Michael Pollaro

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• Monetary Watch May 2011, QE III Courtesy of the Private Banks

  Published 16 May 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Our monthly Monetary Watch, an Austrian take on where we are on the monetary inflation front examining the money creation activities of the Federal Reserve…

• Contrarian Take Databank, Updates Plus Thoughts on the Euro USD Cross

  Published 01 May 2011 | viewed 0 times

  For users of our Contrarian Take Databank, we have updated our Federal Reserve Balance Sheet and component analyses for April... Federal Reserve Balance Sheet As…

• Monetary Watch April 2011, the Austrian Take

  Published 26 April 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Our monthly Monetary Watch, an Austrian take on where we are on the monetary inflation front examining the money creation activities of the Federal Reserve…

• US Government's Fiscal Plight, The Numbers Say It All

  Published 22 April 2011 | viewed 0 times

  As the Republican and Democratic leadership in Washington suit up for the battle that will be the 2012 budget, a battle that will have a…

• The US Government's Fiscal Plight, an Enormous Problem Without a Solution?

  Published 19 April 2011 | viewed 0 times

  As Republicans and Democrats slug it out over the future course of U.S. government spending, deficits and debt, we here at THE CONTRARIAN TAKE cannot…

• America, Poised For a Hyperinflationary Event? ...The Roadmap

  Published 20 March 2011 | viewed 0 times

  What follows is an update to our recent essay - America, poised for a hyperinflationary event? - including an update to our supporting metrics through…

• True 'Austrian' Money Supply, an Update

  Published 04 March 2011 | viewed 0 times

  THE CONTRARIAN TAKE has upgraded its True "Austrian" Money Supply (TMS) series to include a more concise presentation of the money supply flows for the…

• Monetary Watch February 2011: Obama's Budget, the GOP and Its Implications for US Inflation

  Published 21 February 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Our monthly Monetary Watch, an Austrian take on where we are on the monetary inflation front and what's next... Headline Monetary Aggregates, Where We Are…

• America, Poised For A Hyperinflationary Event?

  Published 09 February 2011 | viewed 0 times

  It is a long standing proposition of many, supported on both theoretical and historical grounds, that one of the surest roads to hyperinflation is one…

• The Bernanke Arbitrage

  Published 07 January 2011 | viewed 0 times

  At The Contrarian Take a lot of time and effort is spent compiling money supply data, analyzing its drivers and charting its course. The reason…

• The Monetization of U.S. Government Debt, We're Watching and It's Bigger Than You Think

  Published 07 December 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Didn't Chairman Bernanke say, "The Federal Reserve will not monetize the debt." Yes he did, as clear as day to the House Budget Committee back…

• A Housing Depression, Without a Depression

  Published 22 June 2008 | viewed 3,934 times

  "They" said it couldn't happen, but it has. Home prices are falling at rates not seen since the Great Depression. From peak to March 2008:…