{"id":67234,"date":"2024-04-11T11:38:01","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T16:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=67234"},"modified":"2024-04-11T11:38:01","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T16:38:01","slug":"this-double-whammy-will-unleash-unprecedented-money-printing-or-break-the-u-s-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=67234","title":{"rendered":"This Double Whammy Will Unleash Unprecedented Money Printing… or Break the U.S. Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This Double Whammy Will Unleash Unprecedented Money Printing… or Break the U.S. Economy<\/a><\/h3>\n

Deficits, Deficits, and More Deficits, Unravelling Social Security, Money Printer Going Brrr<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cA government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

~ Gerald Ford<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The Federal Reserve is gearing up to cut rates and fire up the money printer this year. And you can see why\u2026<\/p>\n

You have\u00a0Joe Biden<\/a>, who’s in dire need of a push to turn the tide in the upcoming election. Then you have\u00a0U.S. banks<\/a>\u00a0sitting on a hefty $480 billion in unrealized losses on government securities. The Fed is poised to lend a helping hand to both.<\/p>\n

But then there’s another reason that tells me that the Fed won’t likely stop soon once it starts up the proverbial money printer.<\/p>\n

Let me elaborate.<\/p>\n

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Numbers Straight Out of a Horror Flick <\/strong><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n
Every six months, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) releases a rolling 10-year “Budget and Economic Outlook.” Most people ignore reading material of this sort, but I’m always eager for it because it showcases just how utterly incompetent governments can be.<\/p>\n
If you open the\u00a0most recent report<\/a>, and scroll to Page 10, you’ll find Table 1-1: CBO\u2019s Baseline Budget Projections. Look for the line labeled “Total Deficit.” These are government deficits, and I’ve marked them in the next image.<\/p>\n
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The first thing that should catch your eye from the table above is that the deficits will consistently worsen, starting at $1.5 trillion in 2024 and reaching about $2.6 trillion by 2024. That’s an increase of 71% in just a decade.<\/p>\n
Alarmingly, this also means that the total cumulative deficit between 2024 and 2034 would hit an astounding $21.6 trillion.<\/p>\n
If this isn’t a damning indication that the U.S. is rapidly heading towards complete fiscal ruin, I don’t know what is. But it gets even worse.<\/p>\n
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