They can manipulate the price of 1 commodity or 2 but not N-1 or N-2 (so all of them with with some exceptions).
The whole idea of unbacked fiat currency and central banks is very simple. Make up excuses (wars, conflicts, natural disaters etc) to print tons of money drawn against our future generations, dilute out savings, and use this to buy up assets and enslave us.
Only problem? Inflation. Printing tons of money will result in price increases across the board. So what do the do? They have built the entire wall street, stock market, derivative markets, hedge funds, commodities exchange, mortgage backed securities etc etc etc. On top of this, they change the definition of CPI itself.
Essentially the entire nuts and bolts of financial system is built to hide this scam and keep the prices down. Alan Greenspan supposedly wrote one of the first computer algorithms in 60s along this idea which resulted in the modern day market algorithms.
So no, they suppress pretty much anything they can suppress. Its like plugging a lot of holes in a tank. Eventually they miss one and it starts leaking and we Anons need to take a capitalise on that.
Unless you look at every aspect of economics and finance with this lens, you will miss the truth. Every single modern economic theory, financial analysis - every single one of them are bogus. It doesnt mean all these people come up with lies. No, most people in the indusry dont even know the truth. They just churn out papers to ensure they have their tenure, and the ones with the convenient story gets pushed by the higher powers.
As Anons, when it comes to finance - our mantra should always be "Inflation, Inflation, Inflation". Thats our only job. Everything else is an illusion.
It would be a good explanation if the prices went up gradually. Here is the list of congressmen and senators buying and selling shares recently. You can see there are no "Lithium stocks" that they all bought up.
Under Gold Standard inflation sometimes occured at a nominal rate of 2% - usually reflecting the productivity growth. There are times where it can be deflationary as well.
What does happen under Gold Standard is you wont see huge progress in the society. Many people consider this a negative thing, but if you consider the price we pay for the quick progress under fiat system, we are literally paying with the blood money of our future generations. So the only real objection to Gold Standard is not an objection at all.
Does not need to even out in long term. Inflation can happen even in Gold Backed currency as long as there is productivity growth - either increase in population, or increase in productivity of people or both. This is good because the inflation tracks the increased standard of living so an average person actually does not hurt due to this kind of inflation.
However there is nothing wrong with a society that has no productivity growth, has a stable population and lives without progress as long as they are mostly self sufficient.
The whole idea of unbacked fiat currency and central banks is very simple. Make up excuses (wars, conflicts, natural disaters etc) to print tons of money drawn against our future generations, dilute out savings, and use this to buy up assets and enslave us.
Only problem? Inflation. Printing tons of money will result in price increases across the board. So what do the do? They have built the entire wall street, stock market, derivative markets, hedge funds, commodities exchange, mortgage backed securities etc etc etc. On top of this, they change the definition of CPI itself.
Essentially the entire nuts and bolts of financial system is built to hide this scam and keep the prices down. Alan Greenspan supposedly wrote one of the first computer algorithms in 60s along this idea which resulted in the modern day market algorithms.
So no, they suppress pretty much anything they can suppress. Its like plugging a lot of holes in a tank. Eventually they miss one and it starts leaking and we Anons need to take a capitalise on that.
Unless you look at every aspect of economics and finance with this lens, you will miss the truth. Every single modern economic theory, financial analysis - every single one of them are bogus. It doesnt mean all these people come up with lies. No, most people in the indusry dont even know the truth. They just churn out papers to ensure they have their tenure, and the ones with the convenient story gets pushed by the higher powers.
As Anons, when it comes to finance - our mantra should always be "Inflation, Inflation, Inflation". Thats our only job. Everything else is an illusion.
I think the best comment regarding lithium is currently on the top and it answers what actually happens:
https://greatawakening.win/p/15HIhRJlW4/x/c/4OXEyVCX4Hn
It would be a good explanation if the prices went up gradually. Here is the list of congressmen and senators buying and selling shares recently. You can see there are no "Lithium stocks" that they all bought up.
And there is no inflation under the gold standard?
Under Gold Standard inflation sometimes occured at a nominal rate of 2% - usually reflecting the productivity growth. There are times where it can be deflationary as well.
What does happen under Gold Standard is you wont see huge progress in the society. Many people consider this a negative thing, but if you consider the price we pay for the quick progress under fiat system, we are literally paying with the blood money of our future generations. So the only real objection to Gold Standard is not an objection at all.
So, sometimes inflates 2%, sometimes deflates 2%?
So it evens out long-term?
Sounds good to me.
Does not need to even out in long term. Inflation can happen even in Gold Backed currency as long as there is productivity growth - either increase in population, or increase in productivity of people or both. This is good because the inflation tracks the increased standard of living so an average person actually does not hurt due to this kind of inflation.
However there is nothing wrong with a society that has no productivity growth, has a stable population and lives without progress as long as they are mostly self sufficient.