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The Inflation Crisis Is Worse Than Admitted – Will Interest Rates Go To Record Highs?
The Inflation Crisis Is Worse Than Admitted – Will Interest Rates Go To Record Highs? Inflation is not a new problem in the US; there has been a steady expansion of price inflation and a devaluation of the dollar ever since the Federal Reserve was officially made operational in 1916. This inflation is easily observed […]
Putin Says US Decision To Print Money Is Behind Soaring Food Prices
Putin Says US Decision To Print Money Is Behind Soaring Food Prices Earlier, we reported on the deranged, confused, false ramblings of a senile old man who is so out of his depth in running the world’s biggest economy, the catastrophic results will soon be obvious to even his most die-hard fans. Now, it’s time […]
The Handbook for Debt-Soaked Nations: Lie, Print, Inflate & Finger-Point
The Handbook for Debt-Soaked Nations: Lie, Print, Inflate & Finger-Point Below we consider the classic (and oh-so predictable) tactics of debt-soaked nations facing a showdown (corner) between tanking markets and ripping inflation. Ultimately, I see a stagflationary end-game in which both occur, but for the near-term, prepare for more inflation, as it’s the option all debt-soaked sovereigns […]
Gold As Cheap Today As In 1971 At $35
GOLD AS CHEAP TODAY AS IN 1971 AT $35 “Specie (gold and silver coin) is the most perfect medium because it will preserve its own level, because having intrinsic and universal value, it can never die in our hands, and it is the surest resource of reliance in time of war.” – Thomas Jefferson Since no […]
David Stockman on the Coming Stock Market Crash of Biblical Proportions
David Stockman on the Coming Stock Market Crash of Biblical Proportions International Man: Whether we like it or not, the reality is, the Federal Reserve has an enormous influence over the dollar and the stock market. And right now, the Fed has an urgent and fateful decision to make. It can keep printing trillions of dollars, […]
Turning The Wealth Pyramid Upside Down
Turning The Wealth Pyramid Upside Down When we look at upside down wealth pyramid at the left, I have a big problem with the picture it promotes. It is clearly based on someone’s opinion of what investments are safe. The one thing it does well is to scream that some investments have a high degree […]
Ukraine and the Next Wave of Inflation, Part I
Ukraine and the Next Wave of Inflation, Part I Inflation from Useless Ingredients The cause of rising prices is not always monetary. Before Covid, we wrote a lot about mandatory useless ingredients. This is when regulators and taxinators force producers to add things to their products, which buyers do not care about (and often do not know […]
Even the Fed’s Lowball Inflation Measure Goes WOOSH: Fodder for 50-Basis-Point Rate Hike in March
Even the Fed’s Lowball Inflation Measure Goes WOOSH: Fodder for 50-Basis-Point Rate Hike in March The most reckless Fed ever is still just watching – and fueling – the consequences of 23 months of policy errors as the Inflation Monster gets bigger and bigger. The Fed’s official yardstick for inflation, the “core PCE” price index, […]
Inflation – Cassandra Speaks
Inflation – Cassandra Speaks Inflation should be front and centre for markets – give or take Ukraine, Oil, etc. How real is it, and just how bad could the consequences be? Not talking about it is one way to ensure it hurts. “The way to crush the bourgeoise is to grind them between the millstones […]
Inflation Lowered By Investment In “Intangible Goods”
Inflation Lowered By Investment In “Intangible Goods” Inflation ahead will be contained in certain sectors of the economy. How much inflation we see is still up in the air. From a Main Street perspective, people and businesses are saying that inflation is here to stay and is not a short-lived or transient issue. Still, it […]
The Fed Just Guaranteed a Stagflation Crisis in 2022 – Here’s How
The Fed Just Guaranteed a Stagflation Crisis in 2022 – Here’s How Chair Powell leads a two day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) held January 29-30th, 2019. Public domain photo courtesy of the Federal Reserve I don’t think I can overstate the danger that the U.S. economy is in right now as we enter […]
Money supply and rising interest rates
Money supply and rising interest rates The establishment, including the state, central banks and most investors are thoroughly Keynesian, the latter category having profited greatly in recent decades from their slavish following of the common meme. That is about to change. The world of continual Keynesian stimulus is coming to its inevitable end with prices […]
What Will Surprise Us in 2022
What Will Surprise Us in 2022 What seemed so permanent for 13 long years will be revealed as shifting sand and what seemed so real for 13 long years will be revealed as illusion. Magical thinking isn’t optimism, it is folly. Predictions are hard, especially about the future, but let’s look at what we already […]
What I See for 2022: Interest Rates, Mortgage Rates, Real Estate, Stocks & Other Assets as Central Banks Face Raging Inflation
What I See for 2022: Interest Rates, Mortgage Rates, Real Estate, Stocks & Other Assets as Central Banks Face Raging Inflation An extra-special cocktail of three powerful ingredients with no cherry on top awaits us in 2022. Super-inflated asset prices such as housing, stocks, and bonds; massive inflation; and central banks that have started to […]
Weekly Commentary: 2021 Year in Review
Weekly Commentary: 2021 Year in Review Books will be written chronicling 2021. I’ll boil an extraordinary year’s developments down to a few simple words: “Things Ran Wild”. Covid ran wild. Monetary inflation ran wild. Inflation, in general, ran completely wild. Speculation and asset inflation ran really wild. More insidiously, mal-investment and inequality turned wilder. Extreme […]
