LOS ANGELES, CA / ACCESSWIRE / April 25, 2023 / The Federal Reserve's ongoing battle with inflation is leading to a loss of faith in the U.S. dollar.
Despite hikes in the Federal Interest Rate since March 2022, inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), has only dropped to 6% from 8.5%. The current 6% figure is three times as high as the Fed's target interest rate of 2%, a level it seems will take a while to achieve.
Admittedly, the Fed has had to deal with "unexpected" consequences of their aggressive monetary tightening policies. The notorious downfall of Silicon Valley Bank, for example, can be attributed in large part to the Fed's aggressive interest rate hikes. Due to the bank's overleveraged positions in bonds, whose prices are inversely related to the Federal interest rate, the Fed's rate hikes depleted SVB's assets to unsustainable levels and led to a bank run.
The depositors at the bank and SVB creditors were only made whole through the joint intervention of the Treasury, Federal Reserve and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Still, the Federal Reserve now faces a problem. On one hand, it needs to continue to increase the Federal Interest Rate in order to combat inflation, but an overly aggressive stance could trigger further unexpected collapses in the financial ecosystem.
Money Migrates From "Risky" To "Safe" Assets
The instability stemming from SVB's collapse and the Fed's inability to curb inflation has led to concerns over the future value of the U.S. dollar. The general migration of money from risky to "safe" assets has exemplified these worries on the price charts of precious metals like gold, silver and palladium; each metal has experienced a surge in its prices in 2023.
According to Peter Schiff, CEO and chief economist at Euro Pacific Capital, the value of gold could continue to increase if investors continue to lose faith in the U.S. dollar and the Fed's ability to curb inflation. The cautious are putting their money into precious metals to ensure that, in the worst-case scenario, their hard-earned cash is safe.
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SOURCE: Lear Capital
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