Category: HyperInflation
The analysis published under this category are as follows.
Sunday, November 04, 2012
Panic in Persia as Hyperinflation Hits Iran / Economics / HyperInflation
By: Steve_H_Hanke
For decades, the Iranian economy has been cobbled together by religious-bureaucratic regimes that have employed mandates, regulations, price controls, subsidies and a wide variety of other interventionist devices, in an attempt to achieve their goals. It's all been kept afloat – barely afloat – by oil revenues.
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Saturday, October 27, 2012
Iran's Hyperinflation: Questions from Tehran / Economics / HyperInflation
By: Steve_H_Hanke
Interview with Steve H. Hanke By: Kourosh Ziabari
Targeted with the biting sanctions of the United States and European Union over its nuclear program, Iran's economy is experiencing difficult and breathtaking days. The import of vital goods, including medicine and foodstuff is being impeded, the energy, insurance, transportation and industrial companies are unable to smoothly do business with their foreign counterparts and their financial transactions have been obstructed and the price of goods increases on a daily basis.
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Thursday, October 25, 2012
U.S. Dollar Hyperinflation by 2014 Says John Williams / Economics / HyperInflation
By: Videos
Economist John Williams says the latest round of “open-ended” QE has set the table for a global “dollar sell-off” and “hyperinflation” no later than 2014. Williams says, “There’s no way the consumer can fuel the economic recovery, and there is no way we’re going to see one in the near future.” Williams predicts, “The Treasury is going to have funding problems, and that means the deficit gets a lot worse.”
Monday, October 22, 2012
Iran's Hyperinflation Economic Death Spiral / Economics / HyperInflation
By: Steve_H_Hanke
My October 2009 Globe Asia column was titled "Iran's Death Spiral." In light of the recent events that have transpired in Iran, I think I might have been onto something back in 2009.
Since early September, there has been an accelerated slide in the value of the Iranian rial. This slide has been punctuated by dramatic collapses in the demand for the rial. With each collapse, there has been something akin to a "bank run" on rials — with a sharp rise in the black market (read: free market) IRR/USD exchange rate (see the accompanying chart). Ironically, Iranians are clamoring for U.S. Dollars.
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Sunday, October 21, 2012
The Recipe For U.S. Hyperinflation, Looming Dollar Collapse / Economics / HyperInflation
By: Graham_Summers
For the last year, I’ve steered clear of commenting on the US Presidential election for the simple reason that I wanted us to be closer to the actual date before I went through the process of explaining what’s to come.
The reason for this is that elections by their very nature are conflicting processes. Most people vote based on emotions when we are in fact electing someone to fulfill a role that is economic in nature.
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Saturday, October 20, 2012
Iran Wage Price Spiral Towards HyperInflation Panic Collapse / News_Letter / HyperInflation
By: NewsLetter
The Market Oracle NewsletterOctober 3rd , 2012 Issue #14 Vol. 6
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Saturday, October 13, 2012
How Long Will Iran’s Hyperinflation Run For? / Economics / HyperInflation
By: Steve_H_Hanke
Since I first estimated Iran’s hyperinflation at 69.6% per month, many people have asked, how long will it last? To answer that question, I have posted my “Hanke Chart of the Day” and will let the data speak for themselves.
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Sunday, October 07, 2012
The Iran Hyperinflation Fact Sheet / Economics / HyperInflation
By: Submissions
Steve H. Hanke writes: For months, I have been following the collapse of the Iranian rial, tracking black-market (free-market) exchange-rate data from foreign-exchange bazaars in Tehran. Using the most recent data, I now estimate that Iran is experiencing hyperinflation – a price-level increase of over 50%, per month.
Thursday, October 04, 2012
Tracking World Hyperinflation - The Data from Argentina to Zimbabwe / Economics / HyperInflation
By: Submissions
Steve H. Hanke writes: Hyperinflation is an economic malady that arises under extreme conditions: war, political
mismanagement, the transition from a command to market-based economy. There
are barriers to the recording and publication of reliable inflation statistics. Overcoming
these barriers is an arduous and painstaking process. This article and attached table – an
abbreviated version of a Cato Working Paper – supply, for the first time, data on all 56
episodes of hyperinflation, including several which had previously gone unreported.
Thursday, October 04, 2012
Hyperinflation Has Arrived In Iran / Economics / HyperInflation
By: Submissions
Steve H. Hanke writes: Since the U.S. and E.U. first enacted sanctions against Iran, in 2010, the value of the Iranian rial (IRR) has plummeted, imposing untold misery on the Iranian people. When a currency collapses, you can be certain that other economic metrics are moving in a negative direction, too. Indeed, using new data from Iran’s foreign-exchange black market, I estimate that Iran’s monthly inflation rate has reached 69.6%. With a monthly inflation rate this high (over 50%), Iran is undoubtedly experiencing hyperinflation.
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Sunday, September 30, 2012
U.S. Counting Down to Hyperinflation / Economics / HyperInflation
By: GoldSilverWorlds
John Williams, who is the founder of ShadowStats.com, stated during a recent interview that the US is on track to become victim of hyperinflation the latest in 2014. He believes that “open ended QE” (which is nothing more than monetizing debt) is the key problem. He explains there is an annual deficit of 5 trillion dollar per year in the US, which includes the unfunded liabilities. He declares the situation “beyond containment”. Central planners are responding to the current economic problems by simply increasing the amount of printed money. John Williams his expectations are that we’ll soon see a heavy sell off in the dollar, quickly followed by a significant first spike in inflation. That will ultimately lead to hyperinflation the latest somewhere in 2014. We are just before the kick off of inflation.
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Hyperinflation Is Virtually Assured – John Williams / Economics / HyperInflation
By: Videos
The Federal Reserve is talking about “unlimited QE,” or money printing, to boost employment. Economist John Williams says, “That’s absolutely nonsense. The Fed is just propping up the banks.” Williams says, “You’re likely going to see a dollar sell-off . . . That should evolve into hyperinflation.”
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Central Bankers Choice Between Deflationary or Hyperinflationary Depression / Economics / HyperInflation
By: Gary_North
What the Federal Reserve System can do and what it will do are two different things.
The Federal Reserve System can monetize anything. It can create digital money and buy any asset it chooses to buy. There are no legal restrictions on what it is allowed to monetize.
If it were to do this, and it continued to do this, the dollar would fall to zero value. This would produce hyperinflation. The result would be the destruction of all dollar-based creditors. Debtors could pay off their loans with the sale of an egg or a pack of cigarettes. This is what farmers did in 1923 in Germany and Austria.
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Thursday, June 28, 2012
Here Comes the Hyperinflationary Bailout Endgame / Economics / HyperInflation
By: Midas_Letter
In 2009, I wrote that the stimulus, tarp, and zero interest rates were going to result in a rally in the stock market, but that the fundamental causes of the 2008 financial crisis, of which the housing bubble collapse was only one outcome, were still present, and that the financial stimulus, which is effectively a tax on future generations, would compound those symptoms.
Friday, January 20, 2012
Southern Europe Permanently Crippled, The Only Tool Left is Hyper Inflation / Economics / HyperInflation
By: Jim_Willie_CB
Any perusal around the world these days features Southern Europe crippled, preparing for the inevitable Greek Govt Bond default. It features a crippled US housing market, a mockery of statistical accounting in the US Gross Domestic Product, the plight of the COMEX with established veterans clearing out desks (not trading), the extreme physical demand reported by the London Trader, and the indictment of the SLV iTrust Silver Fund tool used by the cartel. The survey does not look favorable toward stability. The banking, economic, and political leaders have not pursued reform and remedy in any remote sense.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Stock Market Report Hyperinflation! / Stock-Markets / HyperInflation
By: UnpuncturedCycle
I read article after article warning us that excessive printing in the western world is going to produce hyperinflation, and I’ve heard good analysts calling for hyperinflation for almost five years now. Lately the call seems to have morphed into a plea. The Federal Reserve Chairman has pledged to do his part, dropping money out of helicopters if need be, so how could we have deflation given such declarations? We all know that the Fed has created almost US $4 trillion out of thin air over the last three years, so why are the prices of everything from commodities, stocks, real estate and housing on the decline, and why is the US dollar on the rise. It’s a valid question and I want to try to come up with an answer in this report.
Monday, November 28, 2011
John Williams Hyperinflation Warning, Preserve Wealth Value with Gold / Commodities / HyperInflation
By: The_Gold_Report
Among the specters lurking in ShadowStats.com's Editor John Williams' gloomy outlook for the U.S. are the demise of the dollar, hyperinflation and the ongoing lack of political will to take sound corrective measures. Still, as he tells The Gold Report in this exclusive interview, investors have options. Williams contends that turning to gold, silver and strong foreign currencies would protect wealth and position savvy investors to take advantage of extraordinary opportunities likely to flow out of the turmoil ahead.
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Hyperinflation, Can It Happen Here? / Economics / HyperInflation
By: John_Mauldin
"Bankruptcies of governments have, on the whole, done less harm to mankind than their ability to raise loans." - R.H. Tawney, Religion and the Rise of Capitalism, 1926
"By a continuing process of inflation, government can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens. - John Maynard Keynes, Economic Consequences of Peace
"Unemployed men took one or two rucksacks and went from peasant to peasant. They even took the train to favorable locations to get foodstuffs illegally which they sold afterwards in the town at three or fourfold the prices they had paid themselves. First the peasants were happy about the great amount of paper money which rained into their houses for their eggs and butter… However, when they came to town with their full briefcases to buy goods, they discovered to their chagrin that, whereas they had only asked for a fivefold price for their produce, the prices for scythe, hammer and cauldron, which they wanted to buy, had risen by a factor of 50." - Stefan Zweig, The World of Yesterday, 1944.
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Sunday, October 09, 2011
Warning U.S. HyperInflation Ahead / Economics / HyperInflation
By: Seth_Barani
Money Supply M2 has expanded at Warp-9 within the past few months, based on Federal Reserve Data released on Sep.30th. In fact, the ratio of M2 to M1 has set a World Record, exponentially growing to over 5:1 (M2 is near $9.6 Trillion, over 12% growth this year so far, projected to show 15% growth in one year, while M1 has remained constant near $2 Trillion.)
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
The Case for Hyperinflation in the US / Economics / HyperInflation
By: Jeff_Berwick
Earlier this month, Gary North penned an article on LewRockwell.com entitled, "Mass Inflation, Yes; Hyperinflation, No".
In it he stated the following:
"The United States is not going to get hyperinflation unless Congress nationalizes the Federal Reserve System.
It will get mass inflation at some point: anywhere from 15% per annum to 30%. But it is not going to get 50% or 100% or more.
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