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globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com - 12/18/2008

Humpty Dumpty On Inflation

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There is an excellent article by Axel Merk on 321Gold called Monetizing the Debt . The article discusses the Fed's growing balance sheet and whether or not it represents inflation. The aspect that I want to highlight is in regards to bank lending. Here are a couple of charts from the article ...

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londonbanker.blogspot.com - 12/13/2008

Deflation has become inevitable

— londonbanker.blogspot.com — For a while now I have been on the fence on the inflation/deflation issue – whether the... massive monetisation of bad debts by central banks and governments will lead to rapidly escalating inflation as currencies are debased or, alternatively, lead to ... (more) Deflation has become inevitable

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telegraph.co.uk - 12/19/2008

Federal Reserve is damned either way as it battles debt and deflation

— telegraph.co.uk — We know what causes a recession to metastasize into a slump. Irving Fisher the paramount US economist... of the interwar years wrote the text in 1933: "DebtDeflation Theory of Great Depressions". (more) Federal Reserve is damned either way as it battles debt ...

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themessthatgreenspanmade.blogspot.com - 12/17/2008

Inflation explained

— themessthatgreenspanmade.blogspot.com — While waiting for the new inflation initiatives to be announced by the Federal Reserve in about an... hour, via 24hGold comes the following Depression-era explanation of why inflation is our only hope in the current crisis. "What inflation has done ... (more) Inflation explained

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