Max Keiser and Lynette Zang Economic News 1-18-2020
Keiser Report: Not your settlements layer, not your money (E1490)
Jan 18, 2020
In this episode of the Keiser Report, Max and Stacy look at the latest threat to cut a nation off from the USD based financial grid.
This time, in a tweet, of course, Donald Trump threatens to cut Iraq off from their oil revenue held at the NY Fed. They ask if this is the 'howl of a dying empire.'
In the second half, Max talks to Egon von Greyerz of GoldSwitzerland.com about the decade of fantasy which has just passed and whether or not that illusion will be shattered in the decade ahead.
As stock markets continue hitting all time new highs almost daily, they wonder how long markets can stay irrationally pumped up by the Fed.
Lynette Zang: And What The Debt Clock is Revealing Right Now
I frequently get questions about the numbers revealed by the US Debt Clock. No wonder with all those rapidly spinning numbers. But these numbers are telling a very important story and you could think of them as a countdown to the explosion of the debt bomb we are all sitting on.
I’d also like to say that there may be some different ways to approach some of the fields shown in the debt clock, but they all still point in to the same ugly truth, that the end of the current debt based system grows nearer every day.
To understand the calculations behind those rapidly rising numbers, just put your cursor over any cell and the definition appears at the top of the page where the US Debt Clock banner sits.
Most of the questions I get are on the gold and silver ratios, which I believe are there to reveal the fundamental value of the physical metals, or where the price may go during the upcoming currency reset. At the moment, I pulled this image the USD to Silver ratio was $1,120 per ounce.
That number is based on the YOY increase in the US M2 money supply (which is not the broadest base of new money, just the one that is published by the Federal Reserve) divided by the yearly world production of silver.
Additionally, the Paper to Silver ratio shows that for every 1 ounce of physical silver mined, there are 176.44 paper silver ounces traded. For gold we see the same pattern. The USD to Gold ratio was $9,260 per ounce based on the YOY increase in the M2 money supply divided by yearly world production.
The Paper to Gold ratio reflects the number of gold contracts traded on exchanges divided by gold production. I must reveal that I use a different methodology based upon all the debt created to determine the fundamental value. But this information is not easily available and likely would not provide the constant data required for a continuous debt clock.
Additionally, neither method can guarantee the exact ultimate number, but both can give you a reasonable idea of true value.
What you can clearly see is that both gold and silver are severely undervalued. Their day to rise to their true value lies ahead, don’t you want to own them when that happens?