Economy Hit with the Ultimate Smokescreen: Bi-Flation
• InfoWars.com/You can tell when a Ponzi scheme is approaching its collapse by the number of increased smoke and mirrors needed to cover up the counterfeit foundation of the scheme.
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Oil, Gold Rise And Silver Surges To Record On MENA Contagion
• ZeroHedge.comCurrency debasement on a scale never seen before in modern history continues in the U.S. and other countries. This is leading to a real risk of stagflation and possible even hyperinflation if sane monetary policies are not returned to soon.
Brent $118, Crude $107, Silver & Gold At Highs, Dollar In Flight To Safety Free Fall
• ZeroHedge.comIt is one of those days when the flight to new reserve currency is on, with gold and silver trading near overnight highs, same for the oil complex...
We're Just Gonna Inflate Our Way Out Of It! (Or Are We...)
• ZeroHedge.comThe US given a bit of lead time has a key choice right now. Either deal with this set of colliding circumstances proactively, or the global capital markets will do so...
"A Hyperinflationary Deluge Is Imminent"
• ZeroHedge.comA deluge of an unprecedented magnitude is both inevitable and imminent. The consequences of the economic and political mismanagement will have a devastating impact on the world for a very long time. And the consequences will touch...
A "Global Beacon Of Freedom" To A Symbol Of Political And Economic Repression
• ZeroHedge.comOnce the land of the brave and the home of the free, and truly a beacon of freedom for the rest of the world, has entered the death spiral of its cilivizational curve, which "beginning of the end" started in 1913 with the introduction of...
Everything is now correlated exclusively to the Fed's Balance Sheet
• Zero HedgeOne wonders after seeing this chart, and with QE Deux set to end on June 30th. You know this can't be allowed. The Fed will continue to paper over the debts and continue to monitize the debt. Oh, silver is at $35.50/oz.
Why the Dollar's Reign Is Near an End
• WSJ.comThere is the danger that the dollar's safe-haven status will be lost. Foreign investors—private and official alike—hold dollars not simply because they are liquid but because they are secure. The U.S. government has a history of honoring its...
Sam Zell: US Standard of Living in Peril From Dollar's Weakness
• CNBC.comThe US standard of living could drop 25 percent if the dollar loses its standing as the world's reserve currency, investor Sam Zell told CNBC.
ShadowStats' John Williams Explains Why It's All Been Downhill Since 1973
• ZeroHedge.comHousehold income has not recovered above that, and if you use the CPI-U it shows that household income today is below where it was in 1973. Again, the average household has not been able to keep up here.
China "Attacks Dollar" - Moves To Further Cement Renminbi Reserve Currency Status
• ZeroHedge.comObviously, a reserve currency would be not only extremely useful, but quite critical in achieving the goal of China's conversion to an inwardly focused, middle-class reliant society.
Richard Russell: Dead Nation Walking
• 321gold.comThe cover of the magazine reads, "Would You Invest In a Company that lost $2 trillion last year, and has a net worth of a negative $44 trillion?"
Morgan Opens Gold Window
• dailybell.comEarlier this month, J.P. Morgan made an important announcement that received scant coverage in the media: the bank would now accept gold as collateral for loans.
Bill Gross Asks $64,000 Question: "Who Will Buy Treasuries When The Fed Doesn’t?"
• ZeroHedge.comBill Gross now goes for the jugular with the $64,000 question: with "nearly 70% of the annualized issuance since the beginning of QE II has been purchased by the Fed, with the balance absorbed by those old standbys – the Chinese, Japanese...
Bill Gross: June 30, 2011 Will Be Viewed As America's New "D-Day"
• BusinessInsider.com/Investors should view June 30th, 2011 not as political historians view November 11th, 1918 (Armistice Day) but more like June 6th, 1944 (D-Day – a day fraught with hope for victory, but fueled with immediate uncertainty and fear...
Julian Robertson: Bernanke Is Santa Claus And We're All Celebrating Denial
• BusinessInsider.com/"We are broke, broker than all get out... We prefer to put on the Santa Claus suit and celebrate Christmas."
Gonzalo Lira: The Dollar, and The Next Ten Days
• Gonzalolira.blogspot.com/The next ten days will be key: Will the dollar spike up? Become the safe haven of everyone fleeing from the world’s troubles? Or will the dollar nosedive, the first big step down in its death spiral?
Alan Greenspan's March 2, 2001 Fed Testimony: Surpluses Forever!
• CalculatedRiskBlog.comThe most recent projections from OMB and CBO indicate that, if current policies remain in place, the total unified surplus will reach about $800 billion in fiscal year 2010, including an on-budget surplus of almost $500 billion.
QE3? Top Federal Reserve Officials Think More Quantitative Easing Is Necessary
• TheEconomicCollapseBlog.com/The truth is that when the rest of the world completely loses faith in the U.S. dollar and in U.S. Treasuries the dominoes are going to start to fall. Eventually we are going to see a financial panic that is going to make 2008 look like a picnic...
Bernanke: Surge in Oil Prices Not Hurting US Economy
• CNBC.comThe recent surge in oil prices is unlikely to have a big impact on the U.S. economy, but could lead to weaker growth and higher inflation if sustained, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday.
Dollar Losing Safe Haven Appeal
• CNBC.comLong seen as a place of safety in times of turmoil, the dollar may be losing its haven appeal.
Chinese Treasury Holdings Revised $268 Billion Higher To $1.12 Trillion
• ZeroHedge.comThis upward revision came almost exclusively at the expense of the UK, which saw its holdings decline by $269 billion, in other words a nearly dollar for dollar shift between the UK and China.
Is the Real Crisis About to Begin?
• Seeking AlphaBernanke is absolutely TERRIFIED of what’s coming. He knows that if his famed “Bernanke Put” is no longer sufficient to propping up the market, then he’s about to lose control of the financial system again…which means, you guessed it, THE REAL CRISIS
Simon Black: "The Market Is Telling Us That The Dollar Is Finished"
• ZeroHedge.comThere is no shortage of turmoil right now… yet we are seeing the dollar get clobbered while gold, silver, and smaller currencies like the Swiss franc rise. This represents a major shift in the way that the market views risk.
Plunging Tax Refunds & Declining Tax Withholdings Predict A Consumption Collapse
• ZeroHedge.comFor the first 13 weeks heading into April 15 (the point by which most refunds have been issued), and find that both average weekly remittance and 2011 cumulative refund issuance is running at a nearly 20% lower run rate than 2010.
Marc Faber: "I Think We Are All Doomed"
• ZeroHedge.comEventually the economy will deteriorate, that there will be more money-printing, and then you have inflation, and a poor economy, an extreme form of stagflation, and, eventually, in that situation, countries go to war, and, as a whole...
Exporting Speculative Debt
• TheAutomaticEarth.blogspot.comDr. Steve Keen's model demonstrates how speculative financial investment in a pure credit economy will inevitably lead to a severe recession/depression once the speculative debt levels overwhelm the productive capacity of the economy.
We're Rapidly Approaching the Crisis to Which 2008 Was a Warm Up
• ZeroHedge.comWhen the stuff hits the fan this time around, the Fed will be powerless to do anything. Bernanke’s already shot every bullet he’s got. So when he loses control this time around, not only will the market crater, but the belief that has kept the...
Excess Reserves Surge, Fed Owns 37% More Treasurys Than China
• ZeroHedge.comThere are two key datapoints to present in this week's Fed balance sheet update: the surge in excess reserves, and the comparative Treasury holdings between the Fed and other foreign countries.
Gresham’s Law Squared – Gearing Up For Game Over
• ZeroHedge.comWhen it happens, the speed at which capital will move in today’s over-liquefied world will take people’s breath away. Where will it go? This is the global end of normal, first and foremost, it will go into the strategic assets - gold/silver, energy..
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