Author Archives: Henrik

The Greek Dilemma

The markets are frenzied worldwide, we have seen steep sell offs in the European, North American as well as Asian markets across the board during the last weeks, all due to Greece, a country whose economy makes up a small … Continue reading

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Currency Wars – Survival of the Weakest

The Fed and the ECB are continuing to pump trillions of dollars into the financial system to keep aggregate demand and therefore GDP from collapsing. The excess liquidity puts downward pressure on currency exchange rates, Guido Mantega, the Brazilian Finance … Continue reading

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Deleveraging – A Balance Sheet Recession

After a short break we are back at work at the Capital Research Institute (CRI). The world economy is continuing to try to shake off the 2008 financial crisis, Europe is still in big trouble with no end in sight … Continue reading

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The Debt End Game

Let us review some of the topics the Capital Research Institute (CRI) has discussed during the last few months and how they have come to fruition since then. In July, in our post “Creative Destruction – A New Economic Order” … Continue reading

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It’s Time for ‘Sound Money’

With Friday’s news that the US sovereign debt was downgraded by S&P to AA+ with a negative outlook is the first real work the rating agencies have done in many years. It is about time that the facts are being … Continue reading

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The Financial System – A House of Cards

As the Capital Research Institute pointed out on April 14th, 2011 in the article “Fed Up With Lies”, “Currently the Fed is talking about stopping the controversial treasury purchases known as quantitative easing (QE). The Capital Research Institute (CRI) is … Continue reading

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