Economy

Exactly what is inflation, and how do we measure it? It is very important to investors, savers, and people in general, that we understand.

Powell has three jobs at the Federal Reserve: Ensure the US Treasury market functions; Price stability and Employment. [Below is my assessment of how each is evolving and what we can expect from the Fed over the next 3 to 6 months and the effect on the U.S. economy.] 

Lyn Alden: The economy is crashing into stagflation... Edward Dowd: CV19 vax deadliest fraud in history … Jim Rickards : New kind of globalization is coming … Stanley Druckenmiller: The bubble has burst with a vengeance … and more.

A BIS study warns that budgets of most advanced economies, excluding interest payments, "would need 20 consecutive years of surpluses exceeding 2 per cent of gross domestic product – starting now – just to bring the debt-to-GDP ratio back to its pre-crisis level".

The mother of all collapses is still in front of us. Below are my reasons why that is the case and how to protect yourself financially from such an eventuality.

What would happen if someday the rest of the world decides to reject the U.S. dollar and that process suddenly reversed and a tsunami of U.S. dollars come flooding back to this country? It is frightening to think about. Just take a moment and think of the worst superstorm that you can possibly imagine, and then replace every drop of rain with a dollar bill. The giant currency superstorm that will eventually hit this nation will be far worse than that.

If we look at the economic collapses of the past, from the fall of the Roman Empire to Weimar Germany to Argentina and Zimbabwe, the pattern is extremely similar. Let's have a look at that pattern and ask ourselves if the present situation might not play out much the same.

Currently, the U.S. dollar is strong and that trend may continue for some time. As long as it does or for as long as the U.S. dollar maintains stability, there cannot be new highs in the gold price.   …At one time there was a fixed ratio of dollars to gold ($20 U.S. to 1 troy ounce of gold) but, …

This is the scenario nobody thinks is possible but really, at the end of the day, it’s not like the U.S. can print money and live on debt forever - right? so when something cannot go on forever what happens when it stops?

What phase are we in today? We are in the middle to late stages of Phase IV and Phase V — monetary reform to inflate away mountains of debt — is right around the corner! Words: 1864