By James Quinn, Casey Research In a recent article, How China Ate America’s Lunch, Clif Carothers described what China has accomplished in the last thirty years: In thirty short years, China was able to accelerate her GDP from $216 billion to $6 trillion. She amassed reserve capital of $3 trillion. She reversed America’s fortunes from […]
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Forecasting Inflation Our primary Inflation forecaster is our proprietary “Moore Inflation Predictor” (MIP)… as a matter of fact it is the reason we began publishing the Financial Trend Forecaster as a paper newsletter. Prior to that James Moore published an economics based newsletter called “Your Window into the Future” and that is where he developed
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This essay from the July 2006 International Speculator captures the essence of Bud Conrad’s forward-looking, contrarian analysis… almost eerily so as we appear to be on the brink of the economic precipice described herein. By Bud Conrad, Casey Research Poor Ben Bernanke. The greatest financial train wreck in history is going to happen on his
By Jeff Clark, Editor BIG GOLD, Casey Research I was recently asked in an interview if I thought gold was going to $5,000 an ounce. “No,” I said bluntly. “I think it’s going higher.” “You’re that optimistic?” “No,” I replied. “I’m that pessimistic.” Imagine the condition of our world if gold reached $5,000 an ounce
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In this article Doug Casey presents the case that we are in the early stages of an inflationary depression, commodities are soaring and next will be retail prices. In an inflationary depression financial assets aren’t worth the paper they are printed on and currently they are precious few bargains available in paper assets anyway. So
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By Terry Coxon, The Casey Report In the fall of 2008, the Federal Reserve responded to the Lehman bankruptcy by igniting a rapid expansion in the U.S. money supply. It did so because, by its lights, the immediate and obvious menace to the economy was a deflationary collapse, with one giant bankruptcy breeding another. And
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Algeria already supplies 20% of Europe’s natural gas and more than 30% of the EU’s LNG imports. And in November, European LNG import volumes set a new record high – Europe imported a staggering 302 Bcf of LNG, shattering the old record (set only in September) by 52 Bcf. The United Kingdom, facing its coldest winter in years, alone accounted for 73 Bcf. Whether the average Brit, Spaniard, or Italian realizes it, they rely on Algeria.
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Gold can hold its value during a deflationary period so long as that period of time is relatively short. However, a long term deflationary period could be troublesome for gold bulls. Again, I am not an expert in these matters, but it sure seems as though there is a growing battle between the deflationists and inflationsists and the herd appears to back the inflationists.
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Unless you have been living under a rock you have probably noticed that the government has mandated that the gasoline you are pumping into your car these days has Ethanol in it now. You have probably also heard that it is good for farmers and the environment but lets look at all those factors and
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I know as you read this, you are aware that America and the world are currently experiencing an economic crisis. Many economic experts say we could be heading towards a worsening recession or even a depression. In this article, I have listed a few tools that a government has at its disposal to pull itself out of a recession and even avoid a depression. It’s good to be aware of the intervention tools governments use to prop up an economy in order to better protect your wealth and purchasing power.
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