I take my puppy out for an hour walk in the woods and I come back and the Euro went from 1.4210 to 1.4265...Absolutely astounding how fast this is happening...Even Willie is starting to get the Willies, no?
Yeah there is no inflation.
By Millie Munshi
Sept. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Commodities headed for the biggest monthly gain in 32 years, led by wheat, crude oil and gold, as the dollar's slump enhanced the appeal of energy, grains and precious metals as a hedge against inflation.
The 19-commodity Reuters/Jefferies CRB Index was up 8.7 percent this month, the most since July 1975. Wheat climbed to a record in September amid a global grain shortfall, boosting corn and soybeans. Oil also hit a record, and gold reached a 27-year high. The Federal Reserve cut borrowing costs to bolster the U.S. economy, sending the dollar tumbling.
''The Fed has signaled pretty clearly that they will answer the problem of a slowing economy with greater liquidity,'' said Chip Hanlon, who manages $1 billion at Delta Global Advisors Inc. in Huntington Beach, California. ''We're in a bullish phase for commodities.''
The CRB Index rose to 334.50 at 12:35 p.m. New York time from 308.76 on Aug. 31. Wheat reached a record $9.5125 a bushel today. Crude oil climbed to $83.90 a barrel, the highest ever, on Sept. 20 and approached the record today. Gold rose as high as $752.80 an ounce today, the highest since January 1980.
The dollar fell to a record against a weighted basket of six major currencies, including the euro, yen and pound. The Fed on Sept. 18 cut its benchmark rate by 0.5 percentage point, more than economists forecast, to 4.75 percent in an attempt to shore up an economy threatened by a housing recession
Im curious....whats the end result of this cheapening of the dollar IYO?
Do you think the US economy tanks to unprecedented levels relatively speaking?
What happens when the Euro countries also start slashing rates?
Who says theres no inflation? I beleive they say its contained as far as their influence on it goes?
Any commodity that needs to be put on wheels and shipped out is going to feel the wrath of being held hostage to oils price.Since we get record energy prices doesnt only seem natural that any such commodities also will rise? Inflation occurs for a variety of reasons beside the printing of money.
Eek,got a source for your post (lol)? Now tell us what the positive yield curve is universally accepted as indicating?
why wouldnt they cut again?
all the talk about a strong dollar is exactly that....talk.
the dollar devaluation is part of a deliberate plan to debase the dollar.
the trick is keeping as many people as possible, for as much time as possible aboard the sinking dollar before it collapses.
<table bgcolor="#99ff66" border="1" frame="border" rules="all"><caption>You mean, the truth about the money supply may not be what you read here or hear on TV :think2:
blasphemy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.econbrowser.com/archives/2007/09/money_creation.html
Supply and disposition of potential dollars.
(Based on weekly averages, in millions of dollars)
</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"></td><td align="center">Week ended
Aug 8 </td><td align="center">Week ended
Aug 15 </td><td align="center">Week ended
Sep 19 </td><td align="center">Change from
Aug 8 to Aug 15 </td><td align="center">Change from
Aug 8 to Sep 19 </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Total dollars created </td><td align="center">818,498 </td><td align="center">836,308 </td><td align="center">815,476 </td><td align="center">17,810 </td><td align="center">-3,022 </td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Treasury securities </td><td align="center">790,814 </td><td align="center">790,655 </td><td align="center">779,636 </td><td align="center">-159 </td><td align="center">-11,178 </td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Repurchase agreements </td><td align="center">18,571 </td><td align="center">36,286 </td><td align="center">30,179 </td><td align="center">17,715 </td><td align="center">11,608 </td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Less: Reverse repos </td><td align="center">-31,647 </td><td align="center">-31,357 </td><td align="center">-35,735 </td><td align="center">290 </td><td align="center">-4,088 </td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Discount window loans </td><td align="center">251 </td><td align="center">271 </td><td align="center">2,421 </td><td align="center">20 </td><td align="center">2,170 </td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Other </td><td align="center">40,509 </td><td align="center">40,453 </td><td align="center">38,975 </td><td align="center">-56 </td><td align="center">-1,534 </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Total dollars held </td><td align="center">818,498 </td><td align="center">836,308 </td><td align="center">815,476 </td><td align="center">17,810 </td><th align="center">-3,022 </th></tr><tr><td></td><td>Reserve balances </td><td align="center">5,447 </td><td align="center">23,905 </td><td align="center">5,561 </td><td align="center">18,458 </td><td align="center">114 </td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Currency in circulation </td><td align="center">813,051 </td><td align="center">812,403 </td><td align="center">809,915 </td><td align="center">-648 </td><td align="center">-3,136 </td></tr></tbody></table>