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The 10 Worst Hyper-Inflation Horror-Stories Of The Past Century Mamta Badkar Oct. 18, 2011, 9:36 AM Inflation numbers have been heating up. U.S. PPI just came in higher than expected at 0.8%. UK's CPI also jumped. In India and China, food inflation has been stubbornly high. Hyperinflation is more of an extreme. Over the weekend, John Mauldin wrote that he doesn't expect hyperinflation in the U.S. because the Fed can print loads of money without bringing about inflation. But a crucial aspect of hyperinflation is mounting deficits that are financed by printing money as he explains. When prices start jumping...

Warning U.S. HyperInflation Ahead Economics / HyperInflation Oct 09, 2011 - 06:20 AM 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.) Chart below shows the growth of M2 in 2011: The daily price chart of Gold is shown next....

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Europe is trying to move forcibly to fix its debt crisis, reports Dow Jones Newswires, the sister company to FOX Business. "I think they are moving--they are certainly trying to signal more commitment--to put more force behind their efforts to try to deal with the financial crisis they are facing," Geithner said after touting President Barack Obama’s jobs bill at a United Parcel Service (UPS) package-handling facility. The problem is moribund, state-run economies. Talk now of blowing out the European Union’s rescue fund to quadruple the size of its original $600 billion means Germany and...

<p>Nothing has represented the rise of the hyperinflation meme more than the price of silver has over the last few years. At every twist in the market the rise in precious metals and silver in particular, has been used as the cornerstone of evidence of “money printing”, debt monetization and raging inflation that was guaranteed to ravage the US economy.</p>

Dear Freepers, please help me out! A firend of mine sent me an e-mail which featured a link to someone who is apparently an economist names Harry S. Dent, with a video ink (I'm including). I have never heard of this man, and I began to watch the video, in which he defines what he think is going on with the economy. Thus far (I have only watched about half), all I can gather is that he believes that we are headed towards DEFLATION and that all commodoties are in a bubble and that whenever their is a crisis, people...

I keep reading about the dollar being a “new multi-year bull market” and that the US is headed for “Japan style deflation”. Frankly, it is a little tiring. The people making these arguments should know better. Deflation VS Hyperinflation Yes, there is debt deflation, and the overall money supply is shrinking as a result. However, those calling for “multi-year bull market” for the US dollar are insane. These individuals need to review basic monetary theory. The money supply is only one of three factors that determine whether prices rise or fall. The other two are the changes in the velocity...

(Reuters) - Bank of New York Mellon Corp told some of its biggest depositors this week it does not want their money. BNY Mellon said it is charging a fee to big corporate and asset management clients that deposit more money than average, because it has been overwhelmed by deposits. Global economic turmoil -- including the Greek debt crisis and the U.S. debt ceiling debate -- has driven BNY Mellon's large clients to sell riskier assets and move the proceeds to deposit accounts. The flood of cash is likely to raise BNY Mellon's U.S. deposit insurance fees and could weaken...

The BNY Mellon apparently does not want money, not to lend, not at all. In a mad dash for cash Mellon has been flooded with it. Overnight lending rates went negative. Please consider BNY Mellon to Slap Fees on Some Big Deposits Amid Global Race to CashBank of New York Mellon Corp. is preparing to charge some large depositors to hold their cash, in the latest sign of the worries roiling global markets. The big U.S. custodial bank said this week in a note to clients that it will begin slapping a fee next week on customers that have vastly...

Preparing Your Investments For An Inflationary Future By Eric Fry 05/26/11 Laguna Beach, California – Let the boxing match begin!…In the near corner, we find deflation, with its furious fists of debt liquidation and credit contraction… And in the far corner, we’ve got Ben Bernanke’s printing press, with its menacing inflationary uppercut. Inflation will win this contest eventually, but the match might go the full 12 rounds. Deflation is no slouch. He packs a mean punch. Borrowers of all types – from single-family mortgage-holders to national governments – are defaulting on their loans…or moving rapidly in that direction. As the...

The table displayed immediately below is likely to surprise even our most-jaded readers. It shows the astronomical increase in cash prices for well-known food commodities over the past 12 months. With inarguable exactness, it contradicts the nearly constant prattle in the mainstream press that inflation is under control, or that it is peaking and likely to come under control sometime soon. Some items on the list have doubled -- even tripled -- in price over the past year. Others have risen at mere double-digit rates.

Inflation Fears: Real Or Hysteria? Economics / Inflation May 11, 2011 - 06:01 AM By: Ellen Brown Debate continues to rage between the inflationists who say the money supply is increasing, dangerously devaluing the currency, and the deflationists who say we need more money in the economy to stimulate productivity. The debate is not just an academic one, since the Fed’s monetary policy turns on it and so does Congressional budget policy. Inflation fears have been fueled ever 2009, when the Fed began its policy of “quantitative easing” (effectively “money printing”). The inflationists point to commodity prices that have shot...

Hyperinflation And Double-Dip Recession Ahead Economics / HyperInflation May 03, 2011 - 04:22 AM By: The Gold Report Economic recovery? What economic recovery? Contrary to popular media reports, government economic reporting specialist and ShadowStats Editor John Williams reads between the government-economic-data lines. "The U.S. is really in the worst condition of any major economy or country in the world," he says. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, John concludes the nation is in the midst of a multiple-dip recession and headed for hyperinflation. The Gold Report: Standard & Poor's (S&P) has given a warning to the U.S. government...

Osama Bin Laden To Cause U.S. HyperinflationMay 3, 2011 NIA is very pleased that Osama Bin Laden has been neutralized and is no longer a threat to American citizens. During a White House press event yesterday, counterterrorism adviser John Brennan was answering reporters questions and made the comment that al Qaeda "is becoming increasingly bankrupt". Unfortunately, Mr. Brennan got this backwards. The United States is becoming increasingly bankrupt as a result of al Qaeda. Although America has been safe since 9/11, we need to look at what the cost has been. The U.S. military is currently spending just as much...

Can We Give The Hyperinflation Thing A Rest? Economics / HyperInflation Apr 27, 2011 - 06:20 AM By: Mike Whitney The Federal Reserve is not going to push the economy into Zimbabwean hyperinflation. That's pure bunkum. The Fed's plan is to weaken the dollar to boost exports and to force China to let its currency appreciate to its fair-market value. The policy should help to lower the US's bulging current account deficit. By purchasing $600 billion in US Treasuries (QE2), the Fed effectively reduces the supply of risk-free assets, which sends investors into riskier assets like stocks and commodities. Is...

Over the past few years, mainstream analysts have shown a tenacious blind faith in the U.S. economy and the dollar that goes far beyond religion to the point of mindless cultism, so, when even they begin to question the future of American finance (as has been occurring more and more everyday), you know its time to worry. For those that have been following my work since 2007, the events of the past few months have not been a surprise at all, however, for those just waking up to the ongoing implosion of our fiscal infrastructure, the bubbling inflationary meltdown...

Inflation Versus Hyperinflation, The Crucial Difference Economics / Inflation Apr 17, 2011 - 12:49 PM By: Justice Litle Is it possible we will see hyperinflation in the United States? Yes, but not by the route you might think... "Hyperinflation." You've heard the word. You may have talked about it on the golf course or at the dinner table. (Or even in the grocery store.) There is a difference, though, between inflation and hyperinflation. They are not the same thing. And for the most part, there is no gradual path from one to the other. To wind up with true hyperinflation,...

One word (well technically two) can describe what is going on in the electronic pre-market arena right now: inflationary hysteria. Gold is at a new record, wheat is surging, corn is at highest since 2008, crude at a new 30 month high, silver is at $41.10 - a new fresh post Hunt high, beans surging, etc, etc, etc. Essentially everything is bid, following news first reported on Zero Hedge that PIMCO is betting the farm that either inflation is about to go parabolic and force bondholders to dump everything, or that the Fed will have no choice but to pursue...

Federal Reserve Must Implement QE3April 6, 2011 Gold prices surged today to a new all time high of $1,463.70 per ounce, while silver prices soared to a new 31-year high of $39.785 per ounce. Silver is now up 129% since NIA declared silver the best investment for the next decade on December 11th, 2009, at $17.40 per ounce. The gold/silver ratio is now down to 37, compared to a gold/silver ratio of 66 when NIA declared silver the best investment for the next decade. This means that not only is silver up 129% in terms of dollars since December...

HERSHEY, Pa. (AP) -- Chocolate is going to cost a little more green. The Hershey Co. on Wednesday said it raised wholesale prices by 9.7 percent, because its own costs have risen. The candy maker says the price increase takes effect immediately. It cited higher costs for raw materials, packaging, fuel, utilities and transportation as driving the hike. Consumers may not see the impact on store shelves right away, however. A Hershey spokesman said many retailers will be able to buy products at the old prices for about eight weeks. The announcement comes weeks before one of the most popular...

One of the most frequently asked questions we receive at the National Inflation Association (NIA) is what warning signs will there be when hyperinflation is imminent. In our opinion, the majority of the warning signs that hyperinflation is imminent are already here today, but most Americans are failing to properly recognize them. NIA believes that there is a serious risk of hyperinflation breaking out as soon as the second half of this calendar year and that hyperinflation is almost guaranteed to occur by the end of this decade. In our estimation, the most likely time frame for a full-fledged outbreak...