Central Bank Money Printing

[errolanderson]

Stunning! Central banks assets now exceed $22 trillion. This is the equivalent of the combined GDP of the U.S. and Japan.

And $22 trillion has had no inflationary response and no hike in U.S. Fed rates for the foreseeable future. This suggests the U.S. is now headed into a prolonged period of stagflation . . . extended period of low interest rates and very slow growth.

And stock market surge to record-highs . . . . One day, this will turn in a movie.

[bucket]

Trading places?

I thought it was a pop quiz.

[hobbyfrmr]

Is it fair to ass ume a person can borrow on assets like farmland because of the long time low interest values? Or.....use a lump of cash to place in the stock market and hopefully make gains there.

[hobbyfrmr]

My post should have read " borrow for assets like farmland".

[sumdumguy]

Stagflation is a time when the economy is not growing, but prices are rising. It is characterized by high unemployment such as we experienced in the 70's, but remember the eighties?

[errolanderson]

Stagflation is a dangerous economic situation. Central bankers avoid this word in their speeches.

The inflation side has zeroed in on equities, certainly not on commodities.

[cottonpicken]

Today china announced it was kicking around the idea of qe

[fjlip]

Talked to a lot of people and layoffs in every business/manufacturer, no way Sask economy is growing even with near ZERO interest rates. It's a f*cking depression, and we will be told that AFTER all the elections.
Wait till EI runs out then thousands of loans in default.
At these grain values ag will ALSO be a draw on economy, NOT savior as Brad thinks.