Gold Money

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Untangling gold at the Bank of England

From 2006 the Bank of England’s Annual Report has declared the quantity of gold in its custody, including the UK’s own 310 tonnes.

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The deflationist error

Many people believe there is a significant risk that the Irving Fisher debt-deflation theory of great depressions is still an economic threat today.

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Saving real money

Up until the late 1960s, it was considered prudent for everyone to have some savings. By forgoing consumption, savings gave the ability to consume more at a later date through the accumulation of interest income.

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From paper reserves to gold reserves

In January of this year I published a piece on the “fair gold price” in order to demonstrate that, if one was to simply treat the gold of all international central banks as the world’s true, reserve currency – as history has held it as for over hundreds, if not thousands, of years

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The case against deflation

Regular readers will know I am in the inflation, possibly hyperinflation camp; but there are those that think the future is more likely to be deflationary. In the main this is the view of neoclassical economists, Keynesians and monetarists, who generally foresee a 1930s-style slump unless the economy is stimulated out of it.

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Gold price suppression: the game goes on

The slide in precious metal prices has done much to undermine investor confidence, yet the indications are that demand for the physical metals remains strong.

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Money supply accelerating

The monthly figures for the US dollar components of Austrian, or True Money Supply, for February are now in

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