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Mar'16

Hyperinflation: Mugabe Versus Milosevic

When a country’s monthly inflation rate exceeds 50% – that is close to an annual rate of 13,000% – it …

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Mar'16

The Fed Plays With Fire

The U.S. dollar may be cyclically weak right now, but it remains the main vehicle for foreign exchange transactions, the …

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Mar'16

The Greenback and Commodity Prices

The Federal Reserve’s modus operandi is to panic at the sight of real or perceived economic troubles. As long as …

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Mar'16

Mark-To-Model, Into The Twilight Zone

On Sept. 30, the Securities and Exchange Commission challenged the primacy of using market prices as a measure of value. …

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Mar'16

Shelter from the Storm

In my April 16, 2007 column I warned that the U.S. was trapped in a dangerous boom-bust cycle that began …

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Mar'16

The Credit Triangle

The world is in the midst of a classic boom-bust cycle. These cycles start when central banks push interest rates …

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