How Much Do Central Banks Cost Us?
Anti-gold advocates claim that precious metals are wasteful. This is hardly convincing when we look at the fat budgets and payrolls of central banks.
Money and Banks
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In a Cashless World, You’d Better Pray the Power Never Goes Out
Getting rid of physical cash only makes an economy more fragile.
Why the Euro Took a Dive After Merkel’s Re-Election
Angela Merkel may now be forced to include the Free Democrats in her new coalition. That's bad news for those who favor a more centralized EU.
Hard Assets In an Age of Negative Interest Rates
For many investors who take the long view, there is a big world beyond the stock market.
Yellen: The Economy May Be Weaker than We Thought
At the rate we're going, the Fed will need another 8 years to get the target interest rate up to 2 percent.
Why Does US Price Inflation Remain Relatively Subdued?
What matters here is not the price levels. What matters are the increases in money supply which undermine the real wealth generation process.
Trump’s China-Sanctions Madness Imperils the Dollar
The Trump administration is threatening to cut China off from the US dollar. But this could serve to destroy the dollar's reserve-currency status.
What Is the Correct Amount of Money?
Since the present monetary system is fundamentally unstable, there cannot be a "correct" money supply growth rate.
The World Is Creeping Toward De-Dollarization
The reign of every world reserve currency has to come to an end at some point in time.
Money-Supply Growth Drops Again — Falls to 108-Month Low
The last time the money supply grew at a smaller rate was during August 2008.
