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Four Month Inflation Rate Hits 40 Year High

Using the same Consumer Price Index numbers but a different methodology, we will show in this analysis that the United States is currently experiencing the highest sustained rate of inflation in 40 years - not 13 years.

Why Low Rates Can't Save Us

By Rick Ackerman, Rick's Picks

That's because even a small tightening of the interest rate screw would have dire consequences if applied to the $2 quadrillion of borrowing amassed in the derivatives market.

Investors Increasingly Unimpressed with Fed Chairman’s Double Talk

By Mike Gleason, Money Metals

The opportunity exists now, but it won’t last forever. There may even come a day when the opposite is true – hard assets are overpriced with inflation expectations running way ahead of actual inflation realities and financial assets offering tremendous value as a result.

More Fiat For Everyone !!! Brien Lundin & David Morgan Explain.

By Wall Street Silver

The Fed opened up the firehose this week. More fiat currency for the banks. Reverse repos, and new $500 billion repo facility. The banks don't trust each other.

Policy Errors Have Consequences

By John Mauldin, Thoughts from the Frontline

This week’s Fed statement was another non-story. They added a new line about continuing to “assess progress” which some interpret as a step toward tapering.

The Fed Goes Full Dove: Rocket Fuel For Gold, Silver and Mining Stocks

By Dave Kranzler, Mining Stock Journal

I ordinarily do not spend time reading the FOMC policy statement after it’s released, saving that brain damage for CNBC. But I read the June release to assess for myself whether or not the Fed had tilted toward a more “hawkish” policy stance..

Did Basel III Scam The Gold Market - Andrew Maguire

By Wall Street Silver

Was there really an exemption for London clearing firms for Gold? Does it matter when the rest of the World has adopted Basel III? Will London Gold traders be forced to comply by other markets?

COMEX Option Expiration Price Control

By Craig Hemke, TF Metals Report

Some of you will question why it's valuable to document the obvious price-rigging by The Banks. The answer? Because remarkably there are still "analysts" ...

Housing Prices Slide after Housing Sales Fall

By David Haggith, The Daily Doom

We are entering a situation that could turn into a true oxymoron where lower prices equal higher prices as early as this week at the Fed’s Federal Open Market Committee meeting. I’ll tell you how that works.

Microstrategy, Bitcoin And A Drunken Saylor

By Dave Kranzler, Mining Stock Journal

Michael Saylor, CEO of Microstrategy ($MSTR), has completely mortgaged the fate of Microstrategy on Bitcoin.

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