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Fed Beige Book Says No Need For Stimulus
Fed Beige Book Says No Need For Stimulus
Craig Shapiro The Alethea Narrative
The Fed’s Beige Book just came out and the summary statement was “economic activity continued to expand” for the period of April 8th to May 20th. Compare that to summary line from the November 29th, 2023 release which covered the period...
1 year ago
2 MIN READ
The Debt Is Too Damn High
The Debt Is Too Damn High
Craig Shapiro The Alethea Narrative
CBO has estimates for the US Government fiscal surplus in the month of April just hit and not surprisingly, it came in worse than expected with a surplus of $208bn for the month of April vs analyst estimates of $250bn. Based on the QRA announcement last...
1 year ago
1 MIN READ
Guess Who's Back? – Gold
Guess Who's Back? – Gold
Craig Shapiro The Alethea Narrative
Gold has acted as a discipline enforcer on profligate government spending for generations. Once the gold standard era was ended in 1971, it needed to be replaced by some other enforcement mechanism to deal with inflation and government deficits.  This...
1 year ago
2 MIN READ
Economic Warfare Continues
Economic Warfare Continues
Craig Shapiro The Alethea Narrative
Here are some of the recent highlights of important global leaders flying around the world to have significant meetings, which all seem to suggest that something large is potentially brewing in the changing face of the global monetary order: Putin meets...
1 year ago
13 MIN READ