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- Iceland melts
- by semafu
- in semafu.blog.co.uk
- 1 day old
- Before the crisis, the Icelandic banks had foreign assets worth about 10 times the Icelandic gross domestic product (GDP), with debts to match. This means that the state cannot make gurantees as the other european states have. households are seeing payments on loans increased by up to 50%, and inflation may reach 30% or more this year, with... more
- Tags: + banking , + economics , + iceland
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- Ron Paul and Bernanke on the bail out plan.
- by semafu
- in semafu.blog.co.uk
- 14 days old
- Ron Paul - Austrian School Economics. more
- Tags: + fed , + inflation , + money supply , + ron paul , + usa
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- This is not capitalism - biggest bail out ever.
- by semafu
- in armchairrevolutionaries.blog.co.uk
- 17 days old
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7631500.stm He said that during the hearing Fed chairman Mr Bernanke disclosed that the Treasury would attempt to buy these debts from banks at close to their "hold-to-maturity" value, not the market value. In practice, it means banks who sell their debts to the Treasury would receive cash equivalent to... more
- Tags: + bank of england , + economics , + fannie , + fed , + federal reserve , + finance , + freddie , + m3 , + money , + money supply
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- owe the bank
- by semafu
- in semafu.blog.co.uk
- 18 days old
- owe the bank £100, you got a problem. owe the bank £100m, the bank got a problem. owe the bank £100bn, the taxpayer got a problem. It seems the taxpayer has become the guarantor of their own deposits. What then is the point of the banks? more
- Tags: + bank , + finance
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- credit crunch - who's fault
- by semafu
- in semafu.blog.co.uk
- 26 days old
- The UK money supply has been increasing between 10% and 14% every year for the last 10 years. This increase has been via lending. True inflation is the money supply less growth. Growth is typically 2-3% - therefore inflation is running around 8-10% per year. CPI is a work of fiction - a politically expedient lie. Stock market growth... Simply... more
- Tags: + bank of england , + economics , + finance , + m3 , + money , + money supply
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- Inflation 5% tops says Merv
- by semafu
- in semafu.blog.co.uk
- 58 days old
- Merv at the BoE says inflation (CPI) will peak at 5%, then fall. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7557777.stm I think it will go higher - lets wait and see... more
- Tags: + bank of england , + merv
