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Why Consumer Price Inflation Is Here To Stay

The ability of U.S. central planners to export price inflation to China is finally breaking down. This ability masked the effect of loose fiscal and monetary policies in the U.S. for several decades, as the consequences of enormous deficits and radical money supply expansion were offset by low cost consumer goods. Those days are over. Continue reading

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Getting to a Special State of Ugly

The world, circa 2019, is a fabricated reality. Debt, piled upon debt, piled upon debt, ad infinitum, has erected a financial order that’s at perilous odds with the underlying economy. Central bankers attempt to manipulate fake money and fake foreign exchange rates to keep the debt pile from cascading down. Continue reading

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Significant Yuan Devaluation Imminent

The Department of Commerce reported last week that U.S. gross domestic product grew at a 2.1 percent annual rate during the third quarter, not the 1.5 percent rate previously stated.  Apparently, private inventory investment was greater than initially estimated.  Nonetheless, … Continue reading

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Constructive Simplicity for China’s Communist Party Plenum

The People’s Bank of China cut benchmark interest rates by 0.25 percent on Friday.  This was the sixth time they’ve lowered interest rates within a year.  Bank reserve requirements were also reduced by 0.5 percent. Economic growth has gradually declined … Continue reading

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