelerate again. It is time for everyone to […]
Europe Gives Up On Sound Money, Prepares To Join The Currency War
Europe Gives Up On Sound Money, Prepares To Join The Currency War Not so long ago, Europe seemed to have its financial house more-or-less in order. German government spending was actually falling. Industries that had been nationalized in the socialist 70s were being privatized. The European Central Bank – run by sound money advocate Jean-Claude […]
The Next 8.6-Year Wave will be Inflationary
The Next 8.6-Year Wave will be Inflationary All the real science is warning that there is a reasonable chance that we are headed into a much colder period ahead. This will have an impact on food prices and out computer models have been warning that the next wave of the Economic Confidence Model should be […]
Loonie Spikes After Canadian Core Inflation Soars To 10-Year Highs
Loonie Spikes After Canadian Core Inflation Soars To 10-Year Highs Canadian inflation rose faster than expected in May across all eight major components, spiking the Loonie as it supports the BoC’s view that ‘the North’ is emerging from its growth slowdown (and Poloz argument that rates will need to go higher). The headline consumer price index jumped […]
Peter Schiff: The Fed Is Going to Stimulate Inflation, Not the Economy (Video)
Peter Schiff: The Fed Is Going to Stimulate Inflation, Not the Economy (Video) In December, Peter Schiff predicted that the Federal Reserve was about to hike rates for the last time and that the next step would be rate cuts. Yesterday, Jerome Powell made comments widely interpreted to signal the rising likelihood of a rate cut. The […]
The Company Store
The Company Store Leaves almost nothing to live on In the song Sixteen Tons by Merle Travis (and made famous by Tennessee Ernie Ford), the idea of the ‘company store’ referred to a system of debt bondage that effectively trapped workers within an unfair system designed to harvest all of their labor at very low cost. You […]
IMF’s Lagarde Laments “Highly Mysterious” Low Inflation, Says “Everybody” Would Like It To Be Higher
IMF’s Lagarde Laments “Highly Mysterious” Low Inflation, Says “Everybody” Would Like It To Be Higher Without skipping a beat, IMF Director Christine Lagarde left President Xi’s Belt and Road initiative conference and traveled to sunny southern California to make an appearance at the Milken Institute Conference, where she sat for an interview with former WSJ […]
Social Security fund to go into the red in 2020; will be completely bankrupt by 2035… governments will desperately find a way to kill off populations around the world
Social Security fund to go into the red in 2020; will be completely bankrupt by 2035… governments will desperately find a way to kill off populations around the world (Natural News) According to the 2019 annual report published by the Social Security and Medicare Board of Trustees, the Social Security fund will go in the red […]
Lacy Hunt Blasts MMT and Speaks of Hyperinflation If Implemented
Lacy Hunt Blasts MMT and Speaks of Hyperinflation If Implemented In the Hoisington First Quarter Review, Lacy Hunt blasts MMT as “self-perpetuating” inflation. Please consider the Hoisington Investment Quarterly Outlook for the first quarter of 2019. MMT Leads to Hyperinflation Under existing statutes, Fed liabilities, which they can create without limits, are not permitted to be used […]
