Great turmoil, great situation – to use a phrase from former Chinese President Mao Zedong to sum up the trade war declared by President Trump. The dollar extended its biggest plunge in three years on Friday, April 11, after China raised tariffs on U.S. goods to 125% from 84%, a step up in tensions that …
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Gold is a formidable monetary weapon – the mysteries of Fort Knox and China
One of the most significant long-term effects of this War in Ukraine, regardless of when a peaceful settlement is reached, will be on gold and the dollar. That is, in the realm of an ongoing currency war. When Russia launched its military operation in Ukraine, it overlooked the fact that its central bank had about …
Return to the gold standard when Western central bankers dislike gold?
Donald Trump and Elon Musk have been particularly vocal about what’s been going on at Fort Knox lately, the location where America keeps its official gold reserves. Both have said they will visit the place soon to check it out and make sure the gold is there. According to Trump and Musk, they want to …
Trump sets limits on Powell and the crucial battle with inflation
“Relief in Prices for American Families and Combating the Cost of Living Crisis” is the title of one of several executive orders issued by President Donald Trump in his first week back in the Oval Office. This executive order directs federal agencies to “provide extraordinary price relief” to the American people by reducing federal regulations …
Inflationary money: foundation of uncontrolled state growth – destruction of economic & social freedoms
The rulers and the ruled in the Western world have long succumbed to a particularly demonic temptation: the replacement of commodity (or precious metal) money with unbacked, state-issued money, known as fiat money. In a sense, they have been seduced by the alluring prospect of securing the power to increase the quantity of money arbitrarily …
Money is credit – Currency depreciation is inflation & inflation is silent bankruptcy
The increased prices constitute a “hidden” tax for citizens and a means of state control of economic activity.
The fake Digital Currency Bubble and the Market Economy
Why according to some “experts”, is there an urgent need to eliminate cash from the economy? The emergence of money and its transformation into a commodity Money appeared because exchanges of goods (countertrade) could not support the market economy. A butcher who wanted to trade his meat for fruit might not be able to find …
The Big Mistake of Markets for Central Banks
Six months ago, the world’s major central banks were preparing for a move that would reward anyone with a credit card or hoping to buy a home or run a business: A global shift to lower interest rates that would make borrowing cheaper and loans more available. Interest rate cuts are “a topic of discussion …
Central banks are creating poverty with real estate, stock and over-indebtedness ‘bubbles’
Due to loose monetary policy (quantitative easing), financial assets appreciate without being supported by proper fundamentals while real estate becomes investment vehicles and the lower income strata are excluded from ownership. Despite what the conventional narrative about the economy holds, central bank monetary policies are a form of distortive government intervention in the economy. Their …
How do central banks embellish the image of the economy for the benefit of politicians?
Reports on both sides of the Atlantic of ending the current cycle of monetary easing as a central policy option were probably a smoke screen to cover up the poor state of the financial system. The analyzes that are circulating refer to the prospect that the Fed and the ECB return from the spring of …