With continued uncertainty around the globe, today the man who has become legendary for his predictions on QE, historic moves in currencies, told King World News that global panic is now only days away.

Global Panic Is Now Only Days Away
Egon von Greyerz:  “In the Roman calendar, the Ides of March was the same as March 15th in today’s calendar. This date was not significant until Julius Caesar was assassinated on 15 March 44BC. Shakespeare then coined the phrase “Beware of the Ides of March” in his Julius Caesar work…

Egon von Greyerz continues:  “So will March 15, 2017 be significant? We will soon know. There are some noteworthy events taking place on March 15. The debt ceiling must be reset that day and the Fed also meets to discuss a rate hike. In addition, there is the Dutch election of the same date and 8 days later the French election starts. 

In normal circumstances, none of these events would be earth-shattering or have major consequences for the world economy. But we don’t have a normal world – far from it. We have a world which is financially and morally sick. Regrettably, the condition is so dire that there is no cure for a reprobate world. 

The 100-Year Debt Explosion
A 100-year debt explosion has created a time-bomb waiting to explode. Very little is required to light it. As the biggest economy in the world, the US obviously has the biggest debt with a total of $65 trillion. To this we need to add unfunded liabilities of around $200 trillion and derivatives of circa $500 trillion. Thus, we are looking at a total US “risk” of 3/4 of a quadrillion dollars. Many critics would say that this is a vastly exaggerated figure since it won’t all be payable in one go. But that risk is much greater than anyone can imagine. Let’s just assume that there will not be an early agreement to increase the debt ceiling. That would trigger major falls of the dollar and bond markets and most likely the overvalued stock market. The repercussions would be higher rates, higher import prices, bigger budget and trade deficits and more money printing. Inflation will increase rapidly and eventually as the dollar falls precipitously, it will lead to hyperinflation, more money printing, yet higher rates in an unstoppable vicious cycle. The derivatives market, which is extremely sensitive to higher interest rates, would also come under pressure leading to more money creation by the Fed. 

There are major forces in the US who want to totally paralyze Trump’s ability to govern the US. This will make it virtually impossible for the current administration to govern effectively. As the financial crisis accelerates, there will be even more pressures to oust or impeach Trump. This situation will be disastrous for the US as well as for the world economy. The whole process could drag out and last until the autumn of 2017 and it could start in earnest with the Ides of March. 

In October 2015, the US debt ceiling was suspended until March 15, 2017. The debt ceiling is of course a total farce. It has been raised 95 times since 1940 and 14 times in this century. Every single administration has totally ignored the debt ceiling and just raised it to accommodate their irresponsible budgeting and spending. All with the purpose to buy votes and to line the pockets of the banking sector. 

The chart below shows the debt ceiling and the gold price. There is now a clear disconnect between the credit expansion and the lagging gold price since 2011. This divergence will soon be rectified, gold will not only catch up with the debt expansion but will overtake it.

Gold Will Skyrocket When Suppression Fails

The problem is firstly to reach an agreement which will be a mammoth task. Secondly, the increase in the limit required is so big that there will be massive reluctance to accept the magnitude of it. Since 1981, the US debt has doubled every 8 years. This means that by 2025 it will be $40 trillion at a minimum. But with the problems in the US economy that I outlined above, the level is likely to be considerably higher. So a likely increase for the current year would be $2 trillion at least. It is unlikely that such a high increase would be approved which means that the farce will continue. …..more here