23. April 2021 – Interview mit Carlos A. Gebauer über den „Kampf für das Bargeld“. Die Fragen stellte Thorsten Polleit. Carlos A. Gebauer ist Rechtsanwalt, Fachanwalt für Medizinrecht und Publizist aus Düsseldorf. ***** Herr Gebauer, Sie vertreten als Rechtsanwalt in einem Musterverfahren einen Mandanten, der auf sein Recht pocht, den Rundfunkzwangsbeitrag bar bezahlen zu dürfen. Bevor wir über den Fortgang des Verfahrens sprechen und seine Bedeutung im „Kampf für...
Read More »Keiser Report | The Hash Wars Are Here | E1688
In this episode of the Keiser Report, Max and Stacy look at the flow of hard money into China as rumours fly of gold-backed central bank digital currencies and bitcoin receives some positive words from the PBOC. In the second half Max continues his interview with Charles Hugh Smith of OfTwoMinds.com about the Cultural Revolution sweeping the West and what it means for the economy going forward. Follow us on Telegram https://t.me/rtintl / https://t.me/rtvisual
Read More »Covid: the 3 phases of Switzerland’s return to normal
This week, Switzerland’s government set out the three phases of its plan to return to normal at a press conference recorded by RTS. The first is the protection phase, which we are currently in. This involves vaccinating the vulnerable and could last until the end of May 2021. The second is the stabilisation phase. This involves vaccinating all adults who want the shot. At this point bars could begin to open and larger events could be allowed with access limited to...
Read More »2021-04-23 – U.S. dollar liquidity-providing operations from 1 July 2021
In view of the sustained improvements in U.S. dollar funding conditions and low demand at recent U.S. dollar liquidity-providing operations, the Bank of England, the Bank of Japan, the European Central Bank and the Swiss National Bank, in consultation with the Federal Reserve, have jointly decided to discontinue offering dollar liquidity at the 84-day maturity. This operational change will be effective as of 1 July 2021. The auction schedule until 30 June 2021, as...
Read More »A Dozen Dangerous Presumptions of Crisis Policymaking
Congress and the president have adopted many critically important policies in great haste during brief periods of perceived national emergency. During the first “hundred days” of the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration in the spring of 1933, for example, the government abandoned the gold standard, enacted a system of wide-ranging controls, taxes, and subsidies in agriculture, and set in motion a plan to cartelize the nation’s manufacturing industries. In 2001, the...
Read More »Making Sense Eurodollar University Episode 66
In 2014 the St. Louis Federal Reserve noted that despite a MASSIVE increase in money the expected 4 to 6% inflation did not materialize. The researchers suggest it was a "liquidity trap". Yes, and no. But mostly no. Jeff Snider, Head of Global Investment Research for Alhambra Investments with Emil Kalinowski. Topics & Time Codes 00:05 In the pre-2007 period an increase in money supply lead to an increase inflation but... 02:59 ...the post-2007 period displayed a break in the...
Read More »The Biggest Threat to US Hegemony: China, Russia, or Debt?
China and Russia are trying to build a Eurasion bloc that can break free of any American spheres of influence. The American regime obviously opposes this, but money printing and debt limits the American options. Original Article: “The Biggest Threat to US Hegemony: China, Russia, or Debt?” Now that the Biden administration has settled in, it is time to reassess American policy towards Russia, China and the wider Asian scene. Is it going to be a continuation of...
Read More »FX Daily, April 23: Greenback Slips into the Weekend
Swiss Franc The Euro has risen by 0.28% to 1.1044 EUR/CHF and USD/CHF, April 23(see more posts on EUR/CHF, USD/CHF, ) Source: markets.ft.com - Click to enlarge FX Rates Overview: Many narratives link the prospect of higher capital gains tax on about a third of 1% of Americans as the catalyst for losses in US equities yesterday (and Bitcoin) and weakness in some global shares today. Of the large markets in the Asia Pacific region, only Japan, which is reimposing...
Read More »Ohio House Votes to Fix Blunder, Remove Sales Tax on Sound Money
The Ohio House of Representatives just approved a bill which helps Buckeye State citizens protect themselves from the loss of monetary purchasing power caused by federal money printing. Introduced by Representative Oeslager, House Bill 110 includes a provision to eliminate the sales and use tax on purchases of gold, silver, platinum, and palladium coins and bullion in Ohio. Ohio recently repealed a longstanding sales tax exemption on the sale of precious metals....
Read More »Covid: 80 percent of nation must be immunised to stop spread, says Swiss health minister
© Filmfoto | Dreamstime.com This week, Alain Berset, Switzerland’s health minister said that 80% of the population must be immunised for the virus to stop spreading, according to RTS. Vaccination against the SARS-CoV-2 virus is voluntary in Switzerland. Currently, estimates suggest only 60% of Switzerland’s population is prepared to be vaccinated, according to Berset, a figure below the level required to get rid of the virus. If 60% had immunity the virus would still...
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