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Where did inflation go? That’s a good question. If you ask U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, she may tell you that it’s out there, but not ready to reappear in the numbers until wages start to rise. This may be true but why would wages rise? In the past, workers would move from job … Continue reading Mobile Phone Bill Indicator Says Fed Should Delay Next Rate Hike

The Macroeconomic Perspective Gold and Silver are assets which have been of great importance for thousands of years. Up until a few decades ago, gold was explicitly linked to currencies (such as the US$) and was broadly used as money. In the past few decades – particularly following Nixon’s decoupling of the gold/dollar convertibility – precious … Continue reading Are Precious Metals Breaking Down, or Are We Setting up for a Big Rally?

Most investors wonder about the best investment decision amid the chaotic uncertain stance caused by the geopolitical circumstances which crystallized through the G20 summit. G20 summit or the G19+1 as the BBC preferred to describe it, held various topics on its agenda. Some of them were terrorism, Middle East tensions, North Korea threats, Ukraine, women … Continue reading Climate Change is no Longer a Threat, It’s a Political Clash

On Friday at 1500 GMT shortly after the release of the widely watched U.S. Non-Farm Payrolls report and at the end of a U.S. holiday-shortened week, the U.S. Federal Reserve released its semi-annual monetary report to Congress, which Chair Janet Yellen will deliver to Congress next week. I suspect that a few Fed conspiracists took … Continue reading Is the Fed Raising Rates to Cool Inflation or Prevent an Asset Bubble?