Inflation Fears vs. Reality
Markets everywhere are unanimously heralding a return to dollar inflation… Perceptions: Inflation expectation is up: Click on image to enlarge. Stock markets are up (S&P 500 below): Click on image...
View ArticleInflation Fears Meet Reality
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that consumer prices fell by 1.3% over the past year: The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.3 percent in May before seasonal...
View ArticleBets on Inflation – Full Steam in the Wrong Direction
Bloomberg writes Jim Rogers Sells Dollars, Plans to Short Treasuries: July 6 (Bloomberg) — The dollar and U.S. Treasuries are both likely to slide as soaring government debt in the world’s biggest...
View ArticleInflation or Deflation? Marc Faber vs. Mike “Mish” Shedlock
Once in a while you can observe a few minutes where people on mainstream news speak the truth. I treasure these moments … Part 1: Mish & Faber discuss market outlook and see value in Japan Part 2:...
View ArticleDeflation or Inflation – Is Public Credit Setting Off Contraction in Private...
I want to follow up on something Marc Faber said the other day in the second clip. He said that it is true that private credit is contracting, but it is being offset by a government credit expansion....
View ArticlePublic Credit Expansion Fuels Inflation
Are the current price increases we see across the board inflation? Well, price increases are never in themselves inflation, but they can be signs of inflation. Inflation, as I have explained before, is...
View ArticleBelarus Currency Devaluation & Inflation Spreads Panic
Business week writes Belarus devaluation spreads panic: A sharp devaluation of the Belarusian ruble has spread panic throughout the country, with people sweeping store shelves and queuing up at...
View ArticleAlternative Inflation Theories
Many economists generally agree that inflation is caused by bank credit expansion or by “money printing” by the Federal Reserve Bank. But recently I came across a paper written by economics professor...
View ArticleInflation, QE, Stocks & Assflation
Nima discusses an article by Cullen Roche on PragCap.com about the Federal Reserve, Quantitiative Easing (QE), interest rates, consumer price inflation, and asset price inflation (assflation). Source:...
View ArticleWhat’s With This #MMT Garbage? (Amagi Podcast @Think_Liberty, Ep.29)
Nima and Dylan discuss more FEE MMT criticisms. Sources: Modern Monetary Theory: Debunking the Latest Incarnation of Government’s Magic Money Tree...
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