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The myth of hyperinflation series #5- Velocity of moneyEven if the purchasing power is rising, without the increase of velocity of money, there will be no inflation and sustained economic growth. Circulation/velocity of money measures the interval between money transactions, decline means less transaction is taking place and the interval between money transactions is getting longer. According to the July 2020 Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices, senior loan officers have tightened their standards and terms on commercial and industrial (C&I) loans to firms of all sizes. Furthermore, banks reported weaker demand for C&I (commercial & real estate) loans from firms of all sizes and weaker demand across all three major commercial real estate (CRE) loan categories- construction and land development loans, nonfarm/nonresidential loans, and multifamily loan over the second quarter of 2020. Next, we will look at demand and consumption.
FRED:WM2NSEducation
by Libratus
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The myth of hyperinflation series- #3. Fed's effectivenessHow effective are Fed's monetary policies and tools? Fed has three simple goals- Grow GDP, keep inflation rate steady and keep the unemployment rate low. Some argue that Fed's perceived power over the market was exposed during several occasions- #1. During the 2008 in the midst of sub-prime mortgage crisis, the market continued to plunge despite the Fed's efforts to bail out Fannie & Freddie and other financial institutions, implement the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) and issue $800b stimulus package. The market finally stopped the bleeding in early March 2009. #2. When Fed ended the QE3 in 2014 by announcing its attention to raise the interest rate and slash the Fed balance sheet, many people believed market would crash. Instead, market shot up to ATH in 2015. #3. This year during the onset of the Covid-19 crisis, Fed started out by cutting the rate by half percentage to no avail. Afterwards, Fed intensified its intervention effort by reducing Fed fund rate to zero. Nonetheless, the market tanked another 15% before it hit the bottom. One can point to the Fed-induced booming housing market in early 2000 as the major factor for the fast economic recovery after the Dot.com bubble and uses it as the counter example. Market is driven by crowd sentiment, but crowd sentiment, which in turns, is partially driven by Fed's decision. It is a chicken and egg conundrum. They both influence each other, but the degree to which each influences one another is impossible to discern. The safe conclusion to draw is that it would be overly optimistic to rely on Fed to get us out of the next financial crisis unscathed as it will take more and more stimulus package to get the job done. The best it can do is to mitigate the severity of damage. Next, let's examine some of the conditions and criteria that are related to inflation.
FRED:GFDEBTNEducation
by Libratus
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This is Scandalevery human and even apes can understand this thing. it is not appropriate. something is not right about economy since 2008 financial crisis. central banks was pumping money to the economy and now this bubble is bursting and they blame covid-19. this began 10 years ago. corona virus began 4 month ago! if someone is telling you markets are down because of virus you can punch at him/her face. virus just picked up a needle and putted it on this bubble. have fun world, the biggest scam in the world was USD and now you are selling everything to get fiat. this will ruin the world. why usa cant be a normal country?
FRED:BOGMBASE
by farzinsabbagh
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Gold-Gold Miners-DXY-Fed Funds-Monetary Base All CorrelatingThis is the Gold Miners Index to DXY ratio. This feels likes 2001 or 2009. Gold is correlating with Fed Funds, the monetary base, and the DXY like its 2009 and 2001. Gold stocks are priced like its 2009. Since 2019 we have seen the Fed Funds Rate free fall, since September 2019 we have seen the monetary base expand past the low set in December 2016, same with the Fed's balance sheet. We have seen the Fed Rate continue to fall now down to 1.00-1.25. And since September we've seen gold continue to make new highs, the US dollar / DXY break through critical support. We've also seen gold and gold stocks breakout against US indices. Could this be the beginning of the next bull run? Could this be the run we started in 2009 and prematurely ended in 2011? If so, hold on to your seat because we're just getting started here. Look for Gold Miners (XAU) to DXY ratio to start surging as the mining sector plays catch up to gold and as the Fed Funds rate continues to plummet and the balance sheet / monetary base continue to grow. What's interesting is the gold tends to fall when the monetary base falls. But gold has tended to rise when the monetary base moves sideways. It seems like without Fed intervention the monetary base is shrinking and the only way to keep asset prices propped up is to keep expanding the base. This means gold could be on the cusp of an incredible move without much downside even with the prospects of a broad market crash remaining fairly high.
TVC:XAULong
by Ludwig_Von_Mises