THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF) FOR DUMMIES

IMF Governance

This article is a compilation of information from the IMF website. I would appreciate all input anyone has relating to the use of American taxpayers’ dollars that ago to the IMF, particularly when the US is essentially bankrupt. Many such articles could be written on each [...]

Gold Rises to Record, Silver Surges, Dollar Plummets

Written on April 29, 2011 at 12:35 pm by V2A at Vision to America

Gold futures rose to a record for the third straight day on bets that the dollar will extend a slump, enhancing the allure of the metal as an alternative asset. Silver headed for the biggest monthly gain in 28 years.

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Reserve Bank of India 200-ton Gold Purchase from IMF

by Michael S. Rozeff, original post at LewRockwell.com

November 6, 2009

India’s central bank, Reserve Bank of India, announced on Nov. 2, 2009 a purchase of gold from the International Monetary Fund (IMF):

“The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has concluded the purchase of 200 metric tonnes of gold from the [...]

Gary North: Which Flation will Get Us?

WHICH FLATION WILL GET US? from garynorth.com

Date 9/8/2009

Issue 109

One of them will. That’s if things work out really well. Two or three will if things go according to the Austrian theory of the business cycle.

Americans have been living in the eye of the monetary hurricane. [...]

Shockwaves of the Dollar Collapse

The Five Financial Shockwaves to Expect When China’s Yuan Swaps Places with the U.S. Dollar | Overseas Stock Markets. | Overseas Stock Markets.

This article is from Australia, for goodness sake!  It’s written more for the viewpoint of investors, but will apply to everyone.  Obviously Australians can see past the brainwashing better than we Americans!

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There Will Be (Hyper)Inflation

There Will Be (Hyper)Inflation by Thorsten Polleit.

Increasing “Excess Reserves”

The demise of fiat-money regimes around the world has become unmistakable. They can only be kept alive by central banks creating ever-greater amounts of base money and governments underwriting commercial banks’ liabilities.

The US Federal Reserve, for instance, increased the stock of the monetary base [...]

US lurching towards ‘debt explosion’

The US economy is lurching towards crisis with long-term interest rates on course to double, crippling the country’s ability to pay its debts and potentially plunging it into another recession, according to a study by the US’s own central bank.

Dollar’s Days of Dominance Are Over

Dollar’s Days of Dominance Are Over

Seeking Alpha

by Jeff Neilson

Federal Government Continues Its Money Monopoly

FBI cracks down on people using their own money by Fred E. Foldvary, Senior Editor, June 8, 2009

The federal government continues to enforce its money monopoly under the new Obama presidency. In June 2009 the FBI arrested the chiefs of the private Liberty Dollar company. Among those arrested was an instructor at the Liberty [...]

FED FOCUS-Rise in US Treasury yields may trigger more Fed buying

Forbes.com — By Alister Bull

WASHINGTON, May 28 (Reuters) – Rising U.S. government bond yields could force the Federal Reserve to expand a massive program to buy Treasury and mortgage-related debt, and if it does, it may need to be much more aggressive to be effective.

The Fed’s second-in-command Donald Kohn gave a clear signal [...]