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Q: Cumi-cumi mempunyai delapan kaki atau delapan tangan? On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 3:18 PM, Vic <victor_speran...@yahoo.com> wrote: > U.S. Inflation to Approach Zimbabwe Level, Faber Says (Update2) > By Chen Shiyin and Bernard Lo > > May 27 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. economy will enter "hyperinflation" > approaching the levels in Zimbabwe because the Federal Reserve will be > reluctant to raise interest rates, investor Marc Faber said. > > Prices may increase at rates "close to" Zimbabwe's gains, Faber said in an > interview with Bloomberg Television in Hong Kong. Zimbabwe's inflation rate > reached 231 million percent in July, the last annual rate published by the > statistics office. > > "I am 100 percent sure that the U.S. will go into hyperinflation," Faber > said. "The problem with government debt growing so much is that when the > time will come and the Fed should increase interest rates, they will be very > reluctant to do so and so inflation will start to accelerate." > > Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Charles Plosser said on May > 21 inflation may rise to 2.5 percent in 2011. That exceeds the central bank > officials' long-run preferred range of 1.7 percent to 2 percent and > contrasts with the concerns of some officials and economists that the > economic slump may provoke a broad decline in prices. > > "There are some concerns of a risk from inflation from all the liquidity > injected into the banking system but it's not an immediate threat right now > given all the excess capacity in the U.S. economy," said David Cohen, head > of Asian economic forecasting at Action Economics in Singapore. "I have a > little more confidence that the Fed has an exit strategy for draining all > the liquidity at the appropriate time." > > Action Economics is predicting inflation of minus 0.4 percent in the U.S. > this year, with prices increasing by 1.8 percent and 2 percent in 2010 and > 2011, respectively, Cohen said. > > Near Zero > > The U.S.'s main interest rate may need to stay near zero for several years > given the recession's depth and forecasts that unemployment will reach 9 > percent or higher, Glenn Rudebusch, associate director of research at the > Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, said yesterday. > > Members of the rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee have held the > federal funds rate, the overnight lending rate between banks, in a range of > zero to 0.25 percent since December to revive lending and end the worst > recession in 50 years. > > The global economy won't return to the "prosperity" of 2006 and 2007 even > as it rebounds from a recession, Faber said. > > Equities in the U.S. won't fall to new lows, helped by increased money > supply, he said. Still, global stocks are "rather overbought" and are "not > cheap," Faber added. > > Faber still favors Asian stocks relative to U.S. government bonds and said > Japanese equities may outperform many other markets over a five-year period. > "Of all the regions in the world, Asia is still the most attractive by far," > he said. > > Gloom, Doom > > Faber, the publisher of the Gloom, Boom & Doom report, said on April 7 > stocks could fall as much as 10 percent before resuming gains. The Standard > & Poor's 500 Index has since climbed 9 percent. > > Faber, who said he's adding to his gold investments, advised buying the > precious metal at the start of its eight-year rally, when it traded for less > than $300 an ounce. The metal topped $1,000 last year and traded at $949.85 > an ounce at 12:50 p.m. Hong Kong time. He also told investors to bail out of > U.S. stocks a week before the so-called Black Monday crash in 1987, > according to his Web site. > > http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=avgZDYM6mTFA&refer=us > > http://www.gloomboomdoom.com/portalgbd/homegbd.cfm > > > --- In obrolan-bandar@yahoogroups.com, nicholas alvin <nicholas_al...@...> > wrote: > > > > Ini berita ngak bermutu. > > > > --- On Wed, 5/27/09, Vic <victor_speran...@...> wrote: > > > > From: Vic <victor_speran...@...> > > Subject: [ob] Hiperinflasi AS Diramal Bakal Mendekati Level Zimbabwe > > To: obrolan-bandar@yahoogroups.com > > Date: Wednesday, May 27, 2009, 3:43 AM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hiperinflasi AS Diramal Bakal Mendekati Level Zimbabwe > > > > > > > > SINGAPURA. Perekonomian Amerika Serikat (AS) diprediksi akan mengalami > hyperinflasi yang kenaikannya mendekati level inflasi di Zimbabwe. Menurut > investor Mark Faber, kondisi tersebut disebabkan the Federal Reserve (the > Fed) enggan untuk menaikkan suku bunga acuannya ke depannya. > > > > > > > > Dalam wawancara dengan Bloomberg di Hongkong, Faber mengatakan, tingkat > harga akan mengalami lonjakan mendekati kenaikan di Zimbabwe. Asal tahu > saja, berdasarkan data statistik Zimbabwe, tingkat inflasi di negara Afrika > itu mencapai 231 juta% pada Juli lalu. > > > > > > > > "Saya yakin 100% bahwa AS akan mengalami hiperinflasi. Masalah tentang > utang pemerintah kian membelit dan jika tiba saatnya, the Fed harus > menaikkan suku bunga acuan. Tapi the Fed enggan melakukannya, sehingga > inflasi akan terus menanjak," jelasnya. > > > > > > > > Faber juga mengatakan, saat ini, kemungkinan perekonomian global kembali > ke masa-masa kejayaan tahun 2006-2007 sangat kecil. Dia memilih untuk > melakukan investasi pada saham-saham Asia dibanding obligasi AS. "Dari > seluruh pasar saham dunia yang ada, Bursa Asia hingga saat ini yang paling > menarik," jelasnya. > > > > > > > > Sebelumnya, pada 21 Mei lalu, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia > President Charles Plosser mengatakan, tingkat inflasi di AS kemungkinan naik > ke level 2,5% di 2011. Angka tersebut melampaui prediksi bank sentral yang > mematok tingkat inflasi di kisaran 1,7%-2%. > > > > > > > > Menurut Glenn Rudebusch, Associate Director of Research Federal Reserve > Bank of San Francisco, tingkat suku bunga AS akan tetap berada di level > mendekati nol persen untuk beberapa tahun ke depan. Dia juga memprediksi, > tingkat pengangguran akan mencapai 9% atau bahkan lebih. > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > + + > + + + + + > Mohon saat meREPLY posting, text dari posting lama dihapus > kecuali diperlukan agar CONTEXTnya jelas. > + + + + + > + +Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
