Market Overview
The World
Global indebtedness is growing.
I estimate that the global indebtedness is approximately 700,000 billion dollars.
The Western world is losing its primacy. They participate in world GDP with 40% and world population with 12%.
USA
Although the official inflation is 4.2%, in reality, it is much higher.
Review the jump in food prices:
The speed of money is slowing down more and more and this is driving inflation.
In 1933 and 1946, the speed of money was similarly slow, in both cases, the US government took radical action. In January 1934, the US government devalued the US dollar against gold by almost 70%, and during the period from 1946 to 1951 in cooperation with the Federal Reserve, it conducted financial suppression that limited interest rates to a low level.
Inflation from 1800 to 2020, a turning point on August 15, 1971, when the gold standard was abolished.
Ludwig Erhard (1897-1977) formulated this experience in striking words: “Inflation does not come to us as a curse or as a tragic fate; it is always caused by frivolous or even criminal policy.”
It is estimated that 47% of jobs will be lost due to automation and artificial intelligence.
The federal budget in May is in the minus of 132 billion dollars.
The chart of the index of new orders is on the rise and will continue throughout the year unless it is forced to close in the fall.
ECB
The euro has lost since 2000 compared to commodities, houses, the stock market, and gold.
The ECB expects GDP growth in 2021 by 4.6%.
Russia
Foreign exchange reserves in early June 2021 climbed to $ 605.2 billion.
Russia’s central bank raised interest rates to 5.5%.
France
Industrial production fell 0.1% in April.
Macron suggested to the G7 that countries sell gold reserves and pay off African debts due to the Covid crises?!?
An incomprehensibly stupid suggestion.
China
The volume of lending in May increased by 12.2%.
Germany
At the meeting of the heads of state and government of the G7 in Cornwall in Great Britain, Germany will advocate a tendency to be implemented – multilateralism. We will see what that means in concrete terms, but my opinion is that it will demand each country to pursue its policy towards Russia and China.
This is proof of my claim that there is no salvation for Europe if the European economy does not connect with Russia and the countries of Eurasia.
Japan
The business research index of large companies fell by 1.4%.
Stock market
Stock market indexes in slight growth:
DOWJ – 34,900
DAX – 15,723
S&P 500 – 4,247
The stock bubble continues to inflate.
Gold
After rising to 1912 dollars, speculators lowered the price of gold to 1875 dollars.
The price may fall to 1836 dollars, but growth is expected to 1.966 dollars.
It is a question of the moment when the gold will reach the record high from August 2020, when it amounted to 2,070 dollars.
Silver
Unchanged at $ 27.78 / ounce.
Oil
Growth continues at $ 72.63 / barrel.
Oil demand is growing, expected to rise to 100 million barrels.
USD
Dollar unchanged at 1.2107.
Russian ruble
The ruble strengthened against the dollar – 72.0223.
The ruble strengthened against the euro – 87.2110.
Bitcoin
A further drop to $ 35,443.
Branko Dragaš
Investment banker