Tag Archives: Mnuchin

Mnuchin says the U.S. government must cut spending and reduce the deficit. This will absolutely guarantee a recession.It's amazing that these views still prevail. Complete and total ignorance.

Trump has been bragging about the stock market's gains, but what we don't hear about is the fact that the US dollar has eroded badly. Since his election the dollar has fallen to a 3-year low.Trump is destroying the US dollar.I called this at the time of the election and I said it was based, at the time, on two things. 1) Trump's  proposed expansion of fiscal stimulus. (More spending and tax cuts.) And, 2) the ongoing rate hike campaign of the Fed, which is inflationary and therefore NOT...

Trump may be reveling in the stock market's gains since his election victory, but the dollar is going in the other direction. It is getting killed.When Trump was elected the Dollar Index was at 98. Now it's at 90. Dollar/yen was at 118, now it's at 110. Euro/dollar was at 1.04, now it's at 1.23. British pound was at 1.23, now it's at 1.37. Canadian dollar was at 1.36, now it's at 1.24.Trump has been a disaster for the dollar.What's more, the dollar's fall is still in its early stages. With...