More
About this week’s show: Huge debt adjustment impending in China Debt problems lead to slow growth Under fiat currency, debt gets out of control About the Guest: Wall Street veteran, merchant banker, equities trader, economist, finance professor, entrepreneur — iconoclast — Michael Pettis is a unique individual living and working in China, at the heart […]
It’s not as if we’re lacking history as to how this works. Some two decades ago the Greenspan Fed’s “asymmetrical” (baby-step “tightening” measures versus aggressive rate slashing and market support) policy approach emboldened speculation and nurtured precarious Bubble Dynamics. “Asymmetrical” then took on a whole new meaning during the post “tech” Bubble backdrop, as the […]
The McAlvany Weekly Commentary with David McAlvany and Kevin Orrick “You just have to be flexible. But you have to have insurance. If you don’t own any gold or silver or these things, you’d better own some. Now, how much you need? That depends on your personal situation and your personal preferences, just like any […]
About this week’s show: Bernanke – 98% Of All Monetary Policy Is Now Verbal The Fed Knows The Truth & The Goal Is To Keep People From Panicking “Someone” Serious Is Buying Gold Right Now About the guest: “The King Report” is a daily market commentary that is distributed to many major institutional accounts in the […]
The 1987 stock market crash raised concerns for the dangers associated with mounting U.S. “twin deficits.” Fiscal and trade deficits were reflective of poor economic management. Credit excesses – certainly including excessive government borrowings – were stimulating demand that was reflected in expanding U.S. trade and Current Account Deficits. Concerns dissipated with the revival of […]
The McAlvany Weekly Commentary with David McAlvany and Kevin Orrick “Can today’s political classes confront the very serious problems that we face in a way that both satisfies the desire of many for a more integrated world economy, and satisfies the very legitimate concerns of people who have seen their living standards decline and feel […]
About this week’s show: Credo: Avoid devaluations in an election year Central Banks are always politically sensitive Currency systems always have a winner and a loser About the guest: Mr. Frieden is a Professor at Harvard University’s Department of Government, a division of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. His teaching and research focus’ on the politics of international […]
I’d been waiting patiently for the Fed’s Q4 2015 Z.1 “flow of funds” report. The fourth quarter was a period of financial instability and tightened financial conditions. What tracks would be left in the data? Moreover, would the report confirm a continuation of the broadening Credit slowdown that had turned more pronounced during Q3, a […]
