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Timber! RT’s Keiser Report looks at what’s behind soaring lumber prices in US | Timber! RT’s Keiser Report looks at what’s behind soaring lumber prices in US |
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As the US government continues to print money and the Covid pandemic causes supply chains to shut down, there is evidence that a major inflation is starting to happen, according to RT’s Keiser Report. | As the US government continues to print money and the Covid pandemic causes supply chains to shut down, there is evidence that a major inflation is starting to happen, according to RT’s Keiser Report. |
Host Stacy Herbert says one of the signs has been a parabolic rise in timber prices in the United States, which has resulted in rising home prices, as more and more people flee the cities for the suburbs. | Host Stacy Herbert says one of the signs has been a parabolic rise in timber prices in the United States, which has resulted in rising home prices, as more and more people flee the cities for the suburbs. |
According to Max Keiser, money-printing by the Fed is at the root of the problem, causing a massive inflation and the devaluation of the US dollar. | According to Max Keiser, money-printing by the Fed is at the root of the problem, causing a massive inflation and the devaluation of the US dollar. |
“This looks like it’s shaping up to be a deflationary depression like we’ve seen in Weimar Germany or Venezuela or Zimbabwe. People are panic-buying assets right now to protect themselves from what looks like an event on the horizon, which is the utter collapse of the US dollar," Max says. | “This looks like it’s shaping up to be a deflationary depression like we’ve seen in Weimar Germany or Venezuela or Zimbabwe. People are panic-buying assets right now to protect themselves from what looks like an event on the horizon, which is the utter collapse of the US dollar," Max says. |
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