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456: The Path To Hyperinflation with EJ Antoni

With runaway debt, massive amounts of unrealized losses on the balance sheets of banks, and sticky inflation it hasn't impossible to think that we are well on the way toward a hyperinflationary event in the US.

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456: The Path To Hyperinflation with EJ Antoni
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EJ Antoni joins the show to deliver a master class on how the Fed's balance sheet works, how it interacts with the Treasury, and the situation it has put the federal government in thanks to its interest rate policy. With runaway debt, massive amounts of unrealized losses on the balance sheets of banks, and sticky inflation it hasn't impossible to think that we are well on the way toward a hyperinflationary event in the US.

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Timestamps

0:00 - Intro
5:48 - Explaining Fed losses
22:16 - Has the Fed lost control?
26:25 - What is the result of total failure?
32:38 - Can higher-for-longer solve the problem?
37:16 - Recession indicators
42:04 - Protecting yourself financially
50:48 - Weimar style hyperinflation
54:21 - Weaponization of the dollar
57:23 - Bitcoin
1:00:24 - Wrapping

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