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The Government Fraudulently Reported April Inflation Numbers
The Government Fraudulently Reported April Inflation Numbers There’s no B.S. like the BLS – Dave Kranzler, Investment Research Dynamics The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported the Consumer Price Index for April this morning. This Ministry of “Truth” published an inflation report that asserts that consumer inflation rose .1% month over month for April. But a further dissection […]
David Stockman Interview——-Kick-The-Can Economics Is Entering The End Game
David Stockman Interview——-Kick-The-Can Economics Is Entering The End Game Today David Stockman, the man President Ronald Reagan called upon along with Dr. Paul Craig Roberts to help save the United States from disaster in 1981, warned King World News that we are now entering the “terminal phase” of the global financial system that will end in total collapse. Eric […]
China and the Gold Bugs
China and the Gold Bugs A Popular Myth One of the most persistent story lines among gold bugs and market participants who foresee the collapse of the dollar goes something like this: China and many emerging markets including the other BRICS are looking for a way out of the global fiat currency system. That system […]
Economist on Gold – A Dissection
Economist on Gold – A Dissection A Proven Contrary Indicator In early May, the Economist has published an editorial on gold, ominously entitled “Buried”. We wanted to comment on it earlier already, but never seemed to get around to it. It is still worth doing so for a number of reasons. The Economist is a quintessential […]
A Portrait of the Classical Gold Standard
A Portrait of the Classical Gold Standard “The world that disappeared in 1914 appeared, in retrospect, something like our picture of Paradise,” wrote the economist Cecil Hirsch in his June 1934 review of R.W. Hawtrey’s classic, The Art of Central Banking (1933). Hirsch bemoaned the loss of the far-sighted restraint that had once prevailed among the “bankers’ […]
Why Central Banks Hate Physical, Love “Earmarked” Gold, And What Is The Difference
Why Central Banks Hate Physical, Love “Earmarked” Gold, And What Is The Difference Several days ago we showed the dramatic conclusion of what happened to Czechoslovakia’s gold which had been placed at the Bank of England for safekeeping days after Germany annexed the central European republic ahead of the start of World War II. We hate the […]
What Happens When You Hand Over Your Gold To The Bank Of England For “Safekeeping”
What Happens When You Hand Over Your Gold To The Bank Of England For “Safekeeping” “The Bank for International Settlements is the bank which sanctions the most notorious outrage of this generation— the rape of Czechoslovakia.” — George Strauss, Labor MP, speaking in the House of Commons, May 1939 “the Bank for International Settlements […]
Is Greece About To “Lose” Its Gold Again?
Is Greece About To “Lose” Its Gold Again? When it comes to the topic of Greece, most pundits focus on two items: i) when will Greece finally run out ofconfiscated cash, and ii) will Greece fold to the Troika (and agree to another bailout(s) with even more austerity) or to Russia (and agree to the passage […]
Gold, the SDR and BRICS
Gold, the SDR and BRICS Last Monday there was a meeting in Washington hosted by the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF) to discuss the future relationship, if any, of gold with the Special Drawing Rights1 (SDR). Also on the agenda was the inclusion of the Chinese renminbi, which seems certain to be included in […]
Wedges and Triangles: Big Move Ahead?
Wedges and Triangles: Big Move Ahead? The central bank high is euphoric, the crash and burn equally epic. Just out of curiosity, I called up a few charts of key markets: stocks (the S&P 500), volatility (VIX), gold and the U.S. dollar (UUP, an exchange-traded fund for the dollar). Interestingly, all of these charts displayed some […]
