Inflation Is Back  28/01/2007

Inflation has been resurrected after years in abeyance. In the U.K., the eurozone and the U.S., inflation risks are at a level not seen for a decade.

Last week, the Bank of England’s unexpected rate hike to 5.25% underlined the seriousness of the problem in Britain. The decision to raise rates was taken on the basis of inflation that is being estimated at 3%, whereas the target rate of inflation for the U.K. economy is 2%.

Much has been made in the national press recently of the widely held belief that inflation is in fact running much higher than the Bank of England says, because the Consumer Price Index (CPI), on which the Bank primarily relies when it sets interest rates, excludes items that are rising in price much faster than the components of the CPI...

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GEAB N°75 - Contents

- Published on May 16, 2013 -

Systemic crisis 2013: with record stock exchange highs, the planets imminent plunge into recession
The world economy is slowing down badly and a widespread recession is looming. The various players are fully aware of it and, in the face of the challenges of an imminent collapse, countries or regions are putting various strategies in place to try and limit the consequences… (page 2)
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BoJ, Fed, ECB : with different methods, contrasting futures
In order to see the unfolding of the global systemic crisis more clearly, we must understand how the major western central banks act, the limits, the advantages, and the disadvantages of their interventions. We explain their policies in broad terms… (page 9)
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GEAB Dollar and Euro index
The traditional Dollar Index (used by the financial markets) is an unreliable indicator for forecasting US Dollar developments. Henceforth, our team will also publish the GEAB $ index together with the GEAB € index… (page 14)
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Strategic and operational recommendations
. Decoupling of paper and physical gold
. European sovereign bonds: the ECB is still the boss
. Stock exchanges: when QE rains money ! … (page 17)
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The GlobalEurometre - Results and analysis
The general tone of this month's poll is sombre, to say the least. Confidence in the capacity to manage the Euro crisis has literally collapsed this month, the fear of losing money has significantly risen … (page 18)
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