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At This Rate It Will Be 22 Years Before UK Households Have Paid Off Their Debts
Ben Mountifield, May 4th, 2012
According to a report from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) the typical UK household owes £7,900, which they are repaying at an average rate of £355 per year. At that rate it will be 22 years before these personal loans, overdrafts and credit card debts are repaid. Although households in the UK have
Posted in Blog, Featured, Fundamental Analysis, Monetary Policy
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Deflation Is Not The Poison They’d Have You Believe, In Fact, It’s The Cure
Ben Mountifield, March 2nd, 2012
It is widely accepted that inflation is a “good thing” for the economy, and that deflation is very bad indeed. In truth however, deflation is just what we need right now. Here’s why… Let’s get the definitions out of the way… As I’ve written about before, most people define inflation
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Will ‘Helicopter Ben’ Live Up To His Name & Deliver More Monetary ‘Shock & Awe’? My Guess Is He Won’t Disappoint
Ben Mountifield, August 18th, 2011
On 21 November 2002 Ben Bernanke made a famous speech in which he made the following statement. “U.S. dollars have value only to the extent that they are strictly limited in supply. But the U.S. government has a technology, called a printing press (or, today, its electronic equivalent), that allows
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Save Us Benny, Save Us! [revisited]
Ben Mountifield, August 5th, 2011
I first wrote the article ‘Save Us Benny, Save Us’ back in April but it’s a good time to revisit it because we are already starting to hear the cries. Original article: This will be the cry to Ben Bernanke as stock markets fall and the world’s economies returns to
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First the Deflation then the Inflation: Is this the start of the Deflation?
Ben Mountifield, June 16th, 2011
At the start of the year in my ‘Predictions for 2011’ I wrote: “If I had to guess, I’d say that we are likely to experience a decent first half of the year, followed by a serious correction, probably affecting all risk assets, and possibly a decent rally to finish
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Gold: Bubble or Long-term Bull Market?
Ben Mountifield, June 15th, 2011
The majority of market commentators believe that gold is in a bubble, but there are others, myself included, that believe gold to be in a healthy long-term bull market. So who is right? Gold’s performance so far Gold has been rising for over a decade and has returned on average
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Gold: Bubble or Long-term Bull Market?
Ben Mountifield, June 10th, 2011
The majority of market commentators believe that gold is in a bubble, but there are others, myself included, that believe gold to be in a healthy long-term bull market. So who is right? Gold’s performance so far Gold has been rising for over a decade and has returned on average