Blog/Central Banks

Draghi – The Opportunity & the Nightmare
I cannot stress enough that Mario Draghi has really destroyed the European economy on an unprecedented scale. I know people who worked on trading desks years [...]
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Canada sells off its Gold Reserves to the Retail Market
Canada has been selling off most of its remaining gold reserves to the general public. They have been selling gold coins and reaping better prices than dumping [...]
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Modern Monetary Theory v Central Bankers
QUESTION: Hi Mr. Armstrong et al: Read your blogs daily with great interest & recommend them to all my friends. You’ve absolutely changed my perspective [...]
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World Economy – Which End is Up?
QUESTION: Hey Martin First of all, great work with the new Socrates. Thank you very much for getting it to us. You have said that rates are exploding with fed [...]
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Is a U.S. Bank in the EU is Still Under ECB Rules? Why Do Central Banks Still Have Gold?
QUESTION: Dear Mr. Armstrong, I would first like to thank you for all the information you are making available publicly. I have two questions to pose, if you deem [...]
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Markets Cheer a Recession?
The rally in gold and the stock market together is demonstrating that eventually, we will see the alignment as it transforms from Public to Private assets. The most [...]
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PRIVATE BLOG – The Fed Yields to Global Economic Meltdown
PRIVATE BLOG – The Fed Yields to Global Economic Meltdown Private blog posts are exclusively available to Socrates subscribers. To sign-up for Socrates or to [...]
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The Fed Relies Indirectly on the Banks & Cannot Stimulate the Economy Directly
QUESTION: Hello, Since the Fed ‘created’ ‘money’ after 2008 that was then deposited back at the Fed by the recipient banks ( say,75% of [...]
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The Real Game of Thrones
The real Game of Thrones is already underway. The contest to succeed Mario Draghi is now officially open. The head of the European Central Bank (ECB) will leave [...]
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USA v Euro Capital Flows
QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; Your forecast that the capital flows would shift from the EU to the USA I believe has been confirmed by both the European bond [...]
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