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Is Draghi Really Ending QE?
Is Draghi Really Ending QE? Mario Draghi said the euro-area economy is strong enough to overcome increased risk, and therefore this justifies the European Central Bank’s decision to end bond purchases bringing to an end a decade-long failed experiment. The truth behind this statement is starkly different than being portrayed in the press. Draghi also pledged […]
Do We Really Borrow From Only Ourselves? Does the Debt/GDP Ratio Means Anything?
Do We Really Borrow From Only Ourselves? Does the Debt/GDP Ratio Means Anything? QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong, the famous economist Paul Krugman says that debt is ok when we owe it to ourselves. He calls it “deficit scolding” as he wrote in the New York Times. Would you like to comment on this statement? GH ANSWER: Paul […]
US East Coast Risk of Tsunami & Earthquakes that Threaten NYC
US East Coast Risk of Tsunami & Earthquakes that Threaten NYC QUESTION: Hey Marty, Thanks for all your insight the last few years on what the models are projecting for volcanic & seismic activity. As usual, you’re on the money. The forecast of events laying out to 2032 is really starting to add up in […]
Supply v Demand-Side Economic & What is Never Discussed
Supply v Demand-Side Economic & What is Never Discussed COMMENT: Usury, first the Fed starves we savers for return for 18 years with their zero percent interest rates and gave us two giant stock market crashes in that intervening period. The lack of return caused us to cannibalize our savings and trillions of savings lost thru […]
The Misconception of Central Banks
The Misconception of Central Banks QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; I was at the Treasury Management Association of Canada (TMAC) conference in Vancouver when you appeared as a speaker as well as Peter Detallis of the Bank of Canada if I remember his name correctly. I was there at the cocktail party when the Finance Minister of Nova […]
ECB & Bonds – People Believe What They Want to Believe
ECB & Bonds – People Believe What They Want to Believe QUESTION: the ECB is arguing that given the low free float of EU bonds (especially German), bonds not owned by the ECB or other central banks, the impact of an end to APP purchases will be nowhere comparable to the tapering sell-off in the US […]
Volcanic Activity Melting Ice at the North & South Poles
Volcanic Activity Melting Ice at the North & South Poles Scientists have long suspected that there is a thermal heat source under the ice in Antarctica that may be the real cause of some ice melting in that region rather than climate change theories. NASAhas confirmed that indeed this heat source exists which many have been […]
German Court Rules Govt Can Intercept Communications Without Just Cause
German Court Rules Govt Can Intercept Communications Without Just Cause Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig ruled last week that the Federal Intelligence Service (BND) may continue to access data at the world’s largest Internet node in Frankfurt am Main without just cause. In the ruling, the court dismissed an action brought against this practice by […]
The Pension Crisis Will Break Up the EU
The Pension Crisis Will Break Up the EU The German public broadcast agency ARD is proposing structural changes. Due to the low-interest rates, the ECB has placed the agency in hard times with its pensions. Karola Wille, the director, has called for structural reform to reduce costs. The proposal centers on technological change to increase efficiency […]
Making Sense of The Federal Reserve
Making Sense of The Federal Reserve I was given a lecture in Toronto to our institutional clients years ago and the central bank of Canada came with ten people. It was an interesting session because the audience began to ask me questions about what the central banks were looking at to make their decisions. I […]
The 8.6-Year Frequency is Within Nature
The 8.6-Year Frequency is Within Nature QUESTION: You have noticed that the 8.6-year frequency even allowed you to see that volcanic eruptions would begin in 2018. Are there other examples from history where you have found this to also be true or was Hawaii just unique? PK ANSWER: Oh, there are plenty of examples. Let’s take […]
Climate Change & the 43-Year Cycle
Climate Change & the 43-Year Cycle QUESTION: Dear Martin, I was browsing through the website of NASA and came across a graph (see attachment). It shows the temperature differences between 1880 and 2012. As far as I can see there seems to be a +/- 40-year cycle. I have edited it with the red vertical lines. […]
Weather Impacted Wars & Migrations in Pre-Recorded History
Weather Impacted Wars & Migrations in Pre-Recorded History Archaeologists working in the wetlands of Denmark have uncovered 2,000-year-old human remains are revealing that the Germanic “barbarians” were engaging in warfare in northern Europe against other barbarian tribes which had nothing to do with Rome. The research, which was published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of […]
Emerging Market Debt Defaults on the Horizon?
Emerging Market Debt Defaults on the Horizon? QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; You said that the emerging markets are a huge problem that will lead to a Sovereign Debt Default. Can you elaborate on that statement? Thank you for your insight VU ANSWER: The emerging markets are in far worse shape today than they were even back in 2008. […]
What If We Just Wiped Out All Debt?
What If We Just Wiped Out All Debt? QUESTION: Hello Marty I am hoping you will print this in your blog. Everyone knows that Govt’s/Banks print money out of thin air and then “owe interest” to this invented money. To avoid an interest payment death spiral why can’t all the Govt’s in the world just […]
