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Fed Chairman Paul Volcker’s Thoughts On Goverance
Fed Chairman Paul Volcker’s Thoughts On Goverance For many people, former Fed Chairman Paul Volcker’s relevance today is rooted in how he broke the back of surging inflation in 1980. He is widely credited with employing the harsh policies that ended the high levels of inflation seen in the United States during the 1970s and […]
What Happens If The Fed Doesn’t Capitulate On Interest Rates?
What Happens If The Fed Doesn’t Capitulate On Interest Rates? In the past stock markets used to rely on the innovation and profit reports of individual companies, and while there were sometimes all encompassing events that would push equities in one direction or another, in the last decade there has been only one factor that ever really […]
Running on Empty, Part V
Running on Empty, Part V When the Dollar is Broken, What Does One Do to Not Go Broke? (Guest Post) Gary Brode of Deep Knowledge Investing was kind enough to share my series Running on Empty with his readers. This afternoon I’ve invited him to offer his thoughts for my readers, focusing on the implications that […]
Those who the gods wish to destroy…
Those who the gods wish to destroy… The UK is already in a de facto recession – only the fiddling of the data to count GP appointments as a value-adding activity led to a paltry 0.5 percent GDP growth in May. Discretionary spending has already plummeted, and it is only a matter of time before we see […]
“Take The Tragedy In Sri Lanka And Multiply By Ten”: The Fed Just Lobbed A Financial Nuke That Will Obliterate The Global Economy
“Take The Tragedy In Sri Lanka And Multiply By Ten”: The Fed Just Lobbed A Financial Nuke That Will Obliterate The Global Economy We are living in a period of mass “Jonestown” economic delusion. Just twenty months ago – central bankers were offering to buy nearly every junk bond known to mankind, dramatically distorting the […]
Welcome to 1984
Welcome to 1984 I’ve been addressing the war on cash lately, and for good reason. While everyone’s attention is focused on the war in Ukraine, inflation and the Supreme Court, government plans to eliminate cash are accelerating. For example, central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) are coming even faster than many anticipated. The digital yuan is […]
The Engineered Stagflationary Collapse Has Arrived – Here’s What Happens Next
The Engineered Stagflationary Collapse Has Arrived – Here’s What Happens Next In my 16 years as an alternative economist and political writer I have spent around half that time warning that the ultimate outcome of the Federal Reserve’s stimulus model would be a stagflationary collapse. Not a deflationary collapse, or an inflationary collapse, but a […]
Media: Why the Fed Raised 75 bps and How to Break the Davos Crowd
Media: Why the Fed Raised 75 bps and How to Break the Davos Crowd I sat down for a long chat with my good friend Crypto Rich over the weekend and have just found the 20 minutes to post them here. We did a series of videos, Duran-style, on a number of topics. They are […]
The Fed Is Winging It: A 75 Basis-Point Hike “Seemed Like the Right Thing”
The Fed Is Winging It: A 75 Basis-Point Hike “Seemed Like the Right Thing” The Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) today announced an increase of 75 basis points to the target federal funds rate, raising the rate to 1.75% from 1%. June’s meeting today was the third meeting this year at which the FOMC has […]
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 […]
Looming Price Hikes on Food Set to Hit Americans This Fall
A person shops in a supermarket in Washington, DC, on May 26, 2022, as Americans brace for summer sticker shock as inflation continues to grow. (NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images) ECONOMY Looming Price Hikes on Food Set to Hit Americans This Fall Higher inflation could force Fed action, leading to a ‘deeper recession’ In its […]
The Failure of Central Banking: Politics
The seal of the Federal Reserve on a U.S. banknote. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images) The Failure of Central Banking: Politics The view was generally held that centralization of banking would inevitably result in one of two alternatives: either complete government control, which meant politics in banking, or control by ‘Wall Street,’ which meant banking in politics. – Paul […]
Nowhere to Hide
Nowhere to Hide Investors don’t need to be told about the recent stock market crashes. The Dow Jones index is down 12.5% since early January. The S&P 500 is down 16.1% in the same period. The Nasdaq Composite is down an even more spectacular 26.5% this year. It lost more ground today. This puts the […]
Will the bullwhip do the Fed’s job on inflation?
Will the bullwhip do the Fed’s job on inflation? With inventories building and supply chain bottlenecks easing, is deflation next? The only thing surprising about the freight market slowdown is the speed at which it’s unfolding. The supply chain “bullwhip effect” is both predictable and expected. The surge of inventories and declining freight costs/capacity imbalances […]
