Inflation at 5-10% in America

Marc Faber : ....Just consider, when I started to work in the 1970s, it was said there were two billionaires in the world. One was Rockefeller, and the other one was Mr. Ludwig. Then in 1980there were, I think, six or eight billionaires. Now you have thousands of billionaires.The paper money has become of lower value, and in that environment, it is conceivable that actually stocks do not go down a lot, in nominal terms, but they go down inflation-adjusted, and not inflation-adjusted by what the government is publishing, but in inflation-adjusted terms, as John Williams points out. He says inflation is running at 8% per annum. I have it slightly lower, depending also on the household, whether you have children, or no children, and where you live, but I would say between 5-10% in America is probably a realistic figure, and between 8-12% in countries like India, China, Viet Nam." - in an Interview with MacAlavany Feb 2011



Contrarian Investor Dr.Marc Faber is an international investor known for his uncanny predictions of the stock market and futures markets around the world.

Only at the Federal Reserves is there no inflation

"The absolute level of interest rates doesn’t tell you whether there is tightening or not. In China, they increased the interest rates over the several times. But with inflation running at between 8-10% per annum and the deposit rate at 3.25%, money is losing its purchasing power if you keep it on deposit,"
"In US, you will have a similar process. One day they will increase it by a quarter of percent but what does it mean when commodity prices are going through the roof, energy prices are going up, health costs are going up, insurance premiums are going up, everything is going up. Only at the Federal Reserves is there no inflation." - Marc Faber in Moneycontrol


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Contrarian Investor Dr.Marc Faber is an international investor known for his uncanny predictions of the stock market and futures markets around the world.

Inflation & The Federal Reserve Policy

Marc Faber : Everything is going up. Only at the Federal Reserve is there no inflation. In that environment, cash and bonds will lose value. Other good choices besides gold are commodities, real estate, art, collectibles and so forth, anything that essentially cannot be multiplied at the same rate as paper money, that is subject to the printing presses of Mr. Bernanke. One day they the Fed will increase it federal funds by a quarter percent. But what does it mean when commodity prices are going through the roof, energy prices are going up, health care costs are going up, insurance premiums are going up? - in CNBC


Contrarian Investor Dr.Marc Faber is an international investor known for his uncanny predictions of the stock market and futures markets around the world.

Marc Faber - Inflation and Dollar Collapse

Within a decade, the Dollar will collapse because of money printing and other issues.


Contrarian Investor Dr.Marc Faber is an international investor known for his uncanny predictions of the stock market and futures markets around the world.

Inflation has come to America

Marc Faber : “Twenty years ago, ... [a family] spent its income on housing, clothing, food appliances, cars, a radio and a TV. Today, it will spend additional money on a DVD player, computers, fax machines, printers, several cellular phones and a whole host of other new electronic gadgets...modern society requires people to continuously enlarge the 'basket of goods' that are considered necessary to lead a 'good life.'”
Contrarian Investor Dr.Marc Faber is an international investor known for his uncanny predictions of the stock market and futures markets around the world.