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Alasdair Macleod: The end of fiat is coming into view
By Alasdair Macleod
GoldMoney, Toronto
Thursday, March 10, 2022
Tragic though the situation in Ukraine has become, the real war, which started out as financial in character some time ago, has now become both financial and about commodities. Russian President Vladimir Putin made a huge mistake invading Ukraine, but the West's reaction by seeking to isolate Russia and its commodity exports from the global marketplace is an even greater one.
Further, with Ukraine being Europe's breadbasket and a major exporter of fertiliser, this summer will bring acute food shortages, worsened by China having already accumulated the bulk of the world's grains for its own population. Inflation measured by consumer prices has only just commenced an accelerated rise.
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Because they discount falling purchasing power for currencies, rising interest rates and collapsing bond prices are now inevitable. Since it is loaded up with bonds and financial assets as collateral, the consequences for the global banking system are so significant that it is virtually impossible to see how it can survive.
And if the banking system faces collapse, being unbacked by anything other than rapidly disappearing faith in them, fiat currencies will fail as well. ...
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