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Think Different About Purchasing Power
Think Different About Purchasing Power The Tip of the Iceberg The dollar is always losing value. To measure the decline, people turn to the Consumer Price Index (CPI), or various alternative measures such as Shadow Stats or Billion Prices Project. They measure a basket of goods, and we can see how it changes every year. However, companies are […]
THE THEFT OF YOUR PURCHASING POWER
THE THEFT OF YOUR PURCHASING POWER One doesn’t need to be an economist or savvy in finance to see that prices are climbing. In a nutshell, inflation is the increase in the money base or the amount of money in existence. Rising prices are but a symptom of this process of devaluing our money. This […]
“Surviving Or Thriving” – What Canada’s 40% Surge In Meat Prices Means For Ordinary People
“Surviving Or Thriving” – What Canada’s 40% Surge In Meat Prices Means For Ordinary People On the surface, Canada’s 1.2% inflation is negligible, and barely enough to keep up with the pace of overall growth as mandated by a few central bank academics. It is below the surface, however, that one finds the scary truth. […]
Has The Fed Already Lost?
Has The Fed Already Lost? Growth is dying & the Fed has few options left Increasingly we live in a world of Now. Instantaneous access to digital real time data and news has simply become a given in our lives of the moment. You may be surprised to know that the Federal Reserve has taken notice. […]
Modern-Day Monetary Cranks and the Fed’s “Inflation” Target
Modern-Day Monetary Cranks and the Fed’s “Inflation” Target One Bad Idea After Another Ben Bernanke is frequently in the news these days. The latest occasion concerns his opinion on the Fed’s “inflation” target, i.e., the target for the speed at which money should be debased relative to consumer goods in order to finally attain centrally […]
Is Mario Draghi Stupid, Crooked Or What?
Is Mario Draghi Stupid, Crooked Or What? Europe is surely at the top of the heap among today’s raging financial market lunacy. It seems that Ireland has now broken into the negative interest rate club, investment grade multinationals are flocking to issue 1% debt on the euro-bond markets and, if yield is your thing, you can get all of 3.72% on the Merrill […]
19 Signs That American Families Are Being Economically Destroyed
19 Signs That American Families Are Being Economically Destroyed The systematic destruction of the American way of life is happening all around us, and yet most people have no idea what is happening. Once upon a time in America, if you were responsible and hard working you could get a good paying job that could […]
How money creation threatens hyperinflation
How money creation threatens hyperinflation In order to understand the relationship between money creation and the price level, we first need to get some definitions straight. To Austrians the terms inflation and deflation refer to money and not prices. There is no doubt that money has experienced unprecedented inflation. In February of 2010 base money […]
Will Cash Always Be Trash, Or Will It One Day Be King?
Will Cash Always Be Trash, Or Will It One Day Be King? When the phantom wealth evaporates and risk assets go bidless, cash will once again be king, for the simple reason there will be so little of it. Occasionally it’s a good idea to step away from the daily grind to consider the larger […]
BIS Slams The Fed: The Solution To Bubbles Is Not More Bubbles, It Is Avoiding Bubbles In The First Place
BIS Slams The Fed: The Solution To Bubbles Is Not More Bubbles, It Is Avoiding Bubbles In The First Place On one hand there are hard-core Keynesians who will wave the flag of inflation as the only cure to a world drowning in debt, even after the mushroom cloud results of their policies going off […]
The Federal Reserve Bank Must Be Destroyed!
The Federal Reserve Bank Must Be Destroyed! “Delanda est in Susidium Foederatum Bank” (The Federal Reserve Bank Must be Destroyed) During the years of the Roman Republic, Cato the Elder ended every speech with the phrase “Delanda est Carthago” (Carthage must be destroyed). Rome had fought two wars with Carthage, yet the threat to the […]
Is Japan Zimbabwe?
Is Japan Zimbabwe? Is Japan Zimbabwe? How preposterous: Japan is an advanced economy that cannot possibly suffer the same fate as Zimbabwe. Right? Or could Japan get hyperinflation? Below I explain why Japan, and with it investors’ portfolios, might be at risk. The other day, when I was on a panel discussing unsustainable deficits in […]
Insider Alan Greenspan Warns of Explosive Inflation: “Tinderbox Looking For a Spark”
Insider Alan Greenspan Warns of Explosive Inflation: “Tinderbox Looking For a Spark” Last month it was revealed that former federal reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, the architect of U.S. monetary policy under four Presidents, is anticipating a significant market event as a result of the trillions of dollars that have been pumped into the system over the last several […]
Why Japan is Not Greece or EU For that Matter
Why Japan is Not Greece or EU For that Matter QUESTION: Hello Martin There are a few writers who speculate the the yen will be the first currency to fall (because Japan has been tied into QE and flat interest rates for decades already, and their manufacturing is suffering). How do you think the currency situation […]
