Federal Reserve Policies Aimed at Creating Price Stability Bring About Economic Instability
The ever-growing interference with the workings of markets drives the US economy toward persistent economic impoverishment and…
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Another Large Real Estate Crash Is Coming Soon?
The Fed is causing more painful and volatile boom and bust cycles…
Continue readingHow the Fed’s Tampering with the Policy Rate Affects the Yield Curve
A visible downtrend in the spread does not bode well for economic activity in…
Continue readingWhen Will The Fed Give Up On Raising Rates?
Every artificial economic boom created by The Fed must have an economic bust. Manipulating interest rates lower creates distortions in…
Continue readingHow GDP Stats Create the Illusion of Fed-Fueled Economic Growth
Bubble activities cannot sustain themselves without support from central bank monetary pumping…
Continue readingHow Much Control Does the Central Bank Have over Interest Rates?
The central bank can manipulate the interest rate to whatever level it desires. However, it cannot…
Continue readingBefore a Bust, There Is Always a Boom (and Malinvestment)
Once banks start to lend money not backed by savings, this sets in motion the…
Continue readingThe Stimulus Boom Is Already Over: Now Comes Stagnation
Cheap money, increased public intervention, and massive stimulus plans have not worked as…
Continue readingSound Money (Gold) Versus Fiat Money (Unbacked): Effects On The Boom-Bust Cycle
The key to the emergence of the boom-bust cycle is the expansion in money supply out of “thin air.” The increase in the supply of gold has…
Continue readingWhy Monetary “Stimulus” Won’t Prevent an Economic Bust
Economic bust is going to emerge regardless of whether the Fed is going to tighten its interest rate stance or not…
Continue reading“Mom Jeans” Are Now an Economic Indicator
The monetary world has changed mightily while fashions have changed. Hemlines go up and down, jeans from skinny to boxy. The money…
Continue readingHow Easy Money Creates the Boom-Bust Cycle
Whenever the monetary stance is loosened, it sets in motion an economic boom by means of the diversion of real savings from wealth generators to…
Continue readingPrinting Money at a “Constant” or “Stable” Rate Won’t Prevent Boom-Bust Cycles
A pure gold standard is immune from boom-bust cycles, since on the pure gold standard an increase in the money supply does not trigger an…
Continue readingHow Central Banks And Lockdowns Are Making The Crisis Worse
Instead of the government presenting us with “Stay Home” advice, we should be presenting them with “Do Nothing” advice. Here’s why…
Continue readingCan Central Banks Avoid Booms And Busts With The ‘Right’ Amount Of Money Creation?
Within the framework of a free market, there cannot be such thing as “too little” or “too much” money, as long as…
Continue readingWhy Trump Wants The Fed To Pump Even More Easy Money
Trump continues to labor under the mistaken impression that the threats to the economy come during the tightening stage of Fed policy. Here’s more…
Continue readingKeith Weiner: All Aboard The Keynes Express To Monetary Ruin
If we are to fix the modern-day monetary mess were in, then capitalists, gold bugs and free-market advocates need to form an alliance. Keith explains…
Continue readingMarin Katusa: The Best Gold Investments To Make Today
Where are we right now in the natural resources boom/bust/echo cycle, and what a opportunities are there? Marin explains…
Continue readingDo The Dollar And The Stock Market Come Crashing Down To Economic Reality This Week?
SD Outlook: Gold & silver are not likely to go much lower in price as conditions rapidly deteriorate in the real-world economy and in the markets…
Continue readingWhy The Boom Bust Cycle Keeps Repeating
The boom-bust cycle is somehow linked to the modern world. But what is the link? The source of the recurring boom-bust cycles turns out to be the…
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