{"id":3185,"date":"2014-12-18T07:02:38","date_gmt":"2014-12-18T12:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=3185"},"modified":"2014-12-18T07:05:04","modified_gmt":"2014-12-18T12:05:04","slug":"imf-now-ready-to-slam-the-door-on-the-u-s-and-the-dollar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=3185","title":{"rendered":"IMF Now Ready To Slam The Door On The U.S. And The Dollar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alt-market.com\/articles\/2444-imf-now-ready-to-slam-the-door-on-the-us-and-the-dollar\">IMF Now Ready To Slam The Door On The U.S. And The Dollar<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 1em 0px 1em 0px;\">As I write this, the news is saturated with stories of a hostage situation possibly involving Islamic militants in Sydney, Australia. Like many, I am concerned about the shockwave such an event will create through our sociopolitical structures. However, while most of the world will be distracted by the outcome of this crisis (for good or bad) for at least the week, I find I must concern myself with a far more important and dangerous situation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 1em 0px 1em 0px;\">Up to 40 people may be held by a supposed extremist in Sydney, but the entire world is currently being held hostage economically by international banks. This is the crisis no one in the mainstream is talking about, so alternative analysts must.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 1em 0px 1em 0px;\">As I predicted last month in\u00a0<a style=\"color: #006699;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.alt-market.com\/articles\/2394-we-have-just-witnessed-the-last-gasp-of-the-global-economy\">\u201cWe Have Just Witnessed The Last Gasp Of The Global Economy,\u201d<\/a>severe volatility is now returning to global markets after the pre-game 10 percent drop in equities in October hinted at what was to come.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 1em 0px 1em 0px;\">We expected such destabilization after the wrap-up of the Fed taper, and the markets have not disappointed so far. My position has always been that the taper of QE3 made very little sense in terms of maintaining the manipulated illusion of economic health \u2014 unless, of course, the Federal Reserve was implementing the taper in preparation for a renewed financial catastrophe. That is to say, the central bankers have established the lie of American fiscal recovery and then separated themselves from blame for the implosion they KNOW is coming. If the markets were to collapse while stimulus is officially active, the tragedy would be forever a millstone on the necks of the banksters. 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