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Alasdair Macleod: Value destruction as the financial bubble collapses
By Alasdair Macleod
GoldMoney, Toronto
Thursday, April 21, 2022
In recent articles I have argued that the era of a financialised fiat dollar standard is ending. This article takes my hypothesis further and explains that it is not just the emergence of new commodity backed currencies in Asia that will threaten the dominance of Western currencies, but the Federal Reserve's failing monetary policies and those of the other major central banks.
An unstoppable rise in interest rates will in large part be responsible for their demise.
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Financial markets in thrall to the state underestimate the forces collapsing the financial bubble. Even the existence of the bubble is disputed by those within its envelope. But financial assets represent most of the collateral securing the banking system, and their collapse triggered by higher interest rates will take out businesses, banks, and even central banks and make financing of soaring government deficits impossible without accelerated currency debasement.
Will central banks try to preserve financial asset values to stop the West's financial system from imploding? Keynesian theory demands increased deficit spending to counteract the contraction of bank credit.
As long as this is the case, the planners will destroy their currencies -- confirmed by the John Law episode in 1715-1720 France.
It is from this fate that China, Russia, and the architects planning a new central Asian trade currency are planning their escape. ...
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