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Financial Repression Is Chosen “Solution” To Government Debt Glut
Ben Mountifield, October 21st, 2011
Financial repression was the policy adopted by the US and other advanced economies from 1945 to 1980 in order to pay down their enormous government debts, and it’s the policy that’s being adopted again today. In a 2011 National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) paper, Carmen Reinhart and Belen Sbrancia
Posted in Blog, Currencies, Featured, Fundamental Analysis, Monetary Policy
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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