A cursory look at the US economic growth data shows that they continue to defy expectations of a slowdown and recession due to continued increases in deficit-increasing government spending. In fact, the U.S. Treasury recently announced the December budget deficit, which shows that the U.S. collected $429 billion through various taxes, while total federal budget …
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The Digital nature of Cryptocurrencies, fundamentals and new money
Bitcoin’s true value is digital, it is a level of digital reality, and it is more valuable than what we might conventionally call its “current price.” Bitcoin is built like TCP/IP, the two protocols that underpin the operation of the internet. Without protocols, there would be no digital revolution and our entire lives would be …
Why will the amounts invested in infrastructure increase exponentially?
Over the past decade, assets under management in infrastructure funds have nearly quintupled to $1.3 trillion. Pension funds and sovereign wealth managers have been lured by the sector’s returns, which are handsome and relatively stable. Some of the biggest funds now invest directly in these boring assets. The infrastructure-investment sector The infrastructure-investment industry took shape …
A new Trump Presidency will herald the end of HyperGlobalization
The prospects of the most integrated economy in the world, namely the USA, should be examined from the side of the forces that affect it. The most fundamental of these forces have to do with changes brought about by economic opportunities, for example reductions in transport and communication costs, changes in comparative advantages, opportunities to …
The US Debt exceeded $34 trillion – The options to correct the situation
The outstanding financial obligations of the US federal government exceeded 34 trillion dollars, about 123% of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP), which is a historical record. So, investors around the world are rightly wondering if the scenario is gathering chances for a new financial crisis to break out. In more detail, the federal government’s …
FED reopens liquidity floodgates with new QE in April 2024 – creates problem for dollar
On December 13, the financial world was stunned when, just two weeks after Jerome Powell said it was “premature” to make assumptions about interest rate cuts, the Federal Reserve made a shocking U-turn, heralding the end of monetary tightening – even though inflation is at levels twice the 2% target. The Federal Reserve’s 180-degree U-turn …
The Co-integration of Foreign Policy and Public Debt is leading the USA to “Bankruptcy”
On the last business day of 2023, the US Treasury Department announced the new level of public debt, which exceeded the $34 trillion mark for the first time in history. As of the previous day (December 28), the debt level had increased by $90 billion. Washington’s public debt now stands at about $102,000 for every …
The chances of the Global Financial System collapsing
“There is no way to avoid the collapse of a system that has expanded more than it was allowed to because of manorial credit expansion” Ludwig von Mises. History shows us that we have reached our limits. History never lies, but politicians do. In a system that has expanded more than it was allowed to …
The battle with inflation and recession is becoming increasingly difficult
The entire financial press’ narrative of a “soft landing” of the economy – US and global – and avoidance of recession is fostered through the “uses” of the FED and ECB, with the former fueling investor expectations for aggressive rate cuts in time that has simply put a “brake” on their rise. What they cannot …
Strategic move on the chessboard of Geopolitical competition, the purchases of gold by the Central Banks
Central banks around the world are hoarding gold at a record pace, signaling a transformation of historic proportions in the global financial system. This “gold rush” is not just about a defensive strategy to preserve the value of assets from the “storms” of the global economy – it is a strategic move on the grand …