There seems to be a general agreement that all the money printing will lead to rampant inflation and dollar weakening, which I don't understand. Since the QE of 2008, Fed managed to control inflation by channeling all the excess printed money to assets (stocks, property) and locking up there than into increased wages. As a result inflation didn't spiral out of control (most average people can no longer afford assets or are tied to low paying service jobs, but that's a different story, beyond the Fed's mandate to mantain target inflation). What's different this time that can cause inflation? PS. I'm neither a big fan of the current administration (neutral) nor bullish. I think the asset bubble is horrendous and leads to rampant inequality. However I don't think this system will be brought down by inflation. It has to be global factors when the world rejects the USD, but I don't see that happening with CBs everywhere indulging in money printing.
Inflation occurred because the QE money went into assets (real estate) leading to higher rents, it just wasn’t measured properly: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.marketwatch.com/amp/story/guid/924398B4-64ED-11E8-AD5D-DBD489DC588D As for stocks, it will just lead to worse market crashes when shit hits the fan
This time, inflation will hit the grocery store and this will be magnified as there is already scarcity (low supply as supply chains are disrupted). It will take so much money printing to try and inflate stock prices again, but it won't work. FED is committed to buying all types of debt now, bailing everyone out. As America shuts down and everyone goes on unemployment with the FEDs free money, it will be crystal clear that our dollars are worthless. Other countries will stop trading real goods for our printed money, and unload all their negative yielding bonds to the FED. When the dollar loses the reserve currency status of the world (and the value of the dollar collapses), things priced in US dollars won't necessarily jump accordingly (ie US stocks) as the living standards of all americans will be cut overnight. I hope you have your physical gold/silver, this is going to be rough. You have to get out the US dollar, aside from short term expenses priced in dollars, otherwise hold gold/silver for liquidity. Listen to Peter Schiff, he has outlined how all of this will go down from before 08. He's been early sure, but he'll be proved right in the end.
Schiff...I really dont know about that guy. Used to follow him, but he says wacky things too
Many of his 'wacky' predictions have already come true, when the mainstream laughed at him for making the predictions