A Little History
The Federal Reserve continues to warn about deflation. These warnings are merely a smokescreen to allow them to inflate while attempting to keep inflationary expectations down.
Fall for their deflationary warnings at your own risk. The Fed only knows one course and is embarked on it big-time — INFLATION!
The chart below, courtesy of The Big Picture, suggests that deflation is the last thing the Fed should worry about and the last thing the public should expect.
Since we left the gold standard in 1971, the dollar has lost over 80% of its purchasing power according to the CPI index. That index understates real inflation because its basis has been changed numerous times during this period. Every change that was made reduced the reported impact of inflation as reported by the CPI.
For those who think we are at risk for deflation, you might want to examine the table of year-to-date price increases in a variety of items:
Scoreboard year-to-date in percentages — AgriculturalCattle (lb)………………..+12.0%
Coffee (lb)……………….+36.9%
Corn (bu)…………………+37.3%
Cotton (lb)……………….+46.7%
Lumber(1000 bd.ft.)….+32.9%
Orange Juice (lb)……….+19.7%
Soy beans (bu)…………..+13.2%
Wheat (bu)………………..+29.8%
Just imagine what these numbers would be if we were not in a “deflationary environment!”
The real inflation figures, according to Shadowstats.com, drastically understate the real inflation figures. As shown below, the real inflation figures are triple those reported (BLS figure below).
Inflation Calculator
The second date can be later or earlier than the first.
Sep 1971 Sep 2010 $100.00 $535.39
(BLS)*
(SGS)BLS: Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI-U (Urban Workers, All Items).
SGS: Shadow Government Statistics Alternate CPI.* ShadowStats subscribers, please login to view the actual figure
QE is Coming, No Matter What
The fact of the matter is that it doesn’t matter what the reported inflation rate is. Nor does it matter what the economy is doing. These are convenient excuses for justifying QE. The reality is that QE must be done in order for the government to be able to pay its bills.
Do not believe “John Law” Bernanke’s desperate words.
The fed is pretending that inflation is a GOOD thing, because they can’t avoid or avert the necessity for causing it to happen – by monetizing the debt.
They’re proactively trying to make you not become alarmed when the hyperinflationary process starts. And keep you that way until it’s too late to do anything about it.
Spot on!
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