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James Turk continues:
“The 800-pound gorilla in the room is the US government's horrendous deficits and addiction to debt. The Fed is keeping interest rates low to sustain the illusion that the US government is solvent, while hoping that low rates will also jump-start the US economy and thereby increase federal tax revenue to service the mountain of debt.
But despite all of the money printing by the Fed from buying government paper, the economy remains in the doldrums, so the US government's financial position is becoming increasingly precarious....
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“That's why the US lost its triple-A status. We should expect another downgrade soon, just like is happening with the serial downgrades in Europe.
This brings up an interesting point -- even though Europe is getting most of the attention of late, the sovereign debt crisis is global, Eric. Just like the spendthrift kings of old, all of the sovereigns today are spending money they don't have, and financing their largesse by debasing the currency.
That is what quantitative easing is all about. Keeping interest rates low is debasing the dollar, but there are also other bad outcomes from this misguided policy. Low interest rates are killing middle-class savers, and doing nothing to improve the economy.
The Fed's interventions to keep interest rates abnormally low are making the US government's borrowing costs artificially below what they should be. This tactic is keeping the federal government’s deficit from being even worse. Just a 1% rise in its borrowing costs, on the $16 trillion of debt, would deepen the deficit by $160 billion. The so-called fiscal cliff is really a ‘currency cliff,’ and the US dollar is headed straight for it.”
When asked about gold and silver, Turk responded, “A huge base is now in place for gold and silver at $1600 and $27. We just need a spark to get a rocket launch in precious metal prices. It would be an upside explosion from here, meaning that this bull market would be taking along with it as few people as possible, which I always see as a key characteristic as to how bull markets work.
An upside explosion would mean a lot of the money that is now on the sidelines would remain on the sidelines because there would be little opportunity to buy on pullbacks, which is what I mean by an explosion. The market will relentlessly keep going higher. We have probably missed the last chance to buy gold at $1580 and silver under $27. So KWN readers need to get ready for the big summer rally I have been expecting.”
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Turk - Gold To Explode Higher As US Debt To Be Downgraded
On the heels of the Fed decision and continued volatility in gold and silver, today King World News interviewed James Turk out of Europe. Turk stunned KWN by saying that US debt is about to be downgraded once again. Turk also warned, “The reality is the Fed is losing control,” and the Fed is now being “overwhelmed.” He went on to say that all of this means right now we are going to see an “upside explosion” in both gold and silver.
Here is what Turk had to say: “The Federal Reserve has made another announcement, Eric, and each one of their proclamations makes it more obvious that the Fed is no longer in the driver's seat. It is just rehashing the same stuff. The reality is the Fed is losing control. It is slowly but surely being overwhelmed by events, and particularly, the reality that US government finances are out of control.”
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August 1, 2012
