The agenda of the Fed is to hold up the system for as long as possible. The biggest stock bubble in U.S. history has been fueled by 10 years of negative real interest rates. The only way to justify that policy is to create phony inflation statistics.Based on historical interest rates and based on the alleged unemployment rate, a "normalized" Fed funds rate should be set at 9%, which reflects a more accurate inflation rate plus a 3% premium.The last time the unemployment rate was measured at 3.7% was October 1969.Guess what?The Fed funds rate was 9%. I guess if you live an a cave and only buy TV's and laptops, then the inflation rate is probably 2%...
Silver Doctor's Elijah Johnson invited me to discuss the FOMC policy decision released on Wednesday afternoon:
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