The Fed cannot fix the supply-side driven inflation. The velocity of money is causing more inflation. This will all cause consumer spending to decrease, layoffs, and a deep recession likely for some time.

by stylishskunk Enough of “oh I don’t have a crystal ball”, blah blah bullshit. Let’s sum up what the fuck is going on. It’s bad. It’s getting worse. It’s getting worse quickly. Let’s look at the problematic topics in the economy …

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The Dam Is Finally Cracking: Creating “money” out of thin air and spreading it around to satisfy every constituency doesn’t increase productivity. It destroys productivity by incentivizing waste – the waste is growth Landfill Economy – and speculative bets on bubbles never popping.

  The central bank problem will be impossible to solvehttps://t.co/3vbInmOcCl pic.twitter.com/0c4DW5nZVp — Patrick Artus (@PatrickArtus) April 21, 2022 https://twitter.com/FinanceLancelot/status/1517246146086854656 3% 5s pic.twitter.com/PYM5roCN45 — Ed Bradford (@Fullcarry) April 21, 2022 Exactly and bond term premia could have a lot further to …

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M1 money supply since 1960.

There’s more to this chart than meets the eye. The first caveat is that in 2020 the fed changed the formula for how it calculates M1, which was updated to be more expansive in terms of what sources are included …

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