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Debt Ceiling: Secretary Yellen Says the Sky is Falling

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Ridgewood NJ, according to Quantitative Easing Janet Yellen ,and her media supporters , the sky is falling and there’s one month left for Republicans to relent on their refusal to raise the debt limit (so the US can pay its existing bills) unless the White House meets their demands (future cuts that will likely slash climate, education and social funding). Now, it turns out there may only be seven days left. President Joe Biden invited top congressional leaders for a meeting on the matter, but fear in markets has been rising for some time now, with yields on Treasury bills for early June soaring. Democrats are already looking at some radical options to keep the world’s largest economy from defaulting.

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High Inflation Plus Slow Growth is a Recipe for Stagflation 

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Ridgewood NJ, politicians seem dead set on driving the economy back to the 1970’s ,  the latest GDP Now estimates for the 3rd quarter , July through sept of 2021, show growth slowing to a snail’s pace of 0.2%. That’s barely treading water and quick slowdown from the 6% growth of the economy that Biden inherited from Trump.

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White House and the Federal Reserve Board ; See, Hear and Speak No Inflation

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Ridgewood NJ, the whispers from the White House and the Federal Reserve Board that inflation is “transitory” have become less  and less persuasive with each passing day. The new CPI numbers show 5.4% year over year inflation and the September number on an annualized basis is above 6%. Recall from last week that the commodities index is at a five year high and is up than 50% over a year ago. Here are three additional charts from our friend and financial wizard Scott Grannis that we thought were eye-popping. You can make up your own mind if you think inflation is a problem.

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Commodity Price Index Up 58% Since the November Election

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Ridgewood NJ, its my story and I am sticking to it , is Fed Chairman Jerome Powell going to stick with his story of “transitory inflation?”

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