In 2008, when the Federal Reserve BAILED OUT the majority of the banking sector, along with the TARP program from the Treasury Department and the commencement of QE programs, ZIRP and NIRP, the working thesis at the time was that this was about to cause OUTRAGEOUSLY-high levels of inflation. Precious metals rallied for two WHOLE YEARS, with silver rising by hundreds of percent.

By 2011, though, with the Greek default fears and the other members of the PIIGS region all showing signs of DISTRESS and national peril, it also became CLEAR that QE programs and ZIRP policies don’t necessarily lead to real price inflation in the broad economy. But they DO encourage reckless corporate behavior, such as EXCESSIVE share buyback programs, as well as FAVORITISM in lending practices, which leads to a recovery that only serves the elites. They also allow government to BORROW without regard to fundamentals, which is an UNSUSTAINABLE practice.

These policies also suppressed wages for the middle class and lower-income workers, whose salaries did not keep up with the times. This brought about the conclusion that there’s inflation not being reported.

In other words, we saw price hikes in several areas of the economy, at the same time as deflation in other parts.

The ROOT CAUSE of this has been that the STIMULUS offered by central banks is DESIGNED to be narrow-based, appealing only to institutions and governments, BYPASSING and DISREGARDING the average person. Consequently, while governments and corporations could borrow money at 0%, credit card interest rates have been as ASTRONOMICAL as 17% recently.

While mortgage rates remained low, the CAPABILITY of the salaried employee to originate one has been limited, since the requirements were out of reach. Meanwhile, institutional RAIDING of the residential property market caused a TREMENDOUS countrywide comeback in prices, to the tune of hundreds of percent, reaching higher prices than in the peak of the 2008 hype, making housing unaffordable again.

These MISERABLE policies, enacted by the Federal Reserve without the proper regulatory framework on the side of Washington, birthed the WIDEST wealth gap in history.

Today, the population of billionaires and their collective net worth is unbelievable. The richest person in a case study of 1,000 is WEALTHIER than the combined bottom 900 in the USA!

Covid-19 is changing all of this and actually making it more toxic.

Courtesy: Zerohedge.com

As you can see above, the MONETARY strategies of the Federal Reserve have only been INCREASED and super-sized by the 2020 pandemic. In other words, if you thought that the KEYNESIAN approach to the 2008 sub-prime mortgages were JAW-DROPPING, the Federal Reserve is only becoming more of an EXTREMIST institution in these times.

But, the BIG DIFFERENCE between that round of bailouts 12 years ago, and the one we are experiencing today, is that in this current one we are seeing FISCAL Keynesianism as well.

Helicopter Money is not the sort of funded program that stays within the confines of the banking system. They belong to the general public and are going to be USED for purchases of everyday items.

These funds will NOT be deployed by CEOs towards share buybacks, but by people towards groceries, home improvement, debt repayment, discretionary spending, rents, supplies and utilities.

In short, it is a MOUNTAIN of cash that is about to enter the Main Street level, not only the Wall Street accounts and then theoretically trickle down, as was proposed in the 2008 era.

This is a game-changer.

This is the real beginning of the Everything Bubble, and if owning inflation hedges thus far was brushed-off as being a conspiracy theorist trade against corrupt banks, it will now become PUBLIC DOMAIN and general knowledge.

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