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Central Banks May Choose Helicopter Money Over Negative Rates
CENTRAL BANKS MAY CHOOSE HELICOPTER MONEY OVER NEGATIVE RATES The US Federal Reserve (Fed) is considering raising rates. Is the “normalization” of interest rates about to happen which savers and investors have been yearning for? Most likely not. Policymakers are merely realizing that the policy of zero rates — or even negative rates as in the euro […]
Control What You Can
Control What You Can Our society does not make it easy to control what you can control. One of the aphorisms to live by here at Of Two Minds is control what you can.We don’t control the erosion of our money from inflation, the state’s vast criminalization machinery, the nation’s foreign policies or the central bank’s free money for […]
Rationalizing ‘Rational’
RATIONALIZING ‘RATIONAL’ Walter W. Heller was said to have been an “educator of Presidents.” As an economist and Presidential advisor in the inner circles of DC, Heller worked with more candidates and officeholders than perhaps any other man. As he himself described, his influence went all the way back to Adlai Stevenson and kept on […]
The Fed Has Lost Its “Myth Magic”
The Fed Has Lost Its “Myth Magic” Myths Are Worth Wondering About Wondering is what we do, here at the Diary, especially wondering about myths. “Myths” are not necessarily untrue. They just can’t be known or proven in the way, say, that Archimedes could prove that the king’s crown was made of gold. Antiquity’s most famous […]
No Wonder We’re Poorer: Wages’ Share of GDP Has Fallen for 46 Years
No Wonder We’re Poorer: Wages’ Share of GDP Has Fallen for 46 Years The problem is that limiting financialization will implode the system. The majority of American households feel poorer because they are poorer. Real (i.e. adjusted for inflation) median household income has declined for decades, and income gains are concentrated in the top 5%: Even […]
One Chart Says It All
One Chart Says It All People sense the ‘recovery” is bogus, and their rational response is to save more money rather than squander it. Sometimes one chart captures the fundamental reality of the economy: for example, this chart of money velocity and the civilian-population ratio. (thank you, Joseph Y. for posting it on my Facebook feed.) […]
Venezuela at risk of unravelling as economic, energy turmoil deepens
Venezuela at risk of unravelling as economic, energy turmoil deepens Violent protests follow decision to ration energy, cut work week for public employeesSo much is riding on the onset of the rainy season in Venezuela, where people across the drought-stricken country lined up on April 28, 2016, to buy food. So far, Caracas is being […]
Gold and Negative Interest Rates
Gold and Negative Interest Rates The Inflation Illusion We hear more and more talk about the possibility of imposing negative interest rates in the US. In a recent article former Fed chairman Ben Bernanke asks what tools the Fed has left to support the economy and inter alia discusses the use of negative rates. We first have to […]
Why Government Cannot Create Inflation
QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong, I have listened to the gold propaganda and believed in it initially but with time they always say the same thing and nothing happens. One would think that this helicopter money should have produced inflation. This effort has failed as Japan and Europe keep moving negative punishing people for not spending. Now it […]
Simultaneous Elderly Overpopulation, Youth Depopulation & The Impact on Economic Growth
Simultaneous Elderly Overpopulation, Youth Depopulation & The Impact on Economic Growth Strangely, the world is suffering from two seemingly opposite trends…overpopulation and depopulation in concert. The overpopulation is due to the increased longevity of elderly lifespans vs. depopulation of young populations due to collapsing birthrates. The depopulation is among most under 25yr old populations (except Africa) […]
Farmland prices up 10% last year as property boom spreads to agriculture
Farmland prices up 10% last year as property boom spreads to agriculture All provinces saw increases, but not as much as in previous years The price of farmland increased by more than 10 per cent, on average, last year. (Parwiz/Reuters) The average price of farmland across Canada increased 10.1 per cent last year as low […]
Adam Trexler: A New Way to Hold Gold (2016 Update)
Adam Trexler: A New Way to Hold Gold (2016 Update) Right alongside the bills in your wallet What if you could carry and exchange gold in the exact same manner as you do with the dollar bills in your wallet? Two years ago, we introduced the precious metals community to a company called Valaurum, which […]
Panama is Small Change
Panama is Small Change There is a conspiracy engaging in theft, counterfeiting, fraud, extortion, blackmail, bribery, influence peddling, drugs, terrorism, and war that makes the Panama Papers’ exposures look like a small-town police blotter account of juvenile shoplifting. This criminal enterprise launders trillions, not billions, of dollars; it involves major political, business, financial, academic, and […]
The Deflation Bogeyman
The Deflation Bogeyman BRUSSELS – Central banks throughout the developed world have been overwhelmed by the fear of deflation. They shouldn’t be: The fear is unfounded, and the obsession with it is damaging. Japan is a poster child for the fear. In 2013, decades of (gently) falling prices prompted the Bank of Japan to embark […]
Cash Banned, Freedom Gone
Cash Banned, Freedom Gone Some politicians want to ban cash, arguing that cash is helping criminals. The first steps in that direction are the withdrawal of big denomination notes and the limits imposed on cash payments. Proponents of a ban on cash claim that this will help fight criminal transactions — involved in money laundering, terrorism, and […]
