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Excessive leverage and risk in the financial system, e.g., using customer funds to speculate, never ends well. Stock market crashes, bank and investment firm failures or economic recessions are all potential consequences. Following the failure of the United States to regulate over the counter (OTC) derivatives...
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Fri, Nov 16 2012
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Filed under: Federal reserve, CPI, deflation, inflation, GDP, IMF, Great Depression, CDS, unemployment, debt monetization, too big to fail, International Monetary Fund, Gross Domestic Product, Consumer Price Index, MBS, mortgage backed securities, over the counter derivatives, European Central Bank, ECB, Baltic Dry Index, sovereign default, bank failure, credit default swaps, BDI, monetary policy, OMT, recession, stock market crash, liquidity, QE3, quantitative easing III, systemic collapse, outright monetary transactions, market intervention, stagflation, tax increases, austerity measures, savings, U.S. Treasury, bank credit, stagnation, economic opportunity, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, instability, entrepreneurship, public funds, jobs, financial crisis, operation twist, bond yields, living standards, financial repression, Carmen M. Reinhart, OTC derivatives. Glass-Steagall Act, interest rates, net loss, middle class, consumer incomes, innovation, economic recovery
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By Greg Hunter's USAWatchdog.com - "We are in a computer generated dream world . . . because everything is rigged." That's what Ron Hera of Heraresearch.com said this week when interviewed about living in an age he calls "The end of cheap everything." The system isn't...
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Thu, Jul 19 2012
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Filed under: Federal reserve, deflation, inflation, economic collapse, financial fraud, corruption, Bank of England, fiat money, Barclays, fractional reserve banking, crime wave, market rigging, LIBOR, collusion, fascism
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The Hera Research Newsletter is pleased to present the following insightful interview with John Embry, Chief Investment Strategist of Sprott Asset Management LP, where he plays an instrumental role in the corporate and investment policy of the firm. Mr. Embry, who is a world renowned expert on the gold...
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Sun, Jul 1 2012
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Filed under: Federal reserve, deflation, inflation, Gold, Euro, Hyperinflation, silver, FOMC, Ben Bernanke, U.S. dollar, gold standard, European Central Bank, ECB, People's Bank of China, John Embry, Federal Reserve Open Market Committee, Sprott Asset Management, Eric Sprott, PBoC
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Investors understand that the Federal Reserve’s ongoing purchase of U.S. Treasuries in the open market, known as quantitative easing two (QE2), injects newly created money into the U.S. financial system and economy, but the actual means by which newly created money monetizes U.S. government debt...
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Mon, Feb 21 2011
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Filed under: Federal reserve, deflation, debt, inflation, USDX, M3, Hyperinflation, Bailouts, QE2, U.S. Treasuries, QE, S&P500, M1, economic collapse, M2, money supply, Primary Dealers, Ben Bernanks, U.S. federal budget deficit, Nasdaq, Dow Jones Industrial Average
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The Hera Research Newsletter (HRN) is pleased to present an eye opening interview with James G. Rickards, Senior Managing Director of Tangent Capital Partners, a merchant bank specializing in alternative asset management solutions, and also Chief Operating Officer of Oro Capital Advisors, LLC, a commercial...
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Fri, Feb 4 2011
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Filed under: Federal reserve, deflation, inflation, China, Hyperinflation, QE2, Ben Bernanke, Jim Rickards, Brazil, U.S. Treasuries, Brazillian real, debt monetization, quantitative easing, yuan, RMB, U.S. dollar, QE
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Hey Guys, Just wanted to tell you guys about a great new resource to educate people who don't know much about economics by just telling them to go to econtoons.com which goes to youtube playlist of many economics related cartoons to illustrate and educate on many fundamental concepts. Alex Merced
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Tue, Dec 21 2010
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Filed under: Economics, Inflation, Government, Deflation, Education, Loans, Credit, Monetary, Economists, Banks, Policy
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Understanding Inflation Advocates by Alex Merced (Check out my other websties - LibertyIsNow - Creatarian - VoteMerced ) There are two fundamental questions that come up people discuss monetary policy, and peoples views on these two questions which shape what they think policy should be. These questions...
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Labor Economics #1 - Sticky Wages by Alex Merced The next few posts I'll be writing will be a series on some aspects of labor economics which will mainly center around wages and upward mobility. In this initial part of the series I'm going to address one of the main Keynesian buzzwords, "Sticky...
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The Difference Between Inflation and Increasing Price Levels by Alex Merced One of the biggest debates right now is the inflation versus deflation debate, and much of this debate hinges on the events in consumer goods prices, but can inflation occur even if prices drop? Can prices go up even if inflation...
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The Hera Research Newsletter ( HRN ) is pleased to present the following exclusive interview with legendary international investor, best selling author, adventurer and family man Jim Rogers, Chairman of Rogers Holdings and founder of the Rogers International Commodity Index ( RICI ). Jim Rogers’...
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Fri, Jun 4 2010
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Filed under: US dollar, CPI, deflation, inflation, USDX, China, Gold, M3, Euro, silver, RICI, Jim Rogers
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One of the most famous quotations of Austrian economist Ludwig von Mises is that “There is no means of avoiding the final collapse of a boom brought about by credit expansion. The alternative is only whether the crisis should come sooner as the result of a voluntary abandonment of further credit...
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Wed, Jun 2 2010
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Filed under: US dollar, deflation, debt, inflation, GDP, M3, Hyperinflation, Ponzi scheme, unemployment, mortgage delinquencies and foreclosures, U-6
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Inflation or Deflation – Considered Again By Monty Pelerin , posted March 16th, 2010 http://www.economicnoise.com/2010/03/16/inflation-or-deflation-considered-again/ A reasoned view for high inflation is made on Zerohedge. My opinion is that hyperdeflation (if it is defined as 5% or more) does...
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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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Filed under: Federal reserve, US dollar, CPI, deflation, debt, inflation, GDP, central banks, money supply, US economy, central bank, M3
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Key to Investment Success — Inflation or Deflation? By Monty Pelerin , posted December 31st, 2009 http://www.economicnoise.com/2009/12/31/key-to-investment-success-inflation-or-deflation/ Inflation or Deflation? For investors, the critical question is are we headed toward Inflation or Deflation...
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It is often remarked that the existence of unions is proof of the inefficiency and failure of markets to pay workers adequate wages. That workers, as a great multitude with little individual influence, must form socialistic collectives in order to provide a counterweight to the great power wielded by...
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Tue, Dec 29 2009
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Filed under: regulation, intervention, sticky, unions, trade unions, deflation, inflation, competition, sticky wages, raising prices, raising wages