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Fate of the US Dollar and impact on your pocketbook

Few realize how the use of the US Dollar in their everyday lives will be impacted if the world shifts away from using USD as a reserve currency.  Many seem to feel detached from economic discussions, as if the rate of the US Dollar will not impact them because ‘they buy everything in Dollars’ – […]

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Bitcoin crashes back down to $576 as Wall St. notices

Bitcoin has crashed to $576 and recovered a bit, all in a matter of days, down from it’s high by more than 50%. It was inevitable that a few short days after Wall Street lovingly embraced Bitcoin as their own, with analysts fromBank of America, Citigroup and others, not to mention the clueless momentum-chasing, peanut gallery vocally […]

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Bitcoin selling off as Baidu halts Bitcoin payments

Bitcoin being sold off as Baidu halts payments due to ‘value fluctuation’ – another ding in the credibility of the new digital crypto currency. Bitcoin is being sold aggressively on heavy volume as this headline hits: *BAIDU SUSPENDS BITCOIN PAYMENT ACCEPTANCE ON VALUE FLUCTUATION And the official, google-translated announcement from the BIDU website [4]:  [5] This is […]

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To taper, or not to taper, with 7% unemployment

The big market debate is when the Fed, if at all, will taper.  Taper means they will not necessarily end the QE program but decrease it.  But another school of thought thinks the Fed may even increase the QE program.  But here’s the strange thing, the Fed said we would be at 7% when the […]

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Future of Eurozone looking bleak without reforms

Europe’s prospects continue to look bleak.  With some youth unemployment rates around 50%, it’s hard to imagine how a new generation of European workers will participate in any recovery.  Europe’s overall unemployment figures are still well higher than in the US, even considering that US numbers are not a true reflection of real unemployment in […]

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Professor Laurence Kotlikoff- Fed Printing 29 Cents of Every Dollar Uncle Sam Spends

Professor Laurence Kotlikoff- Fed Printing 29 Cents of Every Dollar Uncle Sam Spends The Intergenerational Financial Obligations Reform Act | THE INFORM ACT

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Central Bank of China imposes Bitcoin restrictions for financial institutions, price falls

The PBOC said explicitly that it’s now forbidden for financial institutions to develop any business related to Bitcoin.  But they left it open that the public is free to participate in such transactions, so long as they bear the risk. FT adds: The Chinese regulators noted three main risks. First, they said Bitcoin was an […]

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Real inflation 39% since 2000

We know that inflation is not accurately described based on the data alone.  Inflation is one of the big secrets that they need to keep low, like the unemployment numbers.  Other numbers are not so important, like the Dow.  It’s good if the markets up, but if it’s down, it’s not end of the world. […]

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