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Synchronizing Chinese Prices (and consequences)

By |2022-05-12T20:28:47-04:00May 12th, 2022|Currencies, Economy, Federal Reserve/Monetary Policy, Markets|

It isn’t just the vast difference between Chinese consumer prices and those in the US or Europe, China’s CPI has been categorically distinct from China’s PPI, too. That distance hints at the real problem which the whole is just now beginning to confront, having been lulled into an inflationary illusion made up from all these things.To start with, yesterday China’s [...]

Kiwi Busted QE And Its Relation To The Reflation Story

By |2021-03-24T18:33:32-04:00March 24th, 2021|Bonds, Currencies, Economy, Federal Reserve/Monetary Policy, Markets|

In theory, it goes like this: QE or any sort of large-scale asset purchase (LSAP) undertaken by a central bank is needed during times of trouble in order to reduce interest rates in general. Buying bonds seems like it would lower yields, and lower yields mean more accommodative credit, therefore a boost to the real economy.So simple, straightforward, and intuitive, [...]

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