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- November report "Is it True, as David Hume (1711 – 1776) postulated that, "Nothing is esteemed a more certain sign of the flourishing conditions of any nation than the lowness of interest"?" published. https://bit.ly/2y4LJZQ
- Some have speculated Germany wants the gold at home in the event of a breakup of the EU and a collapse of the euro. http://bit.ly/2xfQO0f
- JP Morgan does not understand that it's not just about where interest rates are now that is the problem, but about how much higher they are going, and how quickly they will get there!
- SRSrocco put together a graph tracking production for the top-four gold producers. You will note a pretty consistent downward trend. If these forecasts hold, we are looking at a 23% drop in output over less than a decade. http://bit.ly/2I5FJVb http://bit.ly/2D3w91e
- Ron Paul: The Federal Reserve Is King of the Price Fixers https://t.co/tCdD6vVgPz @SchiffGold
- (1/2) Global stock markets are now nearly as oversold as at the market low in October 1987. Expect a powerful and tradable rally of 20% or so from here. Cover all shorts and go long the most oversold stocks. However, do not expect new highs.
- A healthy monsoon season is showing an uptick in Indian farmers returning to the gold market to buy: https://t.co/KSA87hfWvw
- Russia has passed China to become the world’s fifth-largest gold-holding country. http://bit.ly/2CJzi6l
- Goldman pointed to several fundamental weaknesses it sees in cryptos that make gold a better long-term value. http://bit.ly/2z6Nt7l
- Bitcoin is a bit of a lobster pot — it’s easy to get in, but hard to get out. Gold also offers investors 4,000 years of history as a store of value, and that’s looking quite appealing right now. http://bit.ly/2DrHoEJ
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Question regarding Spending vs. Saving to improve the economy
Keynesians often advocate for more incentives to "get people spending" to improve the economy, while saving or "hoarding" is not good for the economy. I'm familiar with the rebuttal that money saved is also being circulated in the economy, since banks lend out savings to people who need loans and will spend that money. In other words, increased spending in consumer goods will reduce the amount spent in capital goods and vice versa. However, what if banks instead make loans to people who will use that money for an investment in another country? If money from domestic saving is transferred to projects abroad, wouldn't consumer spending be better than capital spending for that country? Hoping you Austrians could clear this up for me.