Jim Grant Video on Central Bank Printing (ECB and Fed), Leverage, and the Bubble in Farmland

15 Tuesday Nov 2011

Posted by Mish | November 15, 2011 1:25:00 | Uncategorized

Here is an interesting video on Bloomberg with Jim Grant regarding the European Central Bank’s response to the sovereign-debt crisis, ECB policy, Fed policy, central bank printing, and farmland.

http://player.ooyala.com/player.js?autoplay=0&width=425&height=300&embedCode=pwMDAwMzq-j_pXUdfC4fS-YtQ0Hj9oey&video_pcode=oza2w6q8gX9WSkRx13bskffWIuyf&deepLinkEmbedCode=pwMDAwMzq-j_pXUdfC4fS-YtQ0Hj9oey

Link if video does not play: ECB’s Response to Debt Crisis, Money Printing

Grant notes that farmland in Iowa is going for $17,000 an acre far above the rental value of the land. Grant does not use the term bubble, but does suggest this is the wrong time to buy.

Bubble is the correct term.

Mike “Mish” Shedlock
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