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The Wealth Redistribution Scam that Is “Inflation”
The Wealth Redistribution Scam that Is “Inflation” The world over people are told that central banks pursue “price stability” by making sure that consumer goods prices do not rise by more than 2 percent per annum. This is, of course, a big sham. If the prices of goods rise over time, it does not take […]
Negative Rates, The Destruction Of Money. Sweden Ends Its Experiment.
Negative Rates, The Destruction Of Money. Sweden Ends Its Experiment. Negative rates are the destruction of money, an economic aberration based on the mistakes of many central banks and some of their economists who start from a wrong diagnosis: the idea that economic agents do not take more credit or invest more because they choose to save […]
Skyrocketing Costs Will Pop All the Bubbles
Skyrocketing Costs Will Pop All the Bubbles The reckoning is coming, and everyone who counted on “eternal growth of borrowing” to stave off the reckoning is in for a big surprise. We’ve used a simple trick to keep the status quo from imploding for the past 11 years: borrow whatever it takes to keep paying […]
Rabobank: “We’re Toast”
Rabobank: “We’re Toast” I have made this reference before, but looking at euphoric markets I am again reminded of comedian Caroline Aherne as fake TV chat-show host Mrs Merton asking glamorous blonde Debbie McGee of her very short, plain, hair-piece wearing husband: “So what attracted you to the millionaire Paul Daniels?” Indeed, “So what attracted you to […]
Really Bad Ideas, Part 8: Yield Curve Control And Mega-Stimulus
Really Bad Ideas, Part 8: Yield Curve Control And Mega-Stimulus It’s been obvious for a while that the next phase of global monetary madness would be both spectacular and very different from the previous phase. The question was whether the difference would be in degree or kind. Now the answer is looking like “both.” Let’s […]
Central Banks Alarming Move Towards Social Engineering
Central Banks Alarming Move Towards Social Engineering Recently the central banks have found themselves grasping at straws when it comes to moving the economy forward. Signs have begun to appear on the horizon that in the future they will attempt to expand their power by increasing their role in social engineering. This is a term […]
Three Major Imbalances – Financial, Trust and Geopolitical
Three Major Imbalances – Financial, Trust and Geopolitical But greed is a bottomless pitAnd our freedom’s a jokeWe’re just taking a pissAnd the whole world must watch the sad comic displayIf you’re still free start running awayCause we’re coming for you! – Conor Oberst, “Land Locked Blues” It’s hard to believe 2020 is just around […]
Trapped
Trapped What? You thought a 850+ point drop in the $DJIA would result in a down week? No Sir. The unholy alliance has struck again. Massive jawboning by multiple administration officials about how well the China trade deal was going, a favorable jobs report and above all, the US Federal Reserve, all contributed to a furious rally to […]
Costs Are Spiraling Out of Control
Costs Are Spiraling Out of Control And how do we pay for these spiraling out of control costs? By borrowing more, of course. If we had to choose one “big picture” reason why the vast majority of households are losing ground, it would be: the costs of essentials are spiraling out of control. I’ve often […]
Central Bankers Panic Over Exuberant Financial Market “Fragility”, Warn Risks Are “Underestimated”
Central Bankers Panic Over Exuberant Financial Market “Fragility”, Warn Risks Are “Underestimated” You know it’s bad when… even the central bankers are warning that the monster they’ve created is out of control. As stocks have exploded higher in the face of declining earnings… And collapsing macro-economic data… Policy makers from the world’s central banks are suddenly […]
Analysts Stunned After Lagarde Demands “Key Role” For The ECB In Climate Change
Analysts Stunned After Lagarde Demands “Key Role” For The ECB In Climate Change Having failed miserably to “trickle down” stock market wealth for a decade as was their intention, something Ben Bernanke made clear in his Nov 4, 2010 WaPo op-ed, central banks have moved on to more noble causes. Over the weekend Minneapolis Fed chair […]
The Next Wave of Debt Monetization Will Also Be A Disaster
The Next Wave of Debt Monetization Will Also Be A Disaster According to the IMF (International Monetary Fund) and the IIF (Institute of International finance) global debt has soared to a new record high. The level of government debt around the world has ballooned since the financial crisis, reaching levels never seen before during peacetime. This has happened in […]
Fed Fears Next Crash Fatal – John Rubino
Fed Fears Next Crash Fatal – John Rubino Financial writer and book author John Rubino says he can see the end of the economic expansion fueled by massive debt creation. Rubino explains, “Every sector of the U.S. economy is so over indebted I don’t see how we go on much longer. The Fed is desperately […]
The Free Money Bubble Is About To Burst
The Free Money Bubble Is About To Burst Recently, there has been a parade of central bankers along with their lackeys on Wall Street coming on the financial news networks and desperately trying to convince investors that there are no bubbles extant in the world today. Indeed, the Fed sees no economic or market imbalances […]
