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The Fed Has Given Big Business A Huge Advantage
The Fed Has Given Big Business A Huge Advantage And Its Gone! The last few months have been painful for small businesses across America. These businesses often have a difficult time getting a bank loan. Bubbling up to the surface is the recognition the Fed has played a major role in pushing inequality higher. This was […]
“Panicking” Central Banks to Power Gold Higher
“Panicking” Central Banks to Power Gold Higher This week, Your News to Know rounds up the latest top stories involving gold and the overall economy. Stories include: Institutions will be the drivers of gold demand, Ray Dalio issues warning about the greenback, and silver believers could soon be rewarded. Institutional demand will power gold prices […]
The ‘new normal’ has been postponed (and probably canceled)
The ‘new normal’ has been postponed (and probably canceled) There remains a hope that once we get past the economic and social effects of the pandemic, all of us will be able to return to something resembling normal life before the pandemic—even if it is a “new normal” marked by heightened vigilance and protection against […]
Fed’s GDP and Unemployment Projections: Who Believes Them?
Fed’s GDP and Unemployment Projections: Who Believes Them? In addition to its blather about interest rates, the Fed also made numerous economic projections. Economic Projections Please consider the Economic Projections of FOMC Participants under their individual assumptions of appropriate monetary policy, September 2020. Fed’s GDP, Unemployment, PCE Inflation Projections GDP Projection The Fed believes GDP will only […]
Unspoken Truth
Unspoken Truth We all know it yet the unspoken truth deserves to be said out aloud. You all heard the phrases ‘Don’t fight the Fed’, and ‘ there is no alternative’. Can we be clear what these phrases really mean? They mean people are buying assets at prices they otherwise wouldn’t because a central planning committee is […]
“Inflation” and America’s Accelerating Class War
“Inflation” and America’s Accelerating Class War Those who don’t see the fragmentation, the scarcities and the battlelines being drawn will be surprised by the acceleration of the unraveling. I recently came across the idea that inflation is a two-factor optimization problem: inflation is necessary for the macro-economy (or so we’re told) and so the trick for policy makers […]
Collapse Is A Process, Not An Event
Collapse Is A Process, Not An Event How does one ‘get ahead’ during hard times? Look, I’m a systems guy. I think in systems terms. You should as well. Why? Because we’re entering a period of time when the major systems that have supported humanity are going to fail. Or, put more accurately: they are already failing. […]
China is killing the dollar
China is killing the dollar In the wake of the Fed’s promise of 23 March to print money without limit in order to rescue the covid-stricken US economy, China changed its policy of importing industrial materials to a more aggressive stance. In examining the rationale behind this move, this article concludes that while there are […]
A Powerful Ally to the Fed Just Boosted the Prospects for Inflation
A Powerful Ally to the Fed Just Boosted the Prospects for Inflation This week, Your News to Know rounds up the latest top stories involving gold and the overall economy. Stories include: ECB could follow the Fed’s pro-inflation policy, precious metals in a pandemic, and legendary silver coin to be sold for more than $10 […]
The Four D’s That Define the Future
The Four D’s That Define the Future When the money runs out or loses its purchasing power, all sorts of complexity that were previously viewed as essential crumble to dust. Four D’s will define 2020-2025: derealization, denormalization, decomplexification and decoherence. That’s a lot of D’s. Let’s take them one at a time. I use the word derealization to […]
Election Chaos Means Market Chaos – Michael Pento
Election Chaos Means Market Chaos – Michael Pento Money manager and economist Michael Pento predicts, “We are going to have an election in this country that is the most contested vote this country has ever seen. Whichever party that loses is not going to accept the results. That’s mad chaos for the stock market, and […]
Negative Interest Rates Have Arrived
Negative Interest Rates Have Arrived We are often warned that negative interest rates are an approaching menace — not an immediate menace. Yet are negative rates already reality in the United States? Has the unholy day already arrived? Today we don the sleuth’s cap, step into our gumshoes… and unearth evidence that negative interest rates […]
This Is How It Ends: All That Is Solid Melts Into Air
This Is How It Ends: All That Is Solid Melts Into Air While the Federal Reserve and the Billionaire Class push the stock market to new highs to promote a false facade of prosperity, everyday life will fall apart. How will the status quo collapse? An open conflict–a civil war, an insurrection, a coup–appeals to our […]
Have You Noticed How Push-Back Against Powell-Fed’s Actions Is Getting Louder in the Mainstream Media, from NPR to CNBC?
Have You Noticed How Push-Back Against Powell-Fed’s Actions Is Getting Louder in the Mainstream Media, from NPR to CNBC? Still a lot of fawning coverage, but big dissenters are now given prominent spots, and loaded questions are used to politely hammer Powell into telling obvious nonsense. This is an interesting turn of events, in a […]
