Powell offers no clues on taper timetable. Powell vows to keep interest rates low until QE is finished. Powel blames price increases on exploding demand and lack of supply. Powel blames inflation on the public’s expectations. Fed’s only goal is to delay the inevitable crisis as long as possible. Invest in gold stocks before they […]
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In the 50 years since Richard Nixon officially severed the dollar’s link to gold, many have claimed that the greenback’s strength rests primarily on America’s unchallenged power and prestige around the world. As the situation in Afghanistan moves from embarrassment to tragedy, we are witnessing the rapid evaporation of the remnants of American prestige. These
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Fed will talk about tapering until it can use Delta as an excuse not to. Bitcoin is irrelevant to monetary policy. Accepting Bitcoin for mortgage payments is a publicity stunt, not a use case. Fed uses owner’s equivalent rent data to hide the scarier actual rent data. FDR may have killed the dollar, but Nixon
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Markets spooked by CNBC interview with Boston Fed President. Higher inflation leads to more poverty and a wider wealth gap. Food stamps are really money stamps. Media campaigns to soften up the public to inflation. Stimulus postponed the pain for some, but it’s about to come due. Jerome Powell warns Americans to prepare for a
Stimulus Even Harder to Exit Than Afghanistan – Ep 725 Read More »
The “transitory” inflation swamping the country has stubbornly persisted into July. This week it was announced that producer prices posted a second straight 1% month-over-month increase, which brought the full year number to a record 7.8%. It was also reported that 12-month US export prices rose 17.2%, and nearly 22% if the rate of the
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Rising costs increasing producer pricing. US home prices rising at fastest pace in history while affordability hits record low. Trade deficit continues its path higher. Inflation exposed in increased export prices. The whole of this tightening cycle will be all talk and no rate hikes. Consumer sentiment goes lower as consumer prices go higher. Fed
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Gold reacts counterintuitively to inflation fears. Fed changes the definition of transitory inflation. Q2 Productivity numbers disappoint analysts. Biggest government expansion of the welfare state since the New Deal and Great Society. Elizabeth Warren wants to sick the IRS on the middle class. AMC tries to pump their stock as a crypto play. Bitcoin will
Larger Deficits Mean Higher Inflation – Ep 723 Read More »
Wall Street trading on “garbage in, garbage out” algorithm. Another month, another record trade deficit. Moratorium on student loan payments extended. Eviction moratorium will send rent prices skyrocketing. Supreme Court says eviction moratorium is unconstitutional; Biden extends it anyway. AOC says we have a supply and demand problem. CNBC baits Lyft CEO for a Bitcoin
Markets Move on Fantasy, Ignore Reality – Ep 722 Read More »
Jack Dorsey’s Square acquires Afterpay in largest corporate takeover in Australian history. Activision discriminates against Republicans, not women. Black Women’s Equal Pay Day is based on nonsense. Gender pay gap in women’s soccer is a result of their own choices.
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