Even gold – which set a record high USD terms overnight – will not be immune. In fact, any time you see something making record highs, a correction is not far away. With gold, investment demand (as a hedge against bad monetary policy) is pushing the price up.
June 9th, 2010 | Dan Denning | 90 comments | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "public sector debt"
Bond Scam Perpetrated by Money-grubbing Government
So how does a government fund its spending programs if global creditors begin to turn to other assets? Well, it can have its own central bank “monetise the debt.” But having the central bank buy government bonds with new money is a sure-fire path to currency depreciation and higher interest rates.
November 23rd, 2009 | Dan Denning | 2 comments | Continued
U.S. Treasury Auctioning Off $81 Billion in New Debt
You have to wonder who is willing to loan money to the United States government – given the state of its fiscal and monetary policies – for thirty years at below 5%.
November 9th, 2009 | Dan Denning | 0 comments | Continued
