There are some commonly held notions out there that in no way comport with reality. From Matthew Piepenburg at goldswitzerland.com:
Fact checking politicos, headlines and central bankers is one thing. Putting their “facts” into context is another.
Toward that end, it’s critical to place so-called “economic growth,” Treasury market growth, stock market growth, GDP growth and, of course, gold price growth into clearer perspective despite an insane global backdrop that is anything but clearly reported.
Context 1: The Rising Growth Headline
Recently, Biden’s economic advisor, Jared Bernstein, calmed the masses with yet another headline-making boast that the U.S. is “growing considerably faster” than their trading partners.
Fair enough.
But given that the U.S. is running the largest deficits on historical record…
…such “growth” is not surprising.
In other words, bragging about growth on the back of extreme deficit spending is like a spoiled kid bragging about a new Porsche secretly purchased with his father’s credit card: It only looks good until the bill arrives and the car vanishes.
In a financial world gone mad, it’s critical to look under the hood of what passes for growth in particular or basic principles of price discovery, debt levels or supply and demand in general.
In short: “Growth” driven by extreme debt is not growth at all–it’s just the headline surface shine on a sports car one can’t afford.
STRAIGHT LINE LOGIC 