Executive Summary This week (Part 4) will focus on the risk of U.S. dollar debasement from external, foreign-exchange forces rather than domestic inflation. The U.S. dollar is the world’s reserve currency—established at the WWII era Bretton Woods Agreement pegging the value to gold – which means the [...]

Executive Summary In this Part 3 missive on currency debasement, I will focus on the U.S. debt picture and what is necessary to initiate high inflation (see links below to Part 1 & 2). In 2007 the U.S. Federal debt was around $9 trillion, just before the [...]

Executive Summary Last week I introduced the concept of currency debasement, or the loss of purchasing power of the dollar. I stated that this occurs largely due to inflation. This week, Part 2, addresses the chief pretexts for an increase in the money supply, specifically M2, and [...]

Executive Summary Debasement of the U.S. dollar refers to the loss of its purchasing power, which appears in two basic forms: loss of purchasing power due to inflation or depreciation in the currency relative to other currencies. Inflation, the rise in the prices of goods and services, [...]