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Fed Balance Sheet vs. Stock Market; Will QE Cause Inflation?

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Fed Balance Sheet vs. Stock Market; Will QE Cause Inflation? Fed Balance Sheet vs. Stock Market. The risk premiums of risky securities have become unsustainably compressed in the process, and the Feds balance sheet has metastasized to $3.5 Fed Balance Sheet vs. Stock Market; Will QE Cause Inflation?

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Michael Pettis on the China.

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The most important effect is likely to be on demand for wealth management products. But one way or another we do have to write down the huge hidden losses in the country’s balance sheet, and this will mean not a collapse but rather many years of Japanese-style slow growth as the system grinds its way though its excesses.

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Another Definition of Deflation: Antal Fekete Defines Deflation as a "Pathological Slowing in the Velocity of Money"

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In an interview with the Daily Bell that just came my way, Antal Fekete writes about Blowing Up Modern Austrian Economics. Background on Velocity To understand the interview discussion, one must first understand velocity. The simple definition V = GDP/M where V is velocity, M is money supply, and GDP is Gross Domestic Product.

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