Donald Trump’s victory over Kamala Harris and the Democrats in the November 5 elections represents part of a broader phenomenon: Most governments in developed economies have been swept away by public anger over rising prices. And this despite the mainstream media and political elites saying that inflation has been… defeated and everything is returning to …
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What will investors punish after the failure of the FED?
A paradoxical phenomenon occurred in the course of US interest rate cuts: Instead of falling, they moved higher in the medium term. The Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate by half a percentage point in September, raising expectations that other interest rates will soon begin to cut as well. By contrast, two-year and 10-year …
The Global Debt Crisis is just around the corner
The bond market and dollar index have begun to sensitize to the potential implications of another Trump victory. The ten-year yield has increased by 55 bp. after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates in mid-September. Americans who have been waiting for rate cuts are once again battling with their mortgage rates starting with the digit …
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 “Talented” Persistent Inflation that won’t go away
Inflation in the US fell to 2.4% against forecasts for a slowdown to 2.3%. On the other hand, “core” inflation recovered to 3.3%, against forecasts that it would remain unchanged. At the core, services inflation rebounded from 4.3% to 4.4% and accelerated strongly from 0.1% to 0.6% month-on-month (this is the part of the core …
The price of Gold outperformed stocks in annual return (+27.1%)
Spot gold prices closed Friday 9/20 at a new record high of $2,622 an ounce in New York, extending annual gains for the precious metal to 27.1%. It beat the weak performance of the US S&P 500 index, including dividend reinvestment. Gold is on track for its best performance since 2010, even outpacing 2020’s 25.1% …
Should Trump restore the Gold standard, and if so, how will he go about it?
During his presidential campaign, former President Donald Trump referred extensively to the issue of the inflationary vortex in which the US economy has been involved. In addition, he highlighted the importance of maintaining the dollar as the world’s main reserve currency by pointing to the possibility of the US imposing countermeasures on countries that abandon …
Kamala Harris’ $2.25 tril. “Money Tree”, and Economic Populism
The socialist recipe for economic failure: Price controls, higher taxes, government intervention and subsidies paid for by printing an ever-depreciating currency. These are the main pillars of “21st century socialism” and the radical leftist Peronism that destroyed Argentina. These are also the key elements of the economic plan presented by Kamala Harris and the Democratic …
FED “Monetary Coup” by Manipulating Yield Curve To Elect Harris
Black Monday, August 5th was a powerful reminder to investors that the stock markets don’t just… go up, they sometimes go down. It wasn’t the end of the world. Wall Street’s 3.0% drop on a daily basis is a big deal, but it doesn’t compare to October 1929, when the stock market fell 21% in …
Rising MFO Lending Creates Bubble in Russian Economy
On the face of it, for Russia its “war economy” has ostentatiously turned its “back” on Western sanctions, while the war in Ukraine is in its third year, with no end in sight. Its GDP grew by 3.6% in 2023, having been consistently positive for the past five quarters. Thanks to Russia’s broken alliance with …