The movement in the price of gold seems to be heading up again — almost no matter what else is happening. So, let’s look at what might be going on…
February 6th, 2012 | Bill Bonner | 2 comments | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "money printing"
The First Casualty of the Currency Wars
Can Australia’s currency continue its rampage while exporters burn? The currency wars have been going on quietly here at home for some time now. And going by the state of our exporters, we’re losing.
February 4th, 2012 | Nickolai Hubble | 3 comments | Continued
How the Fed Prints Money Under the Guise of Currency Swaps
The Fed is ramping up its currency swap activity again. Meaning, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, is printing money again. That’s bad enough. But this time, after he prints it, he sends it over to Europe. Crazy, but true.
February 2nd, 2012 | Eric J. Fry | 2 comments | Continued
Currency Wars
The currency wars are heating up. On Wednesday, Federal Reserve boss Ben Bernanke promised speculators he would keep interest rates low until 2014.
January 27th, 2012 | Greg Canavan | 1 comment | Continued
Introducing Mr Mario Draghi… Europe’s Incredible Economic Saviour
Mario Draghi, new ECB boss who completed his monetary apprenticeship at Goldman Sachs, has conjured up a sneaky way to print money while giving the impression he’s doing nothing of the sort.
January 19th, 2012 | Greg Canavan | 1 comment | Continued
Money Printing: The Ugly Truth Behind the “Good News”
The news on the US economy has been generally “good” ever since the European Central Bank made it clear that it will print money rather than see major banks or minor nations get what is coming to them.
January 16th, 2012 | Bill Bonner | 2 comments | Continued
Alan Greenspan and the Arithmetic of a Revolution
Hey… That rascal, Alan Greenspan, is back in the newspapers. And this time he has something sensible to say.
January 6th, 2012 | Bill Bonner | 7 comments | Continued
Shadow Banking and The Golden Pyramid
Yesterday in our article about gold’s price going down we discussed gold and the shadow banking system. Today we’ll explain how it all fits together and what it means for the markets and your investments.
December 16th, 2011 | Greg Canavan | 2 comments | Continued
Gold Down 5 Per Cent: Thank You Mr Market!
‘But…but…I thought gold was a safe haven…’
If you’re having thoughts like that after gold’s horror $115 slide over the last 30 days… relax. Gold is, was and always will be a safe haven.
December 15th, 2011 | Greg Canavan | 1 comment | Continued
Will This Great Correction Bring a Darkness Without a Dawn?
So far, the Great Correction has followed the usual script. Bond yields have fallen. Price inflation has generally come down. But demand for credit — as evidenced by $10 trillion government financing costs — is running hot. This is no typical downturn. And it wouldn’t be too surprising if all this demand for credit pushed up bond yields.
December 14th, 2011 | Bill Bonner | 1 comment | Continued
The Liquid Assets You Can No Longer Bank On
There are no more risk-free liquid assets in the market. Maybe there never were. But it’s one of those sacred cows that has never been gored before. It is now (gored, in painfully slow fashion). The dirty little secret of the bankrupt Welfare State is out: government bonds are just another liability.
December 13th, 2011 | Dan Denning | 4 comments | Continued
Central Banks Play: Print…Ready…Aim
All central banks are desperate to stop stress from building in the global banking system. Despite what they say, job No. 1 of every central bank is to do whatever it takes to prevent a disorderly collapse of banks caused by “bank runs.”
December 6th, 2011 | Dan Amoss | 0 comments | Continued
You Want Something You Can Take to the Bank?
You want money? You want cash? You want something you can take to the bank? Well, you’ve got it!
“A move by the world’s central banks to lower the cost of borrowing exhilarated investors Wednesday” the Associated Press reports.
December 2nd, 2011 | Bill Bonner | 1 comment | Continued
The US Economy’s Bread and Circuses
When it comes to the US Economy, there aren’t so many questions. Nobody doubts the full faith and credit of the US government. Not yet anyway. And nobody doubts the Fed will backstop America’s public debt…by printing as much money as it needs to.
November 21st, 2011 | Bill Bonner | 0 comments | Continued
European Monetary Union Members Cannot Print Money to Inflate Way Out of Crisis
Europe’s monetary failure is bringing about a fiscal crisis, and probably a social crisis too. The Euro not only made 10-month lows against the dollar. But the viability of the common currency (one interest rate, many fiscal policies) is now being openly questioned.
March 25th, 2010 | Dan Denning | 38 comments | Continued
