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Highly Respected Economist Warns: “Hyperinflation Is On The Table… It Will Be Completely Uncontrollable”
Highly Respected Economist Warns: “Hyperinflation Is On The Table… It Will Be Completely Uncontrollable” Thibaut Lepouttre is a highly educated and well respected economist from Belgium. But unlike many of his counterparts who often toe the line of mainstream politicians and financial pundits, he’s not one to sugarcoat the seriousness of the current global economic, […]
Argentina’s Ruling Party Eyes Bigger Banknotes amid Soaring Prices
Argentina’s Ruling Party Eyes Bigger Banknotes amid Soaring Prices Congressman Claims Inflation Not a Motivating Factor For the first time in years, lawmakers from Argentina’s ruling Front for Victory coalition have proposed upping the size of the country’s largest denomination banknote to AR$200. Congressman Carlos Kunkel, author of the initiative, claims the measure has nothing to do with inflation, […]
Faith in Central Banks Dwindles
Faith in Central Banks Dwindles Even Bloomberg Notices that Something is Amiss As anyone who hasn’t been in a coma knows, assorted central bank interventions have failed to achieve their stated goals over the past several years. A recent article at Bloomberg focuses on their failure to reach their “inflation” targets. Of course, this particular failure is […]
EU Moloch in a Fresh Bid to Inflate
EU Moloch in a Fresh Bid to Inflate Brussels Alters Capital Requirements to “Spur Lending” Saints preserve us, the central planners in Brussels are giving birth to new inflationist ideas. Apparently the 2008 crisis wasn’t enough of a wake-up call. It should be clear by now even to the densest observers that a fractionally reserved […]
Part Deux ‐ Shorting the Federal Reserve
Part Deux ‐ Shorting the Federal Reserve The sequence of events leading up the French Revolution are likely unfamiliar to most. Yet money printing and a debauched French currency played no small part in those events. As a sequel to “Shorting the Federal Reserve”, 720 Global aims to provide an historical example of excessive money […]
Gold & War
Gold & War QUESTION: Does war boost gold prices? MM ANSWER: No. The only impact that war will have on gold is confined to either prolonged inflation or the uncertainty of the victor — the hedge against government survival. War by itself is a non-event. Gold will rise ONLY when there is uncertainty because the currency of the government will […]
Dammit, Janet
Dammit, Janet According to Einstein, time is affected by gravity. Clocks far from strong gravitational fields run more quickly; those close by run more slowly. We can only assume, then, that Janet Yellen has the density of a neutron star. Under her leadership of the US Federal Reserve, time seems to have stopped altogether. It […]
Today’s Turning Point on ECM
Today’s Turning Point on ECM I have been warning that this turning point is not in markets, it is centered in government. The number of issues coming to a head are just mind-blowing from the Catalonia vote to separate from Spain to the resignation of Boehner with non-politicians leading not just in the USA, but […]
Low Oil Prices – Why Worry?
Low Oil Prices – Why Worry? Most people believe that low oil prices are good for the United States, since the discretionary income of consumers will rise. There is the added benefit that Peak Oil must be far off in the distance, since “Peak Oilers” talked about high oil prices. Thus, low oil prices are viewed […]
Low Interest Rates Cannot Save a House of Cards
Low Interest Rates Cannot Save a House of Cards When is the price of some marketable good or service at or near zero? When either the supply of it is so plentiful that virtually any demand, no matter how great, can be satisfied. Or when no matter how large or small the supply of it […]
Canada’s Retail Prices Jump the Most in “Over a Decade”
Canada’s Retail Prices Jump the Most in “Over a Decade” When Statistics Canada released its July retail sales report today, it dished out a few unwelcome surprises – and a bombshell. Among the surprises, based on what economists – though perhaps not average Canadians – had expected: Growth in retail sales was a measly 0.5% in July; […]
Will The Fed Pick A Winning Combination?
Will The Fed Pick A Winning Combination? It’s highly amusing to read all the ‘expert’ theories on a Federal Reserve hike or no hike tomorrow, but it’s also obvious that nobody really has a clue, and still feel they should be heard. Don’t know if that’s so smart, but I guess in that world being […]
This Is Actually Going To Happen Next Year
This Is Actually Going To Happen Next Year The intellectual groundwork is being laid for the next stage of the Money Bubble, and it’s going to be epic. Here are excerpts from two articles that appeared over the weekend (and which should be read in their entirety). Both deal with Japan, which went all-in on debt […]
Inflation, the Fed, and the Big Picture
Inflation, the Fed, and the Big Picture CAMBRIDGE – Inflation – its causes and its connection to monetary policy and financial crises – was the theme of this year’s international conference of central bankers and academics in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. But, while policymakers’ desire to be prepared for potential future risks to price stability is understandable, they […]
The Federal Reserve – Which CREATED Quantitative Easing – Admits QE Doesn’t Work
The Federal Reserve – Which CREATED Quantitative Easing – Admits QE Doesn’t Work Even the Fed Admits QE Doesn’t Work The Vice President of the Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis (Stephen Williamson) writes in a new Fed white paper (as explained by Zero Hedge): The theory behind Quantitative Easing (QE) is “not well-developed” The evidence in support […]
