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Posted by WARREN MOSLER on October 26th, 2010
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October 26th, 2010 at 11:43 am
Hi Warren,
I am having a little trouble reading between the lines (of sarcasm perhaps?) Could you please explain the yen outlook for us non financial types in plain English. Thanks.
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WARREN MOSLER Reply:
October 26th, 2010 at 1:07 pm
I’m thinking the yen can fall vs the dollar but the charts say it’s still going the other way- they indicate the yen looks like it’s getting stronger.
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October 26th, 2010 at 1:10 pm
Mark,
Warren is saying that the yen is very likely to depreciate (go down) against other currencies, especially the GBP, given the govt’s recent decision to spend outright for fiscal stimulus. This event is highlighted by the fact that for the first time in 11 years, this spending will not be matched by a commensurate bond issuance to “pay” for the spending.
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WARREN MOSLER Reply:
October 26th, 2010 at 3:50 pm
except the ‘bond issuance’ is not a factor
never is.
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October 26th, 2010 at 3:03 pm
Apparently, this relationship provides a buying opportunity for the Japanese MOF.
Japan Sept exports +14.4 pct year/year – MOF
Sun Oct 24, 2010 7:55pm EDT
(For more stories on the Japanese economy, click [ID:nECONJP])
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTKU10631520101024
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October 26th, 2010 at 3:10 pm
Warren,
Sorry to be off topic but I’m not sure what the best way would be to send
I’m wondering if you’ve seen this. It might be worth posting and using it to help the MMT case in the future considering how well respected Warren Buffett is. Here are a couple of quotes from about 9 minutes in.
http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2010/10/05/n_buffett_MPW.fortune/
“When people talk about the United States going bankrupt, it’s nonsense. As long as we issue debt in our own currency, the only thing we have to worry about is the printing presses breaking down.”
“People should always distinguish between debt issued in your own currency and debt issued in someone else’s.”
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WARREN MOSLER Reply:
October 26th, 2010 at 3:52 pm
good points!
too bad he’s such a deficit terrorist, especially knowing that much
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Cooper Reply:
October 26th, 2010 at 4:00 pm
I had the same thoughts. He seems to think that the high deficit will lead to inflation rather than bankruptcy though, so at least he knows a lot more than the President.
I have to admit I still don’t fully understand the MMT’s position regarding inflation. Is there a document in the mandatory reading section that explains it well?
Thanks
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SethM Reply:
October 27th, 2010 at 2:32 am
Essentially inflation occurs when the supply of money outstrips the supply of goods. Or to put it another way when new money is used for unproductive purposes.
John Hussman has a good non-MMT article that touches on this:
“Over the years, I’ve repeatedly emphasized that inflation is primarily a reflection of fiscal policy – specifically, growth in the outstanding quantity of government liabilities, regardless of their form, in order to finance unproductive spending. Look at the experience of the 1970′s (which followed large expansions in transfer payments), as well as every historical hyperinflation, and you’ll find massive increases in government spending that were made without regard to productivity (Germany’s hyperinflation, for instance, was provoked by continuous wage payments to striking workers). ” http://www.hussmanfunds.com/wmc/wmc101025.htm
WARREN MOSLER Reply:
October 27th, 2010 at 2:48 pm
when spending outstrips supply, which is ‘demand pull’ and traditionally what’s been called inflation
or when costs rise, as from an external oil monopolist, which is a very different matter, and historically the source of what’s been called ‘inflation’ in the US since WW11
WARREN MOSLER Reply:
October 27th, 2010 at 2:38 pm
try this one:
http://www.moslereconomics.com/mandatory-readings/a-general-analytical-framework-for-the-analysis-of-currencies-and-other-commodities/
Ramanan Reply:
October 27th, 2010 at 2:36 am
He (Buffett) is just as confused as others. The monetarist/neoclassical conjecture is that any extra demand will lead to price adjustments than quantity adjustments. Buffett’s views are somewhat biased toward this.
Here is an open-ed article written by him
THE GREENBACK EFFECT.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/19/opinion/19buffett.html?pagewanted=all
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Ramanan Reply:
October 27th, 2010 at 2:38 am
Most people know that the US government cannot go bankrupt including Kotlikoff. However, they remark pejoratively “They can print the money right”
rvm Reply:
October 26th, 2010 at 4:57 pm
I sent him (Buffett) a regular USPS letter about MMT couple of weeks ago. :-)
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Greg Reply:
October 26th, 2010 at 5:55 pm
Cool
So we’ll give you credit for educating Warren Buffet!!
Thats quite a special place to hold :-)
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October 28th, 2010 at 7:42 am
Off topic again, but MMT discussion elsewhere.
Politics, economics and Hotelling’s law.
http://stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com/stumbling_and_mumbling/2010/10/miliband-hotelling-vs-overton.html
“[This law] says that it is often rational for firms/political parties to make products very similar.
[...]
“Because no mainstream party will espouse modern monetary theory, or some variant thereof, entirely reasonable economic positions are denied the respectability they deserve.”
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Slappy the Citizen Reply:
October 28th, 2010 at 11:26 pm
The idea will spread and people will come to know it. You’ll it’s taken root when talk of U.S. bankruptcy and deficts no longer attract votes. Politicians mostly parrot our own fears back to us. That lets you know where the control really is….
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