Aussschnitte aus einer Diskussion zwischen Jim Pulava und John Loeffler (beides Rohstoffinvestoren). Der Ausblick auf Inlaftion ist ernuechternd. Riesige Geldmengen werden ins System gepumpt, zeigen aber kaum Wirkung. letzter Ausweg die geldpolitische Atombombe: Verstaatlichung der Banken, so wie es Schweden in den 90ern getan hat.
Jim: ... In fact, there was an article in the [i]Wall Street Journal on Friday that thoughts of deflation may be coming to an end given the size of magnitude. But John, here is just a brief synopsis of what we've committed to. Commercial paper – the Fed has committed to 1.8 trillion dollars. (Commercial paper are short term notes issued by companies which use the proceeds to pay their bills from payroll to inventory.) Against that we've had 271 billion exercised. The Term Auction Facility which provides a negotiated rate for banks to borrow from the Fed. They've committed 900 billion so far, 415 billion has been issued. Other assets, and we'll get to that in just a moment, 606 billion. Finance company debt purchases, 600 billion; this is going to be to buy debt issued by government-chartered housing companies such as Fannie and Freddie. We saw that on Friday where the Fed bought $5 billion of Fannie and Freddie bonds. Money market facilities up to 540 billion. The Citigroup bail out, 291 billion, of which 291 billion is used. Term security lending for collateral of 250 billion. Term asset-backed loan facilities on credit cards and business loans, 200 billion. Loans to AIG, 123 billion. Discount window borrowing is 92 billion. Commercial program number 2 lends to banks so they can buy commercial paper from mutual funds, 62 billion. Discount window number 2, 50 billion. Bear Stearns bailout 29 billion; overnight loans 10 billion; secondary credit, 118. Right now that's 5.5 trillion of which 2.1 trillion is used. Federal deposit insurance commitment loan guarantees for 1.4 trillion. Guarantees on GE Capital 139 billion; another ten billion dollar infusion to Citigroup, so there is one-and-a-half trillion. Troubled Asset Relief Program or TARP passed by Congress, 700 billion; stimulus package earlier in the year, 168 billion; Treasury exchange stabilization fund, 50 billion; tax breaks for banks 29 billion. There is 1.9 trillion. And hope for homeowners, remember the July bill, that's 300 billion, so add it all up, John, 8 ½ trillion dollars and that doesn't include next year's stimulus program, which preliminary talks that we've seen either mentioned in the Journal or press conferences can range anywhere from 500 billion to 700 billion.
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[/i]JOHN: Okay. Well, let's ask the fateful question, which I think has to be asked. Supposing they do all of this and nothing worse, where are we?
JIM: Then the nuclear option. .... if this financial intermediation doesn't improve, then nationalization of the banking system may be next.
Transcript der vollstaendigen Diskussion: http://financialsense.com/fsn/BP/2008/1206.html
Audio-Podcast:http://www.netcastdaily.com/broadcast/fsn2008-1206-3a.mp3