Can more debt fuel economic growth? What are the limitations of more free money?

In the second part of our episode, Eric Basmajian (EPB Macro Research) discusses with Alexej Jordanov and Bart Brands the real of effect of excessive debt on the economy, debt thresholds by sector, the critical role of gold to preserve wealth, the most important metric in inflation and insightful charts.

⏰ Topics ⏰
00:00 Intro
01:15 Governments are doing more of what didn't work
07:54 The real effect of debt: debt thresholds by sectors (chart)
10:31 Debt implosion = deflation
12:02 Hitting the zero interest bound
15:27 How to hedge with an all weather portfolio
17:26 Deflation hedge: gold & long duration treasury bonds
18:07 Invest in gold to preserve your wealth
19:13 Gold over silver
20:13 Gold's importance in the future
21:26 Younger generation receptive to gold?
24:06 Gold price movement: direction of real interest rates
27:05 The wealth effect fallacy
31:46 Measuring inflation
33:28 Margin compression of companies
34:21 Costs passed on the consumer
36:50 The most important data metric in macro
39:17 Outro

💡 About Eric Basmajian
Eric Basmajian is an economic analyst providing analysis on macroeconomic trends both domestically and globally. With a degree in economics and experience at a quantitative hedge fund, Eric has developed a unique methodology to forecast major economic inflection points and translate that research into a complete investment framework.

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👉 Website: https://www.epbmacroresearch.com/

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