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Steve Saretsky

πŸ‘€ Speaker
2032 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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The Loonie Hour
The Canadian Economy Slips into Recession

It's just I think putting the timing on that can be challenging.

The Loonie Hour
The Canadian Economy Slips into Recession

That's not funny at all.

The Loonie Hour
The Canadian Economy Slips into Recession

We'll get there.

The Loonie Hour
The Canadian Economy Slips into Recession

The mob, the mob is coming.

The Loonie Hour
The Canadian Economy Slips into Recession

Oh boy.

The Loonie Hour
The Canadian Economy Slips into Recession

Mother of all... We need to think of a better name for that.

The Loonie Hour
The Canadian Economy Slips into Recession

That's great.

The Loonie Hour
The Canadian Economy Slips into Recession

I mean, again, that was kind of the point that I was going to get to, Keith.

The Loonie Hour
The Canadian Economy Slips into Recession

You kind of beat me to it, which is to say, like, governments aren't going to stand by idly and watch their yield curve blow out, you know, and watch sovereign debt markets implode, which is...

The Loonie Hour
The Canadian Economy Slips into Recession

I disagree.

The Loonie Hour
The Canadian Economy Slips into Recession

Right.

The Loonie Hour
The Canadian Economy Slips into Recession

Yes, of course.

The Loonie Hour
The Canadian Economy Slips into Recession

This is how quickly they can react.

The Loonie Hour
The Canadian Economy Slips into Recession

So you'll have a sort of a temporary spike.

The Loonie Hour
The Canadian Economy Slips into Recession

How do they manage it and how quickly can they get it under control is obviously up for debate.

The Loonie Hour
The Canadian Economy Slips into Recession

But clearly, they're going to have to do something.

The Loonie Hour
The Canadian Economy Slips into Recession

And whether that's QE or some various forms of financial repression, I mean, I argue it's already being done to some degree.

The Loonie Hour
The Canadian Economy Slips into Recession

Do you think that –

The Loonie Hour
The Canadian Economy Slips into Recession

This is like a bull case to get some form of gold standard back, which is to say, as your government debt issuance market basically blows out, that you have to get some sort of new anchor to come in.

The Loonie Hour
The Canadian Economy Slips into Recession

And I'm not saying it's a gold standard again, but for example, there's been a lot of discussions online where you sort of revalue or reprice your central bank gold holdings.