Jeff Uscher: Uncontrolled government spending could force the Fed to monetize the government’s debt, creating runaway inflation, former Federal Reserve Governor Frederic Mishkin warned in a report. Read more…

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Martin Hutchinson: Forget about lost decades. Forecasts that we’ll be turning Japanese couldn’t be further from the truth. Here’s why.  It’s simple, really. Deflation is not in the interest of anybody in power, so it’s very unlikely to happen. Read more…

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