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The Fed Is Not There To Solve Your Problem

Bob Chapman, April 20 2011

Insolvent banks still in business, but they wont tell you that, real estate driven down by distressed sellers, Fed not there to solve your problem, municipalities and states in serious financial trouble, Fed makes bizarre comments, when will China pull the plug on US dollar we wonder, the loss of purchasing power of the dollar.

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Economic Woes Created By Elitists Behind The Scene

Bob Chapman, April 18 2011

Europe struggles with financial weaknesses, but other nations have those problems as well, 4 trillion for Europe bailout a prediction, money policy indicates that prices have a lot further to fall, you must understand the bigger picture and the motivations of the powerful to understand where the economy is going, Japan seeks to avoid problems, but must create more debt.

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Nobody is Smarter Than The Markets

Bob Chapman, April 13 2011

The trend is your friend, two sides to every market, and lack of knowledge makes for unfortunate decisions, the shortage in silver, new high ground for gold and silver, a secret flight from currency spurs the rise in metals values.

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The Inflationary Depression Moves Foreward Relentlessly

Bob Chapman, April 9 2011

Management squeezes the worker to the end, the reality of an inflationary depression, the gold and silver bull, we remain haunted by lost opportunities to purge the excess and failures in the stock market.

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The Financial System Designed To Self Destruct

Bob Chapman, April 6 2011

The US dollar continues to lose its status, a planned failure for the economy, USA a banana republic, financially, Fed member banks prepare for next move, a debt that must be serviced, the insolvency of the banking system, a chain of incompetent mistakes.

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Reaping What Bretton Woods Has Sown

Bob Chapman, April 2 2011

The Bretton Woods agreement in 1944, a license to steal under the Federal Reserve Act, a model for finance that no longer works well, tax breaks for the wealthy and budget cuts for the rest of us, the possible re-monetization of silver, Fed discloses its discount borrowers for the first time ever, bailed out banks dump US workers in favor of offshore labor, Cal teachers pension system exposed, notes on the TARP bailout.

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Japan Rebuilds While The Fed Tears Down

Bob Chapman, March 30 2011

A new round of quantitative easing is on the way, Japan works to rebuild, Fed intervention in the currency markets, commodity costs move higher, Portugal in trouble, Fed doesnt help by lending to poor risks, cel networks spying, Enron investigations capped off with a fnal conviction.

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Fed Ponders Actions While Global Economy Reels

Bob Chapman, March 26 2011

US dollar under pressure, the concerns of inflation with so much liquidity, unbearable pressure will come down on the Fed, will isolationism be brought in to the formula? No new ideas from politicians, fiscal pain for southern Europe, Bernanke Fed to help smaller banks, low consumer confidence, leaving Detroit.

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The Road of Inflation Will Only End in Tears

Bob Chapman, March 23 2011

Cycles of booms and busts are planned, unpayable debts in many nations, we predicted the demise of the bond market months ago, Ron Paul looks at bogus CPI and PPI stats, world problems affect us here, recent low for the US dollar, near misses at leaky nuclear plant at home at Indian Point, a brutal labor war being waged in Wisconsin.

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The Things Billions Have Been Spent On

Bob Chapman, March 19 2011

An infographic that demonstrates what it is that billions have been spent upon.

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A picture worth 44 Billion Dollars

Bob Chapman, March 16 2011

A special look at tax cuts for the wealthy vs budget cuts for programs at risk. It looks like extending the Bush era tax cuts is simply a matter of  taking from the poor and giving to the rich.

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The Fed Fails to Create the Stability it Dreams Of

Bob Chapman, March 12 2011

Japan earthquake will shake the world economy, Oil prices an irritant to Wall Street rather than a lubricant, Fed wont spur growth, just inflation, a flat bottom for the economy or a while, lack of job creation and debt control, Sound economic growth hasn’t existed for 11 years and it is worse now than ever, PIMCO eliminates government debt from portfolio. Soros weighs in on public spending cuts in US, saying they will only hurt economic growth.

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Fed Monetisation is a Political Power Tool

Bob Chapman, March 9 2011

The West and the collapse of regimes in the Middle East, strategic reserves considered, Inflation causes speculation, monetisation is a political power tool, Madoff's ponzi scheme allegations mishandled, less full time work for workers, derivatives trading on the increase,

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The Fed Distorts The Economy With Inflation

Bob Chapman, March 5 2011

Fed created inflation raises the real value of assets artificially, so that these bad assets appear to be appreciating when in fact they are not, As inflation climbs, unemployment will grow and wages will remain stagnant so that the anointed can continue to accumulate wealth, a future currency backed by gold or silver or both,  jobs, hirings and job cuts, securities transactions that fail, Lehman Bros on a stick in Australia over failing to advise risks on CDOs.

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Monetization and Debt Will Only Bring Inflation

Bob Chapman, March 2 2011

Quantitative Easing is still going on, How many T-bills can China buy?, Perpetual debt, monetization to bring inflation,  debt rising exponentially, Oil production threatened by discontent, tech company immigration fraud, FEMA stocking the cupboards, BoA under attack from all sides, GoP wants to slash spending, 10,000 legal proceedings against JPMorgan Chase.

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