Tag: Inflation
What the Great Global Money Pump of 2020 Looked Like
(Economic Policy Journal) At Bloomberg, Robert Burgess explains what drove the stock market and general asset price spike of 2020:
$14 trillion.
That’s the amount by which the aggregate...
Fed Recommits to Misleading the Public About Inflation
(Stefan Gleason, Money Metals News Service) Did the Federal Reserve just usher in the next phase of the U.S. dollar’s decline?
On Wednesday, the central bank...
No Wonder the Super-Rich Love Inflation
(Oftwominds) Asset inflation benefits the super-rich more than anyone else because they own the vast majority of these assets.
With the reflation euphoria running full...
Three Unstoppable Forces Set to Drive Silver Prices
(Stefan Gleason, Money Metals News Service) The threat of economically crippling lockdowns, the promise of unending monetary stimulus, and the uncertainty of game-changing political outcomes...
Trump Now Wants More Than $1.8 Trillion in Stimulus, Direct Payments
(Money Metals Exchange) Gold and silver markets slumped this week as stimulus talks faltered again in Washington.
Even though the White House upped its offer...
Wholesale Prices Up 0.4% in September as Food Costs Surge
(Associated Press) U.S. wholesale prices jumped 0.4% in September as food costs rose by the largest amount since May.
The Labor Department said Wednesday that...
Beware of These Faulty “Inflation Protected” Investments
(Stefan Gleason, Money Metals News Service) The Federal Reserve last week reiterated its commitment to an unprecedented inflation-raising campaign.
Specifically, the Fed aims to push...
Used Car Prices Surge as Fed Vows Higher Inflation
(Associated Press) U.S. consumer prices rose 0.4% in August as used car prices surged by the largest amount in 51 years, the Labor Department...
Billionaire Hedge Fund Manager Warns of 10% Inflation
(Money Metals Exchange) Billionaire hedge fund manager Stanley Druckenmiller is worried that the U.S. dollar will lose purchasing power much more rapidly than the...
Powell Edges Toward Loosening the Fed’s Stance on Inflation
(Associated Press) For decades, the Federal Reserve made clear its readiness to raise interest rates at the earliest signs of creeping inflation.
That was then....
