Fisher: QE not _obviously_ a done deal

[Hydroblunt]

Quote from Daal:

You are handpicking data. Check out the 6m and 12m inflation data from the dallas fed
http://www.dallasfed.org/data/pce/index.html

Yeah, that data is real credible. Just like the CPI & PPI, which are a clear representation of reality.

Look at the prices that matter, such as the core basics. There is obvious inflation.

 

[MohdSalleh]

Quote from nitro:

Uh, that Bernanke speech pretty much nails it for me. QE2 a done deal, with the only question remaining is, how much how fast. I am guessing $500B, even this number to be flexible, probably announced in tranches so as to keep some doubt in markets.

How much of this is in the market already? At least 50% of this number - maybe all of it.

bernanke is out of control

 

[MKTrader]

Quote from MohdSalleh:

bernanke is out of control

This is getting to be like an old Saturday Night Live skit. Soon, we'll probably see a live telecast of Ben in a helicopter literally throwing out freshly-minted $100 bills.

 

[nitro]

Quote from MohdSalleh:

bernanke is out of control

Actually, he said something that says he knows just "out of control" he is. He said that in a world economy, Central Bankers have little or no power.

This better not be a structural employment problem, or we are going to be turning into cannibals in the future.

 

[nitro]

This is our future unless we learn fast:

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I feel like the professor

 

[Visaria]

Quote from Daal:

You are handpicking data. Check out the 6m and 12m inflation data from the dallas fed
http://www.dallasfed.org/data/pce/index.html

Disinflation is a reality and the Fed is responding to the rule law that demands than to maintain price stability and full employment

What the hell is DISINFLATION?????????

The numbers from that link, crooked as they are, show persistent inflation.

I can't for the life of me figure out why you guys* would let your authorities to deliberately try and raise your entire cost of living.

*Actually, not fair. The idiots here are trying to do the same thing

 

[denner]

Quote from Visaria:

What the hell is DISINFLATION?????????

The numbers from that link, crooked as they are, show persistent inflation.

I can't for the life of me figure out why you guys* would let your authorities to deliberately try and raise your entire cost of living.

*Actually, not fair. The idiots here are trying to do the same thing

I know, it's the same line of bullshit I heard during the last debacle from 03-07..while commodity prices were flying, home prices were going parabolic, etc, etc...Meanwhile, if you looked thru prices paid for any assortment of goods, services, assorted taxes (i.e. local, property, sales, misc. add-on taxes), they literally skyrocketed.

 

[Larson]

The fed has no tools left, except for QE. They have been exposed. Any talk of draining liquidity is pure bulls$!#(. End of the road for them.

 

[Optional]

Deflation is the enemy of central bankers, governments and major financial institutions.
If you believe there is no inflation, then your eyes are simply closed.
Are wages growing? No. Are home prices rising? No.
Are those deflationary components? Sure. But that's all the Fed has to hang their hats on. Everything else is inflationary. Interest rates are low because the Fed is buying debt. The Dollar is collapsing because of this reality as well. This, in turn, is the cause of rising consumer prices. There isn't anything else left to rise.
If you believe that inflation over the last 12 months has risen 0.1 percent, then you have your head in the sand.
The Fed is fighting inflation with more inflation.