Interview with Dr Benn Steil, Director of International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations
byDr. Benn Steil is senior fellow and director of international economics at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. He is also the…
Shorting the yuan is dangerous
byLast Sunday (31 January) Zero Hedge ran an article drawing attention to the big names in the hedge fund community who are betting heavily…
The Cozy Relationship between the Treasury and the Fed
byLast year was a tough one for investors. Gold was down 10 percent. The Dow Industrials fell 2.5 percent, and most bond indexes finished…
How the Blockchain and Gold Can Work Together
byA look into monetary history shows that people, when given freedom of choice, opted for precious metals as money. This doesn’t come as a…
European Central Bank poised to strengthen further monetary pumping
byOn January 21 2016 the European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi signaled that the governing council may provide more stimulus at its next…
Central Banks – Ah Aaaaahhh! – Saviours of the Universe?
byCopryright: Universal Pictures Freight rates have fallen below 2008 levels With the oil price below $30 many US producers are unprofitable The Fed has…
Interview with Dr Emma Dawnay on the Swiss referendum on monetary reform
byThe following questions have been answered by Dr Emma Dawnay, on behalf of Monetäre Modernisierung, the organisation bringing the Swiss Sovereign Money Initiative (or…
Zero Hedge: This Could Be A Problem: China’s Debt-To-GDP Rises To A Gargantuan 346%
bySource: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-01-28/could-be-problem-chinas-debt-gdp-rises-gargantuan-346 In early 2015, after years of China’s massive debt pile being roundly ignored by most so-called experts (despite being profiled here many years…
Oil a load of nonsense
by“The media select, they interpret, they emotionalize and they create facts.. The media not only reduce reality by lowering information density. They focus reality…
Mises.org: Brazil’s Easy-Money Problem
byBy Lucas Vaz, source: https://mises.org/library/brazils-easy-money-problem Brazil is undergoing what is considered its worst economic crisis in seventy years, and there is usually no agreement when…