Light at the End of the Tunnel

Jul 19, 2021

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PART 01: Jay Powell has confirmed a surging Fed program (RRP) is partly the result of safe-asset demand. But he plays it off as a monetary technicality, mere arcana. Nope! Safe-asset scarcity is step one along a well-trod path towards a malfunctioning economy. Here's what happens next.

PART 02: The People's Bank of China lowers its bank Required Reserve Ratio to get money into a slowing economy. A lowered RRR means that there aren't enough (euro)dollars flowing into China. Why? Because there aren't enough (euro)dollars in the world. A lower RRR is a warning for the whole world.

PART 03: El Salvador announced its crypto intentions seemingly out of the blue. But a closer look reveals the nation had run dangerously short of (euro)dollars in early 2021. It went to the IMF for a bailout. Now it heads to the crypto world for one. Just like people did in the 14th-century. Wait, what?!

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----EP #89a REFERENCES---
Powell Admits RRP and Collateral Scarcity, Still Unaware Of What It Means: https://bit.ly/3hK2dP9
To This Day, the World Still Thinks It Was About QE: https://bit.ly/3zbSS8V
The China of Today Seeks Nothing But Its Own Terms: https://bit.ly/3ks2qII

----EP #89b REFERENCES---
How Do You Spell Escalating? C-H-I-N-A-R-R-R: https://bit.ly/3kzlOmS
A Practical History of Financial Markets: https://www.didaskoeducation.org/

----EP #89c REFERENCES---
Bitcoin, El Salvador, And…The Eurodollar’s Ghost: https://bit.ly/3hIom0b
Alhambra Investments Blog: https://bit.ly/2VIC2wW
RealClear Markets Essays: https://bit.ly/38tL5a7

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Jeff Snider, Head of Global Investment Research for Alhambra Investments and Emil Kalinowski. Art by David Parkins. Podcast intro/outro is "Neon Raceway" by ELFL from Epidemic Sound.