Thursday, November 24, 2016

War On Cash Just Got Real – India And Citibank In Australia

http://www.talkmarkets.com/content/global-markets/war-on-cash-just-got-real--india-and-citibank-in-australia?post=113593&uid=4798


Note that slope of the graph toward negative rates in the world can cause them to go negative. The result could mean that you will have no cash available at all and your money will be either in the bank or spent on something. If you want to save you will have to put your money into something other than the bank. The bank will have control over your money if you do not spend it.

The full article is on Talkmarkets. This article explores the study of India's elimination of large bills. Smaller bills were eliminated but are expected to be replaced with the same denomination in larger sized bills. Here are just some of the troubling issues from the article above.

Since the Citi announcement UBS has proposed that eliminating $100 and $50 bills would be “good for the [Australian] economy and good for the banks.” The notes account for 92% of the circulating cash value.
UBS analyst Jonathan Mott said last week that there are three times as many Australian $100 notes in circulation as there are $5 notes. Echoing the moves of the Indian government he argued that the elimination of large denomination notes would be “good for the economy and good for the banks.”

And:

Whatever the reason to go without cash, the end-result is still the same, if you, your bank or your government decides to go cashless then will you join the list of unsecured creditors should the bank fail.

The government wants to track your every move. It can control what you buy and what you aren't allowed to buy. People need to use cash or lack of demand will cause banks to go cashless and you will find yourselves without the outlets to get cash!

Wake up, Americans. It is your freedom at stake.

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Saturday, November 19, 2016

India' Attack on Old Cash Causes Trouble


Fellow Talkmarkets contributor Zacks Investment Research gives this take on the banning of most of the cash in India although from India Times below we see that denominations will be replaced:

India’s prime minister Narendra Modi announced note demonetization. As much as “86% of Indian currency and 12% GDP got stalled overnight."
As per the announcement, the Indian government withdrew high-denomination banknotes – 500 rupee and 1000 rupee notes – in circulation, as part of a clampdown against illegal money and corruption. Analysts expect this move to deal a direct blow to the finances of militants targeting India.  These militants allegedly used fake 500 rupee notes to fund their operations...
 The immediate impact will be on inflation as eradication of unaccounted and untaxed money will have a deflationary effect. As per the source, real estate prices should come down. Some even view the step as an unplanned form of policy tightening, though India has been resorting to rate cuts in recent times to boost growth (read: 4 India ETFs to Buy as RBI Cuts Rate).
 Though things  should be benefited over the long term, it is widely apprehended that the consumption-driven sectors will be hurt in the near term due to scarcity of cash. EGShares India Consumer ETF (INCO - Free Report)may be hit hard. The fund was down about 0.4% on November 9.
 http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/stocks/news/side-effects-of-demonetisation-dear-pm-modi-it-seems-you-missed-these-6-consequences/articleshow/55471601.cms

The India Times has quite another take on this cashlessness. The shortage of money caused truck drivers to abandon trucks and the new larger 500 and 2000 rupees won't fit into cash machines, which will all be reconfigured. Rural areas have had to have the new notes airlifted. And there was a mini gold rush.

We can see the upheaval caused by this process when new notes are on the way. You can imagine how things would be if cash were banned altogether like some economists in the west want.

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