Is This the Start of Hyperinflation? The Start of Capital Controls?  26/12/2006

The U.S. dollar and its currency is rapidly becoming worthless, evidenced now by the need to start strong arming Americans to keep us from recognizing the metallic value in even the cheap coins our nation mandates us to use as a medium of exchange. Following is a quote from the U.S. Mint this past week, explaining why they are going to enforce a growing trend toward melting down coins. The currency buys considerably less than even the low value metals now in our coins, so here come the strong-armed tactics of a government with an inherently dishonest monetary policy.

“Effective today, the U.S. Mint has implemented an interim rule that makes it illegal to melt nickels and pennies, or to export them in mass quantities.” The rule also bans the exportation of the coins, beyond traveling with $5 worth and shipping up to $100 for legitimate purposes. The modern penny (made after 1982) is worth 1.73 cents with production costs included. The nickel, which is made of copper and nickel, is actually worth 8.34 cents when production costs are included. “Violators of these new regulations face up to a $10,000 fine, imprisonment of up to five years, or both.” ...

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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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