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- From: bucknerb@bnr.ca (Brent Buckner)
- Subject: Re: Surviving Hyper-Inflation
- Message-ID: <1993Jan7.165839.12639@bnr.ca>
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- Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ontario, Canada
- References: <1993Jan7.155202.28783@Arco.COM>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 16:58:39 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan7.155202.28783@Arco.COM> dprjdg@inetg1.ARCO.COM (John Grasham) writes:
- >Just finished reading the book "Bankruptcy 1995" written by a man
- >named Figgie who was a (reluctant) member of the Grace Commission.
- >
- >In the book, he predicts that around 1995-96, the interest on the
- >debt (including all "off-budget" items which must nevertheless
- >receive debt-service) will exceed revenues.
-
- Please note that Figgie points out that this situation is
- implied by the Grace Commission Report; the Grace Commission
- Report has tracked very closely to actual federal finances.
- These are not his personal predictions; they have an
- excellent pedigree.
-
- >Then he projects:
- >1. Unwillingness by investors to loan money to the government
- >
- >2. Government forced to monetize the debt
- >
- >3. Hyper-Inflation
- >
- >What do you think of this scenario? Possible? Unlikely?
-
- He doesn't project that 1, 2 and 3 will necessarily happen;
- it is a possible scenario. Also, he doesn't project the
- timing; for example, he indicates that 1 is already occurring
- (we are seeing it in long-term interest rates that are high
- compared to current inflation).
-
- The scenario is all too possible.
-
- >I myself am more interested in how to survive personally in a
- >hyper-inflationary period. What to do? Convert all currency
- >and equivalents into (more) stable foreign currencies? Convert
- >currency into hard assets? What about servicing loans? Wait
- >and pay them off with cheaper dollars? I would be interested
- >in your ideas.
-
- Other Reading: _The Great Reckoning_ by Davidson and ?
-
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