Last week the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) announced they would be ending their Large Scale Asset Purchase (LSAP) program – i.e. Q.E. – by 23 July. The announcement came just as we were sending out our weekly newsletter. So we only had time to jot down a few thoughts: Late Update: RBNZ to […]
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At the start of June, we reported how the RBNZ Chief Economist had said the central bank might continue buying government bonds for some years, even once its currency printing (LSAP) programme ends in 2022. We also discussed how the central bank could keep the currency printing going (which holds down interest rates) while also […]
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ), issued a bulletin on 4 May 2018. The bulletin outlined 5 unconventional monetary policy plans the RBNZ could implement in case of a crisis. Including that the RBNZ is prepared to print money. The bulletin entitled “Aspects of implementing unconventional monetary policy in New Zealand” outlined these 5 […]
See how the 3 major economies in the world look to all be entering a tightening phase at about the same time. But how somewhat counterintuitively, this could lead to a “blow-out spree of money printing, borrowing, spending, and debt.” A.K.A. a ‘crack-up boom’… Get Ready for the ‘Crack-Up Boom’ By Bill Bonner, Chairman, Bonner […]
Here’s an important lesson about what really happens when a currency collapses. An interesting boots on the ground report from a country where the black market has been the real market for some time now… Zimbabwe: When the Black Market Becomes the Real Market By Jeff Thomas For many years, I’ve described black markets not […]
The excellent Ronnie Stoeferle and his partner at the asset management company Incrementum AG, Mark Valek, released their 2017 In Gold we Trust report on 1 June. As always there is a wealth of information contained in an easy to digest format. The “In Gold we Trust” report is considered the “gold standard of gold […]
In the past few weeks we’ve featured 2 previous articles from Chris Martenson. He’s back with the third part of this trilogy. So if you haven’t yet it might pay to check out the other two first: The Mother Of All Financial Bubbles The Coming Great Wealth Transfer Then read on […]
Despite rising steadily since the start of the year, the sentiment towards gold and silver still seems not particularly positive. Despite the price looking like it bottomed out in December, rising but still being comparatively low to much of 2016, we are seeing very little buying of either metal currently. Below Stewart Thomson explains why […]
Is “helicopter money” coming to Japan? This article makes a very good argument as to why Japan might be the first major nation to try very soon. This followed a visit to Japan from someone that was previously the world’s most powerful central banker… The Serious Warning No One’s Talking About By Justin Spittler […]
A couple of weeks ago we mentioned we had a 100 Trillion Dollar note from Zimbabwe, and that these had turned into somewhat of a collectors item. Below Doug Casey tells us he carries one of these in his wallet as a conversation piece. Well recently he got to meet the man responsible for printing these […]