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http://mises.org/story/3288 the above link contains information (which i havent been able to confirm if true) about a false credit cunch in 2008. the article has a chart that displays something called "total bank credit of all commercial banks". http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/TOTBKCR...
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the rothbard book HoMaBitUS states "The record of 1879–1896 was very similar to the first stage of the alleged great depression from 1873 to 1879. Once again, we had a phenomenal expansion of American industry, production, and real output per head.............. The major difference in the...
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I really don't know what is so difficult about the concept of inflation: -Government increases the money supply (inflation) -Certain groups benefit from the 'new' money, redistributing wealth -As the money makes it's way through the economy the purchasing power of it drops.... - ...and...
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One future prediction I am certain of. When the Federal Reserve triples the base money supply in two years, while production is collapsing, then prices will rise. When the dollar loses its reserve currency status then prices will rocket. As far as today's CPI numbers are concerned, two things. One...
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this link http://hallofrecord.blogspot.com/2007/11/does-federal-reserve-cause-inflation.html contains this statement "The question on the table was whether the Federal Reserve caused inflation. I responded - " The Fed doesn't cause inflation or deflation, but the Fed certainly mucks up...
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http://digg.com/d1PWSl MZM Money Supply on Dec. 31 $4.697 trillion $8.105 trillion +72.6 the above link says that mzm has increased almost 73% since the year 2000. an economagic.com chart states that m2 has increased about 64 percent since the same time. as for the money components outside of these two...
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this link http://www.econbrowser.com/archives/2008/12/federal_reserve_1.html states of the operation of the federal reserve -- "And how did your bank come to have those deposits with the Fed? These deposits are something the Fed has the power to create out of thin air. This indeed is its primary...
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this link http://mises.org/story/3390 states "The US Federal Reserve, for instance, increased the stock of the monetary base — which includes banks' demand deposits held with the Fed, plus coins and notes in circulation — from $870.9 billion in August 2008 to $1735.3 billion in January...
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i am trying to learn about fiat currency inflation and gold inflation. i have read blog entries at mises.org site claiming gold production rates at about 3 percent per year.?? i assume, correct me if i am wrong here, that the gold is paid for with fiat currencies. would the inflationary characteristics...
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Normal 0 false false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Earlier this week I posted my thoughts on inflation and deflation on this blog. I got a lot of good responses and others confused and contrived. Posting it allowed me internalize my thoughts and hear others opinions and piece...