Edward Dowd: 'Emergency' Fed rate cut by June, only 6 U.S. banks will be left by 2025 paving way for CBDC

By Herman James / March 24, 2023 / marketsanity.com / Article Link

Kitco News, Released on 3/24/23

Edward Dowd, Founder of Phinance Technologies and former BlackRock fund manager, and Michelle Makori, Editor-in-Chief and Lead Anchor at Kitco News, discuss the Federal Reserve's latest rate hikes, and why Dowd thinks Fed Chair Powell will be "forced" to cut rates by June of 2023, leading to a "controlled implosion" of the banking sector. Dowd forecasts that as banks consolidate, only 6 major banks will be left standing by 2025, paving the way for Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), digital fiat tokens issued and controlled by central banks. This, Dowd claims, could lead to "total government control" and a potentially dystopian future .Dowd also sees the dollar losing its dominance on the world stage with a "kinetic war" breaking out as the BRICS countries launch their own reserve currency.

0:00 - Fed outlook9:56 - Inflection point12:00 - Banking crisis16:02 - Six banks left standing18:17 - Central bank digital currencies23:14 - Resisting CBDCs26:39 - Hidden agendas28:12 - New monetary system31:11 - U.S. Dollar dominance33:30 - De-dollarization and war37:10 - Investment implications39:00 - Civil unrest40:48 - New book and report

Edward Dowd is currently a Founding Partner of Phinance Technologies, a global macro alternative investment firm. He is also author of the new book, "Cause Unknown: The Epidemic of Sudden Deaths in 2021 & 2022." Edward has worked on Wall Street most of his career, spanning both credit markets and equity markets. Some of the firms he worked for include HSBC, Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette and Independence Investments. Most notably, he worked at Blackrock as a portfolio manager where he managed a $14 billion Growth equity portfolio for ten years. After BlackRock, he founded OceanSquare Asset Management with two former BlackRock colleagues.

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