By Bob Stokes
4/13/2011 4:30:00 PM
Recent decades have seen the biggest credit inflation the world has ever known. So the question is: What will "duly keep" the "balance" of so great an "excess"?...
Filed Under: Robert Prechter, conquer the crash, deflation, economic depression, M3 money supply, U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed)
Category: U.S. Economy
By Vadim Pokhlebkin
3/23/2011 9:30:00 AM
During hyperinflation, interest rates typically rise to double digits per month. Inflationists find it difficult to reconcile the Fed’s massive balance sheet growth since August 2008 with short term rates at zero. But deflationists understand why investors are willing to hold government paper at such low returns...
Filed Under: Ben Bernanke, Robert Prechter, credit crisis, crude oil, deflation, earnings, Elliott Wave Theorist, gold futures, hyperinflation, inflation, liquidity, M3 money supply, market manipulation, monetary policy, monetization, Robert Prechter, quantitative easing, stimulus package, U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed)
Category: U.S. Economy
Where Is "Hyperinflation"?
"If the inflationists’ arguments were correct, we should be in a hyperinflationary mode right now," says EWI's president Robert Prechter.
By Vadim Pokhlebkin
7/8/2010 1:30:00 PM
You may have already heard and read several of Robert Prechter's recent media interviews -- but this one really goes in-depth. On June 19, Prechter spent an hour answering questions from Jim Puplava of Financial Sense Newshour. The full 20-page transcript of the interview is available now, free, to all Club EWI members. Look below this excerpt for details on free instant access.
Filed Under: Robert Prechter, U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed), monetization, M3 money supply, consumer price index, gold futures, platinum futures, silver futures, inflation
Category: Deflation
By Nico Isaac
6/21/2010 6:15:00 PM
Right now, there are more players aboard the gold bandwagon than passengers inside a rush-hour subway car. Doors open and out steps white collar to blue collar; advisors to academics; day traders to buy-and-holders; brokers, economists, barbers, and little old ladies with bags of broken jewelry for sale.
Filed Under: gold futures, Robert Prechter, M3 money supply, consumer price index, inflation, deflation, silver futures
Category: Gold and Silver
Deflation: How To Survive It
Important warnings about deflation from Robert Prechter.
By Editorial Staff
6/8/2010 2:15:00 PM
The M3 money supply in the U.S. is contracting fast, and deflation is suddenly in the news again. It's a good moment to catch up on a few definitions, as well as strategies on how to beat this rare economic condition. And who better to ask than EWI's president Robert Prechter? Here's a free excerpt from a collection of his most important essays on deflation.
Filed Under: Robert Prechter, M3 money supply, M3 money supply, deflation, inflation, U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed)
Category: Deflation
By Jason Lureman
5/13/2010 10:30:00 AM
Venezuelan annual inflation now stands at 30.4%, according to the Central Bank and National Statistics Institute -- the highest of any Latin American country. It is clear to most that Venezuela has moved beyond high inflation and entered the ominous realm of hyperinflation.
Filed Under: inflation, hyperinflation, M3 money supply
Category: U.S. Economy
By Vadim Pokhlebkin
8/11/2009 1:00:00 PM
Most conventional economists vigorously dismissed the very idea of deflation just a couple of years ago, but now it' a global reality. Just like the Federal Reserve Bank here in the U.S., overseas central banks have used the "quantitative easing" policy to stop deflation. And just like in the U.S., something is not quite working. Why?
Filed Under: deflation, inflation, Bank of England, quantitative easing, M3 money supply, hyperinflation
Category: European Markets
By Nico Isaac
8/1/2008 4:45:00 PM
Given the amount of economic turmoil the U.S. faces today, the government will adopt a "Saving Private Ryan" policy regarding consumer spending: Keep Alive and Well at All Costs. Problem is, their rescue schemes have come too late...
Filed Under: consumer spending, bailouts, M3 money supply
Category: U.S. Economy