We’ve been discussing the “war on cash” for many months now. It is something that seems to have arisen very quickly and spread across the globe. Some countries have been more heavily affected than others so far. In this interview with Doug Casey they discuss the rationale behind the war on cash, why another crisis […]
Tag Archives: interest rates
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Mar
Mar
Have you heard of a “basic income”? It’s an idea that’s gaining traction in many countries. The topic has been brought up by labour leader Andrew Little recently and even made the headlines in the UK Independent website. (See: New Zealanders want to give everyone a ‘citizen’s wage’ and scrap benefits). At a glance it […]
17
Mar
Mar
Last week the European Central Bank increased its QE and made interest rates even more negative. See why this policy is likely to spread further around the world… A Radical New Tax Is Coming to America…Here’s How to Escape By Justin Spittler Europe’s central bank just fired the “bazooka.” Dispatch readers know governments have been using […]
17
Feb
Feb
Another major central bank just recently made a desperate move and put in place negative interest rates. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand is not so far down the track as some central banks. While the RBNZ raised rates back in 2014, only months later it began cutting them again. The odds favour more cuts […]
27
Jan
Jan
Rob Kirby of KirbyAnalytics.com is interviewed at the SGTReport on the very murky Exchange Stabilisation Fund. NOTE: Please check out this article we posted last week first by Hugo Salinas Price as it is the subject of this interview: One Trillion Dollars’ Worth of Bonds Magically Turn into Cash In answer to the One Trillion […]
25
Nov
Nov
Investing in bonds is not a common form of investment in New Zealand by any means. We keep an eye on the NZ Government Bond rate ourselves as a useful indicator of demand for NZ debt. However there are many different types of bonds to consider. This article outlines why one type of bond is shouting a […]
19
Nov
Nov
We’ve been writing a lot about negative interest rates in recent weeks. One way that central planners can ensure that these have the desired effect is by eliminating the ability for citizens to hoard and use cash. See how one country in particular is well on the way to doing this and which others are following suit. […]
18
Nov
Nov
We haven’t posted anything from Stewart Thomson in a while, but of late he’s had a rather different take on the possible US interest rate increases (maybe, one day, eventually!) and their impact on gold. He outlines why he believes raising US interest rates would actually increase inflation, lower real (after inflation) interest rates and […]
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Aug
Aug
A chuckle is what we often get from reading anything by Stewart Thomson. He has again posted one of his paid newsletters in the clear, so we’ve republished it. Mainly because he has some different views on interest rate rises. What are they? Well, he thinks the odds are high the Fed will raise rates […]
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Jul
Jul
We read this excellent summary of where gold is at by Jim Rickards yesterday and thought it was worth sharing with you in full. For New Zealand readers it’s worth noting his point that it is a strong dollar rather than weak gold. The New Zealand dollar has also been affected by this of late and […]