On the heels of the gold price closing in on $1,300 once again, here are some remarkable chart of the Fed’s balance sheet, GDP, inflation, household net worth, plus a note on industrial metals and silver.

Inflation, Fed, GDP, Plus Industrial Metals & Silver
August 21 (King World News) – Here is what Peter Boockvar noted as the world awaits the next round of monetary madness:  
Central bankers focus solely on rate of change in gauging the pace of inflation and mostly of course with consumer price inflation. And within CPI, it doesn’t really capture a cumulative rise in prices.

For example, if in one year oil goes from $50 to $75, a 50% increase but in the following year goes to $74. According to a rate of change analysis, we are in deflation in year 2 according to central banks but are we really? Also, don’t we need to focus on consumer inflation in the context of wages if we pay for the cost of our living via the wages/salaries we earn? And what about other forms of inflation?…

 

Here is a chart that overlays CPI vs private sector compensation which includes wages/salaries and benefits as measured by the employment cost index. As seen over the past 15 years, compensation is rising faster than CPI but not by much……More Here