GOVERNMENT SPENDING & SLOWING SAVINGS ARE STRANGLING CAPITALISM This is one of those charts that gets to the root problem! Bottom line: We simply have an insufficiency of savings and there is no political will to change it! EXPLANATION: The green line shows the national savings rate. It is currently at 3%. It is historically 6%. […]
WELL RESPECTED BOND EXPERT, LACY HUNT LAYS MMT BARE I have interviewed and talked to Lacy Hunt many times over the years. There are few out there with his depth and understanding of Monetary Policy. What he has to say on MMT (Modern Monetary Theory) needs to be carefully considered. First let’s read what Lacy […]
ONLY FOUR OPTIONS TO THE US $75T INSOLVENCY PROBLEM According to the Treasury Department’s annual financial report for Fiscal Year 2018 (which they just published last week), the US government is hopelessly bankrupt with a reported negative net worth of MINUS $75 TRILLION. To believe that any nation can be so desperately insolvent without suffering any […]
DID TRUMP’S TAX CUTS DELIVER AS PROMISED? A PUBLIC SOURCED ARTICLE FOR MATASII (SUBSCRIBERS-RESEARCH & PUBLIC ACCESS ) READERS REFERENCE MACRO: US — FISCAL POLICY SOURCE: 02-28-19 – Lance Roberts – “Tax Cuts A Year Later – Did They Deliver As Promised?” MATASII SYNTHESIS: The problem for the “Trump Tax Cuts” is that they were introduced at a time when […]
AMERICA IS INSOLVENT & THERE IS ONLY ONE PATH OUT: MONETIZATION, COLLAPSING STANDARDS OF LIVING & MASSIVE INFLATION A PUBLIC SOURCED ARTICLE FOR MATASII (SUBSCRIBERS-RESEARCH & PUBLIC ACCESS ) READERS REFERENCE MACRO: US – FISCAL SOURCE: 02-22-19 – Chris Hamilton via Econimica blog – Census Bureau, Treasury, EIA Detail American Insolvency – “Demographics, Debt, & Debasement: A […]
WHO IS THE “OTHER” DOMESTIC BUYER OF TREASURIES THAT HAS BOUGHT $2T SINCE ‘TAPER’ ENDED? A PUBLIC SOURCED ARTICLE FOR MATASII (SUBSCRIBERS-RESEARCH & PUBLIC ACCESS ) READERS REFERENCE MACRO: US – FISCAL POLICY SOURCE: 02-01-19 – Chris Hamilton via Econimica blog – “Nobody’s Buying US Treasuries Except “Other Investors” & Mutual Funds?” MATASII SYNTHESIS: Public marketable debt is […]
