$1 trillion platinum coin? The U.S. has this little-known option to pay off debt – Steve Hanke
Steve Hanke, professor of Applied Economics at Johns Hopkins University, discusses with David Lin, anchor for Kitco News, the possibility of the U.S. Treasury minting a platinum coin with a face value of $1 trillion and use that to buy…
What an Evergrande collapse means for gold, global growth – Steve Hanke
Steve Hanke, professor of applied economics at Johns Hopkins University, discusses with David Lin, anchor for Kitco News, the impact that Evergrande’s current struggle has on the global commodities complex. Follow David Lin on Twitter: @davidlin_TV (https://twitter.com/davidlin_TV) Follow Steve Hanke…
Fed announced taper timeline, here’s why market ‘tantrum’ didn’t hit yet – Steve Hanke
Fed Chair Jerome Powell announced on Friday at the Jackson Hole Symposium that the U.S. central bank will consider tapering by the end of the year since the economy is on track to meet full employment and hit the Fed’s…
Why did Q2 GDP miss expectations? Is the economy slowing down? Steve Hanke on biggest anomalies
Second quarter real GDP in the U.S. grew at 6.5% on an annualized basis, lower than consensus estimates. Steve Hanke, professor of Applied Economics at Johns Hopkins University, told David Lin, anchor for Kitco News, that market participants are not…
Record inflation levels are coming with no growth, ‘the worst of all worlds’ – Steve Hanke
The inflation rate will reach 6% to 9% by year-end, said Steve Hanke, professor of Applied Economics at Johns Hopkins University. Speaking with David Lin, anchor for Kitco News, Hanke said that in a low growth environment, this represents the…
This market will be in ‘great turmoil’ as inflation rises to 6% by 2023 – Steve Hanke (Pt. 2/2)
Watch part 1 of this interview: https://youtu.be/SNYSFFU8noE Steve Hanke, professor of Applied Economics at Johns Hopkins University (https://twitter.com/steve_hanke) discusses with David Lin, anchor for Kitco News (https://twitter.com/davidlin_TV), just how much inflation will rise over the next two to three years…
Legalizing Bitcoin will ‘completely collapse El Salvador’s economy’ – Steve Hanke (Pt. 1/2)
This is part 1 of 2 of the full interview Steve Hanke, professor of Applied Economics at Johns Hopkins University (https://twitter.com/steve_hanke) discussed the practicality of actually using Bitcoin as legal tender in a country like El Salvador with David Lin,…
‘Shocking’ inflation now higher than Fed’s target, is ‘harbinger of things to come’ – Steve Hanke
Headline inflation is now at 4.2%, the highest reading since 2008. Steve Hanke, professor of applied economics at Johns Hopkins University, said that this is a ‘harbinger’ of even more inflation. Hanke told David Lin, anchor for Kitco News, that…
Hyperinflation ‘wiped out’ these great currencies, is the U.S. dollar next? Steve Hanke
There have been a total of 62 recorded cases of hyperinflation, and in all cases, the underlying currency in the economy has failed, according to Steve Hanke, professor of applied economics at Johns Hopkins University. “If you have hyperinflation, you…
