@chigrl The $-system is going down
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The US is the ONLY country with no currency monetary reserves
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US gold can not be used while present $-system is in place
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US preparing export facilities to earn hard foreign currencies to sell it's energy like Russia did when Soviet Union dissolved
Mind the gap: US Consumer Confidence and S&P 500 have diverged. The problem: 50% of US people surveyed in Feb said that they expect their standard of living to go down b/c of inflation. Fed has to fight these expectations & can no longer support stock markets. End of the Fed put?