by yablonsky » Tue Jan 10, 2006 9:41 pm
I thought this guy had something interesting/outside the box to say about this:<br><br>quote:<br>elimination of M3 in March is the credible threat.. Its a bluff. First they juice M3 like it is the end of the world (or 1999), and then they turn the lights out on the statistics. Since we're all in the dark, the only thing we can assume is that the Fed is monetizing debt like there is no tomorrow. But they really don't want to do that -- it is not good for their balance sheet -- so instead they engineer this bluff. Everyone believes it, and they (we) act accordingly, bidding up stocks and gold.<br><br>If you don't think the Fed is that clever, I encourage you to read Bernanke's speech. It is a long treatise on stimulating demand and causing inflation in the event that interest rates fall to zero. After reading the speech, you may find that they are beyond clever. They are insane!<br><br>full article:<br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.bullnotbull.com/archive/market-01092006.php">www.bullnotbull.com/archi...092006.php</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--> <p></p><i></i>