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Does the World End in Fire or Ice? Thoughts on Japan and the Inflation/Deflation Debate
Does the World End in Fire or Ice? Thoughts on Japan and the Inflation/Deflation Debate Japan has managed to offset decades of deflationary dynamics, but at a cost that is hidden beneath the surface of apparent stability. Do we implode in a deflationary death spiral (ice) or in an inflationary death spiral (fire)? Debating the question […]
Brace Yourself For The Coming Economic Transformation
Brace Yourself For The Coming Economic Transformation If the average person in the US feels as though they are going nowhere fast, there is a real reason for it. Federal Reserve data shows people are earning less than they did 17 years ago. But the real story is even worse than that. The chart below […]
The End of Quantitative Easing – Perhaps Now It Will Be Inflationary?
The End of Quantitative Easing – Perhaps Now It Will Be Inflationary? One of the greatest monetary experiments in financial history has been the global central bank buying of government debt. This has been touted as a form of “money printing” that was supposed to produce hyperinflation, which never materialized as predicted by the perpetual […]
Central Banks Rethink 2% Inflation Target (In the Wrong Direction of Course)
Central Banks Rethink 2% Inflation Target (In the Wrong Direction of Course) If Central Banks wanted to make a positive impact on the global economy, they would abolish themselves and let the free market set rates. Instead, and after pursuing a 2% inflation target for decades, central bankers now ponder the need for even higher rates […]
Why China Is About To Bring The Global Reflation Rally To A Halt
Why China Is About To Bring The Global Reflation Rally To A Halt Previously we reported that iron ore prices – having almost doubled in the past year and launching a global reflationary wave – are on the verge of tumbling as the world becomes increasingly aware that China has a “13,000 Eiffel Tower” record […]
Venezuela Stops Publishing Money Supply Data For Obvious Reasons
Venezuela Stops Publishing Money Supply Data For Obvious Reasons More than a year after hyperinflating banana republic Venezuela stopped reporting official inflation data, Venezuela has stopped publishing money supply data, depriving the general public of the last, and best, available tool to ascertain soaring inflation in what has become the world’s worst-performing economy. Then again, […]
2016 Debt Binge Produces (Surprise!) 2017 Inflation. Guess What That Means For 2018?
2016 Debt Binge Produces (Surprise!) 2017 Inflation. Guess What That Means For 2018? Just as everyone was finally accepting the idea of deflation and negative interest rates, inflation decides to pay a return visit. In the past day, articles with the following headlines appeared in major publications around the world: Swiss inflation rises at highest […]
When This All Blows Up…
Shutterstock When This All Blows Up… Understanding the how & when of the next economic crash This report marks the end of a series of three big trains of thought. The first explained how we’re living through the Mother Of All Financial Bubbles. The next detailed the Great Wealth Transfer that is now underway, siphoning our wealth into […]
Europe or Anti-Europe?
Europe or Anti-Europe? MILAN – A knowledgeable friend in Milan recently asked me the following question: “If an outside investor, say, from the United States, wanted to invest a substantial sum in the Italian economy, what would you advise?” I replied that, although there are many opportunities to invest in companies and sectors, the overall […]
Have Central Banks Finally Unleashed Inflation?
Have Central Banks Finally Unleashed Inflation? Globally inflation is on the rise. On Monday Spain reported a year over year 7.5% jump in its PPI reading (a measure of inflation). Take a look at that chart. Spain is just the latest major economy to join the inflationary tide. German also saw a recent spike in […]
Is an Inflation Comeback in the Works?
Is an Inflation Comeback in the Works? Exterminating Angel LOVINGSTON, VIRGINIA – Amid all the sound and fury of the Trump news cycle, hardly anyone noticed. There is a specter haunting this economy. It is the specter of inflation… See, if you want to whip inflation now, you don’t need to do any of the really […]
Inflation To Rise – We expect UK, ECB and US Policy to Diverge
Inflation To Rise – We expect UK, ECB and US Policy to Diverge Purely for geopolitical reasons, namely frustration at the failure of the governments of individual member states to respond to repeated calls for “structural reforms”, your authors had taken the view in recent months that the ECB might increase interest rates this year. […]
Whatever Happened to Inflation after All This Money Printing? It Has Arrived!
Whatever Happened to Inflation after All This Money Printing? It Has Arrived! Workers, bondholders, savers get sacked. So what would Yellen do? Consumer prices surged 0.6% in January from December, double the consensus forecast of a 0.3% rise. The sharpest monthly increase since February 2013, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Energy prices jumped 4% […]
Hell To Pay
SkillUp/Shutterstock Hell To Pay The final condition for a market crash is falling into place Sometimes I wonder if I’m ever going to run out of new things to say about the economy. Nothing interesting has happened in a long time. Our liquidity-drunk “markets” remain over-priced due to the chronic intervention of the global central […]
Loonie Tumbles After Canadian Inflation, Retail Sales Plunge
Loonie Tumbles After Canadian Inflation, Retail Sales Plunge A slew of disappointing data out of Canada has sent the Loonie tumbling this morning (despite higher oil prices). Canadian Retail Sales and Inflation data missed across the board… Multi-year lows in CPI, Core CPI, and Retail Sales… And the result is a tumbling Loonie as expectations of […]
