Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the US Federal Reserve, faces a Sisyphean task because US banks are experiencing debt deflation and, because lending is now at much lower levels, monetary deflation is encumbering the domestic US economy as existing debts continue to be serviced. Government deficit spending...
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Wed, Mar 10 2010
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If a lawless gang of madmen, gamblers and alcoholics seized control of a large company, how would you expect the business to perform? How would you expect the story to end? What if, instead of a company, they seized control of the world's largest economy, thus, to some extent, the world financial...
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The fact that investors around the world are turning to gold is remarkable. Unlike a bond, stored gold offers no yield and, unlike a stock, gold provides no leverage to the performance of an enterprise. Buying gold is not an investment per se, compared, for example, to buying a gold mining stock, where...
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Fri, Nov 13 2009
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Filed under: Federal reserve, US dollar, inflation, Asia, USDX, Gold, IMF, Bretton Woods, ETF, USGS, US economy, gold lease, SDR, GFMS, central bank, CBGA, LBMA