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Which President Has Received The Most "Charity" From The Fed?

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/15/2015 - 18:00 If you’re an observer of the political aspect of the Fed policy, you’re likely aware that central bankers like to stay out of the spotlight.  Spotlight creates political pressure, something Fed technocrats publicly dislike. But in connecting Federal Reserve interest rate policy since the 1950s with inflation and employment conditions, some interesting results materialize. Of the interesting findings is that the Fed has presidents it wants to be tough on and presidents it likes to show charity to.

The Unexpected Explanation How "That Ford Truck" Ended Up In ISIS Hands

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/15/2015 - 15:50

Foreigners Sell A Record $55.2 Billion In US Treasuries In October

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/15/2015 - 17:15 Following an increase of $17.4 billion in September, foreign net sales of Treasuries hit an all time high of $55.2 billion, surpassing the previous record of $55.0 billion set in January. In absolute terms, October's total foreign holdings by major holders declined to $6,046.3 trillion the lowest since the summer of 2014.

Denmark To Confiscate Gold, Jewelry, & Valuables From Refugees

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/15/2015 - 17:00 Danish border guards may confiscate gold, jewelry, diamonds, and other valuables from refugees as they enter the country (though wedding rings are now off limits). The Danish government’s excuse is that they need to confiscate assets from refugees in order to pay for the services they’re providing to those same refugees. Having armed men indiscriminately seize refugees’ personal belongings doesn’t strike me as the best representation of a free society. Not that this matters anymore.

WTI Slumps Under $37 After API Reports Unexpected, Large Inventory Build

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/15/2015 - 16:38 Following last week's huge draw, total crude inventories were expected to drop 1 million barrels this week driven by expectations that refinery utilization rose last week. When API reported a hugely surprising 2.3 million barrel build, crude prices, which had drifted off highs after NYMEX close, dropped further as disappointment set in, back under $37.

Stephen Roach: "The Fed Has Set The Market Up For A Crisis"

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/15/2015 - 16:30 “While Fed did a great job in reacting to global financial crisis, it played an equal role in setting markets up for the crisis by running uber-accommodative monetary policy.”

Pre-Fed Pandemonium - "Confident" Traders Buy Stocks, Dollars, Crude; Dump Bonds & Protection

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/15/2015 - 16:03

Did Saudi Arabia Just Clear The Way For An Invasion Of Syria And Iraq?

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/15/2015 - 15:51 Just last week, controversial Shiite lawmaker Hanan Fatlawi suggested that John McCain was planning to coordinate with the Saudis, Qatar, the UAE, and Turkey on a troop deployment to number 100,000 in Iraq. With the announcement of a new, 34 country military alliance, deputy crown prince and Defense Minister Mohammed bin Salman might have just verified Fatlawi's claims.

Will 'Elites' Blow Up The GOP?

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/15/2015 - 15:35 Has the GOP establishment learned nothing from history? What the elites have to realize is that it is they and the policies they produced that are the reason Trump, Carson and Cruz currently hold an overwhelming majority of Republican votes.

European Nations Throw Up On EU Plan To Seize Border Sovereignty, Impose Standng Border Force

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/15/2015 - 15:13 “Strengthening Frontex, creating a kind of border guard would by all means be needed, beneficial,” he said on his way into a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels. “But the way the commission proposed it—for it to be a structure independent from nation states—is astounding.” He added: “There’d be an undemocratic structure reporting to no one knows who.”

Silver: Until Paper Currencies Stop Losing Value

“So if anyone asks you when you might take your profits in gold and silver, smile sweetly and just say, ‘When paper money stops losing its value.” – Alasdair McLeod
by Gary Christenson, Deviant Investor:
When will paper money stop losing its value? I submit that unbacked fiat paper money will, based on history, never stop losing value – as long as it is backed by dodgy sovereign debt issued by governments descending deeper into debt ever year. A viable alternative is currency backed by gold and silver, but even though precious metals have been used successfully as money for centuries, there is far more profit for TPTB when they use the paper stuff. Consequently paper and digital currencies will not disappear anytime soon.
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It’s official. The “Fed fix” is in !!

by Jeff Nielson, Bullion Bulls:
It’s official, boys and girls. The Federal Reserve will raise the U.S. benchmark interest rate tomorrow, all the way from 0% to 0.25% (lol). How do I know this, when the Fed has said it “intended” to raise interest rates hundreds of times over the past seven years? How can I believe the Fed (this time) when it PROMISED to “normalize interest rates” immediately, in early 2009?
I know that this time the Fed will actually keep its word on an interest rate-hike because we got the official cue from the economic propaganda which the Liars call “statistics”:
U.S. CPI: Annual Core Inflation Hits Fed 2.0% Target
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Gold Analyst Warns of Leverage: “There Are About 325 Paper Ounces For Every Physical Ounce Backing It”

by Mac Slavo, SHTFPlan:

Back in September Zero Hedgereported that something snapped in the COMEX market and all indicators suggest there was a relentless outflow in registered gold. At that time there were about 202,054 ounces of gold available for delivery. To put that into perspective, Craig Hemke of TF Metals Report points out that just earlier this year there were nearly one million registered ounces available.
What this likely means is that someone, somewhere is requesting that their paper holdings be converted into deliverable physical gold. All the while many a mainstream pundit has declared that gold is nothing but a relic of times past. Yet, despite its purported unpopularity, since the last time the COMEX snapped in September even more registered gold has disappeared.
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PAPER MONEY VERSUS THE GOLD STANDARD: AN EXPLANATION

from Epic Times:
We are living in a time that can only be considered monetary chaos. The U.S. Federal Reserve has manipulated key interest rates down to practically zero for the last six years, and expanded the money supply in the banking system by $4 trillion dollars over that time. And with the true mentality of the monetary central planner, the Fed Board of Governors are now planning to manipulate key interest rates in an upward direction that they deem desirable.
The European Central Bank (ECB) has instituted a conscious policy of “negative” interest rates and planned an additional monetary expansion of well over a trillion Euros over the next year.
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Ted Butler – An Unprecedented Circumstance

from SilverSeek:
Today, I will speak of a completely unprecedented situation that has evolved over the past seven years. I define “unprecedented” as something that was never done or known before. The unprecedented circumstance is my seven year documented history of labeling the giant financial institution, JPMorgan Chase, as being engaged in an illegal price manipulation of the silver market. To my knowledge, never has it occurred that open allegations of serious criminal wrongdoing have ever been made about any financial institution with those allegations going unchallenged. No one would dare label any large financial institution of being crooked and expect that institution to turn the other cheek.
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