Sunday, December 7, 2014

World in a Box

John Rubino on December 7, 2014 wrote an article for DollarCollapse.com warns that "...giving an unlimited monetary printing press to a government or group of banks is guaranteed to produce a dystopia of ever-greater debt and more centralized control, until the only remaining choice is between deflationary collapse or runaway inflation.

We are told, "Increasingly, emerging market contagion is enveloping Latin America. The Mexican peso was hit for 1.6% Friday, boosting this EM darling’s loss for the week to a notable 3.0%. This week saw the Colombian peso hit for 4.3%, the Peruvian new sol 1.1%, the Brazilian real 0.9% and the Chilean peso 0.6%. Venezuela CDS (Credit default swaps) surged 425 bps to a record 2,717 bps. Brazilian stocks were slammed for 5% this week and Mexican equities fell 2.2%…"

The US Dollar now buys 14.36 Pesos. This is the highest in ten years since 15.566 to the dollar in March, 2009. (see chart)

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