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The Mint Money Supply Digest for May 7, 2013

Posted on May 7, 2013 by David Mint

5/7/2013 Portland, Oregon – Pop in your mints… The Dow has briefly touched the 15,000 mark once again and frankly, from a money supply standpoint, it may just be getting started. Ditto for the S&P 500, which is cruising past … Continue reading →

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On Debt Jubilees and the Fed’s Inflationary Crazy Train

Posted on February 21, 2013 by David Mint

2/21/2013 Portland, Oregon – Pop in your mints… It has been an exciting couple of days in the financial markets. We almost can’t bear to watch. From what little we can tell, the out-sized effects of short-term funds, which are … Continue reading →

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The GDP and Unemployment Red Herrings

Posted on February 1, 2013 by David Mint

2/1/2013 Portland, Oregon – Pop in your mints… As we begin the month of February, it would appear that the US Economy has suffered from a couple of data shocks, which, taken at face value, would call into question the … Continue reading →

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The Repo man goes Basel on funding markets

Posted on January 25, 2013 by David Mint

1/25/2013 Portland, Oregon – Pop in your mints… We have been remiss in our regular correspondence to you, fellow taxpayer, and we pray you will forgive us. We have completed and published the first two volumes in our series, called … Continue reading →

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Open Debauchery of the Money Supply

Posted on December 21, 2012 by David Mint

12/21/2012 Portland, Oregon – Pop in your mints… As the world carries on we offer a glimpse of what is to come. Two playful headlines that have appeared in the past two days which is essentially an advertisement that inflation … Continue reading →

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Perpetuation of the Trillion dollar coin solution to US Debt

Posted on December 7, 2012 by David Mint

As our site name implies, we have more than a passing interest in monetary theory. As such, ideas for new types of coin and currency are of special interest. When the value of the coins proposed contains an insane amount … Continue reading →

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The Inflation Mega Trend/Commodity Super Cycle is alive and well

Posted on October 19, 2012 by David Mint

10/19/2012 Portland, Oregon – Pop in your mints… At the bottom of every Mint, we include a handy set of data which we consider so important that we have named the compilation ‘Key Indicators.” Taken apart, they are just numbers. … Continue reading →

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QQE – Quantum Physics meets Central Banking

Posted on October 4, 2012 by David Mint

10/4/2012 Portland, Oregon – Pop in your mints… There is much confusion amongst economists regarding the effects of the various programs which are currently being run by the largest of the Western Central Banking cartels known as Quantitative easing, better … Continue reading →

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The Bernanke Ka-Put

Posted on September 19, 2012 by David Mint

9/19/2012 Portland, Oregon – Pop in your mints… Most of the world who bothers to keep up with monetary matters, as we at The Mint are tasked with doing, have now digested and “evacuated” (to use the medical terminology) the … Continue reading →

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Soybean prices exploding

Posted on July 19, 2012 by halfwayfoods

The price of corn and soy have been exploding in recent weeks: Is it just seasonal factors, or is Dr. Bernanke’s inflationary storm hitting main street? One thing’s for sure, the price of beef will drop will drop in the … Continue reading →

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