dollaro e inflazione spiegati

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Blair minaccia l'Iran, le borse scendono, il crude skizza, ma non dovrebbe salire anche il dollaro? Bah

E' stato finalmente tradotto in italiano con soli 40 anni di ritardo il libro che spiega la Grande Depressione meglio di altri, ^quello di Murray Rothbard#http://www.radioradicale.it/schede/view/id=215611/presentazione-del-volume-di-murray-n-rothbard-la-grande-depressione^ (che in Italia insistono chissà perchè a chiamare un "anarco-capitalista") La cosa non è solo una curiosità perchè in realtà l'interpretazione dell'inflazione e del credito degli economisti "austriaci" (Mises, Hayek, Rothbard...) è quella che spiegherebbe perchè ^nonostante l'apparente assenza di inflazione sui prezzi#http://www.mises.org/story/2525^ al consumo si è creato un grosso rischio ora

per chi pensa che le spiegazioni servano a qualche cosa ecco quella acuta di Kasriel che connette tutti i pezzi del puzzle meglio di altri i) Greenspan avrà un problema di inflazione se non alza i tassi ( i tassi a 3 mesi e 1 anno sono all'1.75-2.00% e l'inflazione all'1.6% (ufficiale) ii) la speculazione però, ora che ha visto che il dollaro può cedere a favore di euro, yen e oro prende a prestito in dollari al 2% e usa i soldi per vendere il dollaro short (come facevano con lo yen) iii) Greenspan deve però continuare a pompare liquidità fino a quando la ripresa non sia solida e le elezioni di novenbre non siano passate (per il congresso dove i repubblicani temono di perdere) iv) quindi pomperà liquidità, ma solo fino a quando la speculazione contro il dollaro che si è messa in movimento ora glielo consentirà Fino a quando riesce a tenere contenuto il cedimento del dollaro la liquidità e i tassi saranno tali da rimettere in sesto la ripresa e tenere i settori indebitati dell'economia a galla Tutto si gioca però sul dollaro, perchè se cede l'estero vede che ha un rendimento basso e in più perdite in conto capitale e la fuga dal dollaro si accellera. E a quel punto la FED deve alzare i tassi Quindi basta guardare il dollaro ora Is The Declining Dollar "Checkmate" For Mr. Greenspan? Paul Kasriel June 04, 2002 I have always maintained that so long as Mr. Greenspan could keep "printing" dollars at will, the economic checkmate from the burst 1990s' stock market bubble could be delayed. And, as the chart below shows, Mr. Greenspan did indeed print a lot of dollars last year. On a year-over-year basis, M2 growth went from about 6% at the end of 2000 to about 9% just before September 11, 2001. The spike right after September 11 was due to a lot of bank credit extended to cover overdrafts resulting from disruptions in the payments system. Even though M2 growth has slowed this year, the latest reading of 8% still implies a lot of overtime printing activity at the Fed. But if the US dollar continues to depreciate, which I think it will with only minor countertrend rallies, then Mr. Greenspan is going to lose the policy latitude to keep printing greenbacks at will. Ironically, though, until Greenspan takes action to slow the dollar's decline, he will be forced to print even more dollars. Here's how that works. Once the forex sharks smell the blood in the water, they will start to borrow dollars in order to sell them for euros, yen or gold. Currently, they can borrow dollars for three months at a ridiculously low annual rate of less than 2%. As the demand for short-term "shorting" US dollar credit increases, short-term U.S. interest rates would "want" to rise. But by maintaining its fed funds target at 1.75%, the Fed is signaling that it doesn't want short-term rates to rise. The way the Fed prevents rates from rising is to create more credit - i.e., print more dollars. But how does this limit Mr. Greenspan's latitude to keep on printing? Inflation. The cheaper dollar is, all else the same, going to temporarily make US exports more competitive in world markets. Why do you think that the National Association of Manufacturers has been lobbying for a weaker dollar policy from the Bush administration, what ever that policy might be? So, foreign demand for US goods and services will start to augment domestic demand. Unless aggregate supply curves are infinitely elastic, which only "new era" types and Keynesians believe, then an increase in aggregate demand is going to lead to an increase in prices, i.e., higher inflation. Moreover, domestic producers will now have some "cover" to raise their prices inasmuch as the dollar prices of their foreign competitors will have risen. As of April, the year-over-year percent change in the US CPI was 1.6%. Thus, the fed funds rate is only 15 basis points over the inflation rate. Unless Greenspan hikes the funds rate soon, which he has shown no inclination to want to do, then, in the second half of this year, the CPI inflation rate is likely to rise above the funds rate, in part due to the depreciating dollar. A negative inflation-adjusted return on short-term US money will drive global investors out of the dollar all the more. It's a Sid-vicious cycle. Why doesn't Greenspan want to raise the funds rate now? For starters, have you looked at what the stock market has done this year? If it keeps on its present downward course, 2002 will mark the third consecutive calendar year in which the stock market has fallen. This hasn't happened since the 1930s. Despite all of the bravado about housing being more important than the stock market when it comes to augmenting consumer spending, Greenspan is frightened as to what a continued bear market in stocks will do to aggregate demand. And speaking of housing, would a Fed hike in interest rates be a plus for the residential real estate market and home-equity borrowing? As Bill Gross has pointed out, Corporate America has borrowing in the bond market and swapping this obligation for floating-rate exposure. If Greenspan hikes the funds rate, Corporate America's interest costs will rise significantly, perhaps precipitating even more bankruptcies. And, oh yes. Congressional elections are scheduled for November 5. If Greenspan raises rate now and the Republicans lose control of the House, he might incur the wrath of the Bush-family "enforcer" - Babs! So, Alan, old buddy, it's beginning to look like checkmate. If you raise rates now to defend the dollar, you run the risk of aborting the expansion. If you hold off, the dollar continues to weaken, inflation continues to worsen, and you have to raise rates a lot more later this year or early next. The expansion gains speed this year only to hit a brick wall next year. If you can manage to avoid this checkmate, then Big Green(span) will have topped Big Blue.