The City

Is the UK in a recession in 2022?

Economies don’t grow in straight lines. We have a business cycle of booms and busts. People used to refer to the busts as panics, until…

The beginning of the end for Ukraine?

Winter is coming and Europe is short on gas. How much longer will people put up with Russian sanctions? Nigel Farage and I suspect not…

The Bank of England jumps off both sides of the tightrope at once

You could say we’re critical of the Bank of England here at Fortune & Freedom. Nigel Farage certainly didn’t pull any punches in our recent…

The Merchants of Monetary Menace, Act 2: The Recession

For the past six months, they’ve given us a spiel about inflation. But that was only Act 1 of the Merchants of Monetary Menace. And…

3% won’t be enough to stop inflation… nicely

Yesterday, I asked you simple question: is it possible to bring down double-digit inflation with 3% interest rates? It would have sounded like an absurd…

How to beat inflation in 2022

What is the current rate of inflation? In June, the annual rate of inflation hit a 40-year high. The consumer price index rose 9.4% year-on-year…

The stagflationary black hole it’s too late to escape from

For decades now, economists have warned about the impending demographic time bomb of an ageing society. It’s a prognosis that caught on shortly after they…

When the markets don’t make sense, I call this guy…

Inflation is roaring ahead of expectations. But that’s not the most important part of the latest inflation surprise… Governments are collapsing across Europe. But it’s…

The only central bank mandate that really matters is unemployment (theirs)

The anticipated blaming of central banks has well and truly begun. But where will it lead? Somewhere very nasty, if you ask me. In Sri…

The Boris and Bailey clown act is just depressing now

Usually, there’s a happy clown and a sad clown. Although, in my case, I was more of an evil juggling jester twice a week. The…

How to profit from the coming Currency Reset

Another Currency Reset is coming. Our US dollar-based international monetary system is at the end of its tether. But what does that mean for investors?…

Hedonic adjustments and inflation Down Under

Years ago, at the Rugby 7s in New Zealand, I found myself talking to a young lady from England. She’d found a working holiday job…

Show me the central bankers’ incentive, and I’ll show you the inflationary outcome

People often wonder how the hell inflation got so badly out of control in Weimar in Germany. Well, you’re about to find out. And not…

Snoop Dogg for Bank of England governor?

There’s an old adage that central banking is all about having the guts to “take away the punchbowl just when the party gets going”. Unfortunately…

The Everything Bubble has burst at last. Now what?

They called it the Everything Bubble while it was inflating. Rarely do the mainstream media get it so right on the way up. But all…

A bull market in burnable effigies, but not much else

Today’s Fortune & Freedom is an update on a series of themes we’ve been exploring for months now. Whether Japan has unleased a monetary Pearl…

Inflation, shortages, lockdowns, recession and political risk

Nigel Farage is not very optimistic about the stock market or the government. In this weekly update, we dig into some of the reasons why.…

Why don’t people trust the government any more?

“The top nine most terrifying words in the English Language are: “I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.” Imagine getting elected on that…

Inflation or recession? The Bank of England chooses both…

Dear reader, Planning to fail might be a plan, but you’re still going to fail. That’s how I’d sum up Bank of England policy right…

Will the political pendulum swing against Boris, or the entire Conservative Party?

This week, Nigel Farage spent some time with old friends in the City. And what he heard there is a bit of a worry. Those…