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Right, this is the nonsense that’s been moving the speculators and portfolio managers, but not the underlying fundamentals.

If an asset inflation does materialize it will be for an entirely different reason.

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Yesterday, U.S. Fed Chief Ben Bernanke declared the U.S. economy is facing “formidable headwinds” and effectively vowed to continue printing paper dollars like there’s no tomorrow.

The reaction from China came quickly, as Andy Xie, recently named by BusinessWeek as one of China’s most influential economists, pulled no punches.

Xie accused the Fed chief of “poisoning” the U.S. economy by keeping interest rates near zero and creating a tidal wave of newly printed paper dollars. He warned that the next global crisis will be driven by asset inflation.

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