Trump’s Tariffs and the Fed: A 1970s Velocity Nightmare in the Making
The latest University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Survey delivers a stark warning about U.S. monetary stability. Following Trump’s return to the presidency in the November 2024 election, inflation...
View ArticleWhen Democracy Fails: US Budget Deficit Accelerating Towards 10% of GDP
A Fiscal Crisis in the Making The United States’ public finances are approaching a historic turning point. With Donald Trump’s re-election to the presidency in November 2024, it is clear that American...
View ArticleCredibility problems: The Fed isn’t convincing and Truflation isn’t true
Today we got the US inflation (CPI) data for January. Both headline inflation and core inflation (excluding food and energy prices) came in higher than expected. Headline inflation was 3.0%...
View ArticleMake Inflation Great Again? Trump’s Trade War Sparks Price Surge Fears
Recent developments in US financial markets are painting an increasingly clear picture of rising inflation expectations, a phenomenon we might call ‘Trumpflation’. T he evidence is mounting across...
View ArticleThe Erosion of Institutional Democracy: America’s Shift Toward a Latin-Style...
I should start by noting that cultural analysis is not my area of expertise—I typically focus on economic policy and market-driven explanations. However, recent developments in American political...
View ArticleHow Biden and Powell Mismanaged the 2021 Recovery – A Mistake Trump Seems...
The Golden Opportunity—Squandered Four years ago today, just as Biden had become president, I wrote the following on Facebook (in Danish): “No more grumbling from here. How is the US economy doing?...
View ArticleCreating an Interactive Monetary Policy Simulator with AI
How we transformed Market Monetarist theory into an interactive tool with Claude AI Recently, I discussed the risks of political interference in monetary policy and the potential for a 1970s-style...
View ArticleTrump-Trade Unwinding: Bitcoin, (Micro)Strategy and Tesla in the Silver Trap
When Donald Trump was re-elected in November, tech stocks and cryptocurrencies received a massive boost. Bitcoin, Tesla, and MicroStrategy (now Strategy) were among the biggest winners. But now the...
View ArticleTrump’s Pump and Dump: Politicising and Destabilising Crypto Markets
The term “pump and dump” refers to a scheme where certain investors acquire a financial asset at a low price and then actively attempt to inflate its market value by spreading positive...
View Article‘Globale Tanker’ (Global Thoughts) – A New Platform for Economic Insights and...
In an era of rapid economic shifts, geopolitical tensions, and technological transformation, understanding the forces shaping our world has never been more crucial. That is precisely why Paice, a...
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