..how does it all work? We’re doing some serious thinking this week. What is it that actually causes a depression? A stock market collapse? Or too much debt?
September 29th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 0 comments | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "inflation rate"
People Flee Back to the U.S. Dollar
But what you can’t count on is how much that cash will really be worth. And there lies the great trap for the lumpen investoriat. The lumpen, as you know, get their investment ideas from TV and the newspapers. The poor rubes are the last to buy in a boom and the last to sell in a bust.
July 6th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 1 comment | Continued
The Inflation Rate in India is Running About 12%
Currently the inflation rate – according to official statistics – is near 5%. Buying a 10-year note at a full percentage point lower is not a safe investment…
July 30th, 2008 | Bill Bonner | 5 comments | Continued
Lending Money Below the Inflation Rate
Lending money below the inflation rate…giving out money you don’t have, when you are already so deep in debt you will never get out – how could any of this be good for the real economy? But by this time we are so far into Never-Never Land that we will never find our way back.
May 2nd, 2008 | Bill Bonner | 1 comment | Continued