On Mar 23, 9:42*am, "ATP*" wrote:
"Richard J Kinch" wrote in . 97.131...

My musing and thesis: if hyperinflation of the dollar is coming, that it
will happen blindingly fast because the "paper" dollars exist only as
bits flipping in computers. *We will be surprised and unaware. *It will
not be the Weimar Republic experience.

Inflation no longer requires actual paper that would have to be printed
in wheelbarrow loads to be carted about, like in previous collapses.
Keys are pressed, buttons are clicked, and the government creates fiat
money, freely convertible to paper notes, and moves it about. *I imagine
in a week's time we could go from the current nervousness about a merely
troubled economy to a worthless dollar that ceased to be accepted at
home and abroad. *Surely the weekly glib injections of $trillions in
"stimulus" is evidence of the authority and willingness to act in this
new, unprecedented digital recklessness. *As paper money existed as an
coerced acceptance of an authoritatively designated paper token, so
money today is a coerced acceptance of authoritatively designated bits
in some computer server somewhere.

Spend some time with a textbook or Wikipedia and study how the Fed
introduces money into the economy through securities sales and purchases
which are gauged to achieve the targeted Federal Funds Rate, and how the
money multiplier works. There is very little chance of what you are
describing, particularly at this point, because banks want to reduce their
leverage. Whether dollars are printed or electronically transferred is not
really an issue, the difficulty of physically printing dollars has never
been an impediment to hyperinflation in the past.

So well written, but.....
While it as true when as it was when Jesus talked about burying money,
money out of circulation has no effect and money held is reserve will
not cause inflation, but Obama's spending is going to dilute the
circulating money supply quickly.

The gov measures inflation with the cost of Asian TV sets, not energy,
food, and rent.
That keeps the COLA of social security down.
Real inflation has doubled the cost of ammo in the last year.

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On Mar 23, 9:42 am, "ATP*" wrote:
"Richard J Kinch" wrote in
. 97.131...

My musing and thesis: if hyperinflation of the dollar is coming, that it
will happen blindingly fast because the "paper" dollars exist only as
bits flipping in computers. We will be surprised and unaware. It will
not be the Weimar Republic experience.

Inflation no longer requires actual paper that would have to be printed
in wheelbarrow loads to be carted about, like in previous collapses.
Keys are pressed, buttons are clicked, and the government creates fiat
money, freely convertible to paper notes, and moves it about. I imagine
in a week's time we could go from the current nervousness about a merely
troubled economy to a worthless dollar that ceased to be accepted at
home and abroad. Surely the weekly glib injections of $trillions in
"stimulus" is evidence of the authority and willingness to act in this
new, unprecedented digital recklessness. As paper money existed as an
coerced acceptance of an authoritatively designated paper token, so
money today is a coerced acceptance of authoritatively designated bits
in some computer server somewhere.

Spend some time with a textbook or Wikipedia and study how the Fed
introduces money into the economy through securities sales and purchases
which are gauged to achieve the targeted Federal Funds Rate, and how the
money multiplier works. There is very little chance of what you are
describing, particularly at this point, because banks want to reduce their
leverage. Whether dollars are printed or electronically transferred is not
really an issue, the difficulty of physically printing dollars has never
been an impediment to hyperinflation in the past.

So well written, but.....
While it as true when as it was when Jesus talked about burying money,
money out of circulation has no effect and money held is reserve will
not cause inflation, but Obama's spending is going to dilute the
circulating money supply quickly.

The gov measures inflation with the cost of Asian TV sets, not energy,
food, and rent.
That keeps the COLA of social security down.
Real inflation has doubled the cost of ammo in the last year.

As you pointed out, the CPI has been distorted by cheap imported goods.
There was a lot of excess money pumped into the monetary system over the
last twenty years which inflated prices of housing and other assets. I agree
the stimulus money, especially on the fiscal side, has the potential for
spurring future inflation. But letting the economy self correct at this
point with no measures to ease the transition would not be prudent.

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So well written, but.....
While it as true when as it was when Jesus talked about burying money,
money out of circulation has no effect and money held is reserve will
not cause inflation, but Obama's spending is going to dilute the
circulating money supply quickly.

The gov measures inflation with the cost of Asian TV sets, not energy,
food, and rent.
That keeps the COLA of social security down.
Real inflation has doubled the cost of ammo in the last year.

I wonder if cap and trade on carbon will be in the index? A taxing scheme that will
affect the cheapest source of electricity generation (coal) is going to raise COLA unless
some cheap trick is applied.

Wes








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"Wes" wrote in message
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" wrote:

So well written, but.....
While it as true when as it was when Jesus talked about burying money,
money out of circulation has no effect and money held is reserve will
not cause inflation, but Obama's spending is going to dilute the
circulating money supply quickly.

The gov measures inflation with the cost of Asian TV sets, not energy,
food, and rent.
That keeps the COLA of social security down.
Real inflation has doubled the cost of ammo in the last year.

I wonder if cap and trade on carbon will be in the index?

The index is consumer prices. If carbon caps increase consumer prices, it
will show up in the CDI. If not, not.

A taxing scheme that will
affect the cheapest source of electricity generation (coal) is going to
raise COLA unless
some cheap trick is applied.

Wes

We'll put your prediction down on the ledger here...g

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Ed Huntress