Armstrong Economics Blog/Economics
Re-Posted Jun 27, 2019 by Martin Armstrong
Rise in the Euro – Interesting Times Ahead
Armstrong Economics Blog/Central Banks
Re-Posted Jun 26, 2019 by Martin Armstrong
QUESTION:
Myths v Reality – Milton Friedman
Armstrong Economics Blog/Economics
Re-Posted Jun 26, 2019 by Martin Armstrong
Universal Basic Income
Armstrong Economics Blog/Economics
Re-Posted Jun 25, 2019 by Martin Armstrong
The idea of some Universal Basic Income has been around for a long time. Here is Milton Friedman on his proposal of a Negative Income Tax. There will always be welfare for there are people who cannot work for some disability and others who prefer not to work and game the system. Even programs where the state directly pays for the food rather than food stamps or restricts the food stamps to certain products, the ingenuity of some people cannot be underestimated. They will sell the products they get for cash. There are signs on the streets buying needles and strips from people who are diabetic and get them for free from the state. There are instances where a woman has a child and tells the state she has no idea who the father is yet a night he shows up and leaves when a case worker is due to arrive. These are abuses of the system that no matter what we try to do, there will be people who figure out how to work the system. So there will NEVER be 100% compliance no matter what system we devise.
The Dollar Decline
Armstrong Economics Blog/USD $
Re-Posted Jun 24, 2019 by Martin Armstrong
The Fed meeting this week has triggered a turn in the dollar as US rates dipped on the 10-year to their lowest since Trump took office. As a result, the greenback is the weakest among the majors for the week thus far as we should expect for a decline near-term. Although there has been an impressive rally in EUR/USD, that currency has significant overhead resistance. The euro has not gained nearly as much as its major counterparts such as the Swiss and the C$.
While everyone will focus on interest rates, at the end of the summer we will see a refocus back on the structural problems in the Euro. Trump will be jumping for joy with a lower dollar for that will help in trade issues. The lower interest rates will also help to reduce interest expenditures on the national debt. So once again, we are looking at the calm before the storm.
Manipulating the World Economy will be also available in Russian, German, and Chinese
Armstrong Economics Blog/Products and Services
Re-Posted Jun 23, 2019 by Martin Armstrong
We are looking at having it Translated into several languages. We hope this English version will be available by October in hardbound. I really hope this will help change the debate for what lies at stake is the future for us, but more so our posterity.
Russian
манипулируя мировой экономикой
German
Manipulation der Weltwirtschaft
Chinese
操縱世界經濟
Manipulating the World Economy
Armstrong Economics Blog/Products and Services
Re-Posted Jun 22, 2019 by Martin Armstrong
A lot of questions have been pouring in from how much to will there be a kindle version. I am not sure of the cost yet. That depends on the printer. It will be full color and extensively illustrated. It covers everything you wanted to know about what is going on with the central banks. There will be a documentary film next year on this subject matter.
The price will be for general circulation worldwide. As soon as it is available, we will let everyone know.
The Central Banks are Trapped – the End of Economics as we have Known it
Armstrong Economics Blog/Central Banks
Re-Posted Jun 21, 2019 by Martin Armstrong
Draghi has come out and said that is inflation will not pick up, he will do even more Quantitative Easing. I has warned that the central banks, particularly the ECB, are trapped. They simply cannot return to any normal economic model without blowing up the entire Eurozone. This is becoming extremely serious. The only option for governments will be to adopt the Modern Monetary Theory for it has become impossible for central banks to use interest rates to stimulate the economy when governments themselves are the biggest borrowers.
I have put this all out in a book which is off at the printers and I hope will be available soon on Amazon. I have dealt with all the controversial issues and why the economic theories all still taught in universities today are no longer practical or relevant. This is why there is a turn to the Modern Monetary Theory for they have nothing else on the table to consider. Here it is. I have tried to deal with all the issues people have been writing in about in an authoritative manner. I have done this because it is extremely important and I have been told that funding for another documentary to cover this topic has not been granted.
We will let everyone know as soon as it goes up for sale.
Manipulating the World Economy
Armstrong Economics Blog/Products and Services
Re-Posted Jun 20, 2019 by Martin Armstrong
I have finished an important book which is just going off to press now for printing. This is an important work on how the central banks are trapped and how the manipulations of the World Economy are collapsing in upon themselves. The major central banks are now shifting policy from protecting the people and the economy to protecting the government. Not all are following this policy. Those that are burden with socialist programs are imploding. The more than 10 years of Quantitative Easing has destroyed bond markets and managed to get government addicted to low-interest rates that the private sector has been turning its back on. There have even been German bond auctions with no bid from investors.
This addresses the Modern Monetary Theory, its origin, and where it would leave us at the end of the day. We are at a crossroads in economic theory because ALL of the old theories has completely collapsed. Everything from Keynesian back to Marxism has crumbled to dust. Hopefully, this work will encourage real research and open the eyes in a subject that puts at risk our entire way of life.
Those attending the WEC in Orlando will be entitled to a hardbound autographed edition.
Is the Fed the Only Means of Creating Money?
Armstrong Economics Blog/Monetary Reform
Re-Posted Jun 20, 2019 by Martin Armstrong
QUESTION: I am confused. Is it true that only the Federal Reserve can create money and not the Treasury?
HB
ANSWER: It all depends upon your definition of money. If you are asking about paper currency, then the answer is yes. If you are speaking of “elastic money,” which really is just book-entries, then that is also truly confined to the Federal Reserve. If you are including in your definition of money all government borrowings, then that is the prerogative of the Treasury. Now, if you are talking about leveraged book-entries where a bank is lending out money so two accounts will show an entry for the same money or close to it, then that is private banking lending. The definition is fluid. It depends greatly upon what you are calling money.







