Time Preference, Interest Rates, and Stagflation
Strong increases in money supply result in an exchange of nothing for something, which weakens the process of…
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The Fed Is About To Go Weimar: Gold And Silver Will Soar
The Fed is further obscuring the money supply numbers, ahead of another massive round of money printing. In fact…
Continue readingExtreme Charts: Weirdest Year In US Economic History
If “weird” equals “bad” in economics, which it frequently does, the odds of this ending well are rapidly approaching zero…
Continue readingUS Money Supply Was Up 37 Percent in November
The central bank continues to engage in a wide variety of unprecedented efforts to “stimulate” the economy and provide income to…
Continue readingSHOCKING Increase In U.S. Money Supply In Past Two Weeks
Money supply has gone STRAIGHT UP…
Continue readingMoney Supply Growth Remained Near All-Time Highs In October
The central bank continues to engage in a wide variety of unprecedented efforts to “stimulate” the economy and provide income to…
Continue readingA Drop in the Money Supply Was Not the Cause of the Great Depression
The Great Depression of 1930s occurred because of the Fed’s loose monetary stance from October 1920 to August 1924, which undermined the…
Continue readingWhat’s Ahead For The Gold Market With The Money Supply Expanding At A Blistering Pace?
The die has been cast and there’s no turning back…
Continue readingMoney Supply Vs Liquidity: What’s the Difference?
Changes in money supply and liquidity are not the same thing…
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 readingWhy There’s So Much Confusion over What “Inflation” Means
On a gold standard, an increase in the money supply unbacked by gold constitutes an increase in the money supply out of “thin air”. In the modern world…
Continue readingIn August, Money Supply Growth Hit a Record High for the Fifth Month in a Row
The central bank continues to engage in a wide variety of unprecedented efforts to “stimulate” the economy…
Continue readingAn Unexpected Systemic Crisis For Sure
What’s the impact on gold from a collapse of global banks, and how are central banks preparing for a monetary reset that could adversely impact…
Continue readingCPI Goes Up In July…Will Inflation Dragon Take To The Air With Gold?
Inflation rebounded from the pandemic lows, ending the period of disinflation. What does it mean for gold?
Continue readingSay’s Law and the Effects of a Growing Money Supply
Modern central banks have tried to foster the boom and avoid the slump…
Continue readingMoney-Supply Growth Hits New High for Third Month in a Row
The growth rate has never been higher, with the 1970s the only period that comes close..
Continue readingTo Prevent Problematic Inflation, We Need More Production (Which Means There’s Trouble Ahead)
In view of the “lockdown”-driven economic collapse and central banks’ monetization schemes, it might be helpful to take a look at…
Continue readingTwo Months Of New U.S. Currency In Circulation Could Buy A Stunning Amount Of Silver & Gold
How many years of silver production could we buy with the amount of new currency put into circulation by the Fed in just the last two months?
Continue readingHow All That Extra Stimulus Money Could Lead to Price Inflation
The central bank is heavily increasing the quantity of money while economic output contracts—Isn’t that inflationary?
Continue readingCould the US Become Another Weimar Republic?
Monetary & fiscal authorities are shoveling trillions of dollars into the economy to prevent a collapse of the economy and the financial system. Here’s why that’s a problem…
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