{"id":8920,"date":"2010-04-29T16:33:45","date_gmt":"2010-04-29T20:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/fx\/?p=8920"},"modified":"2010-04-29T16:33:45","modified_gmt":"2010-04-29T20:33:45","slug":"bob-prechter-points-out-the-many-signs-of-deflation-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/2010\/04\/29\/bob-prechter-points-out-the-many-signs-of-deflation-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Bob Prechter Points Out The Many Signs Of Deflation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Yes, You Heard Us Right<br \/>\n<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: small;\"> April 29, 2010 <\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: small;\">By Elliott  Wave International <\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Everywhere you look, the mainstream financial experts  are pinning                  on their &#8220;WIN 2&#8221; buttons in a show of solidarity against                   what they see as the number one threat to the U.S.  economy: <strong>W<\/strong>hip                  <em><strong>I<\/strong>nflation <\/em><strong>N<\/strong>ow.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s just one problem: They&#8217;re primed to fight the  wrong enemy.                  Fact is, despite ten rate cuts by the Federal Reserve  Board to                  record low levels plus $13 trillion (and counting) in  government                  bailout money over the past three years &#8212; the <em>Demand  For<\/em> and <em>Availability Of<\/em> credit is plunging. Without  a borrower                  or lender, the massive supply of debt <em>LOSES<\/em> value, bringing                  down every exposed investment like one long, toppling  row of dominoes.<\/p>\n<p>This is the condition known as <em>Deflation<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Bob Prechter uncovered more than a dozen &#8220;value  depreciating&#8221;                  developments underway in the U.S. economy as the two  main engines                  of credit expansion sputter: Banks and Consumers. Here&#8217;s  a preview                  of his findings contained the free report, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.elliottwave.com\/r.asp?acn=9cp&amp;rcn=aa103&amp;dy=aa042910&amp;url=http:\/\/www.elliottwave.com\/club\/most-important-investment-report\/default.aspx?code=39911%26articleid=\">The                   Most Important Investment Report You&#8217;ll Read in 2010<\/a><\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A riveting chart of Treasury Holdings as a  Percentage of US                    Chartered Bank Assets since 1952 shows how &#8220;safe&#8221;                    bank deposits really are. In short: today&#8217;s banks are  about                    95% invested in mortgages via the purchase of federal  agency                    securities. Unlike Treasuries, IOU&#8217;s with homes as  collateral                    have &#8220;tremendous potential&#8221; to fall in dollar value.<\/li>\n<li>Loan Availability to Small Businesses has fallen to  the lowest                    level since the interest rate crises of 1980. In Bob  Prechter&#8217;s                    own words:<em> &#8220;The means of debt repayment [via  business                    growth] are evaporating, which implies further  deflationary                    pressure within the banking system.&#8221; <\/em><\/li>\n<li>An all-inclusive close-up of the Number Of Banks  Tightening                    Their Lending Standards since 1997 has this message to  impart:                    Since peaking in October 2008, lending restrictions  have soared,                    thereby significantly reducing the overall credit  supply.<\/li>\n<li>Both residential and commercial mortgages are  plummeting as                    home\/business owners walk away from their leases at an  increasing                    rate.<\/li>\n<li>The major sources of bank revenue &#8212; consumer credit  and state                    taxes &#8212; are plunging as more people opt to pay DOWN  their debt.                    Also, a compelling chart of leveraged buyouts since  1995 shows                    a third catalyst for the credit binge &#8212; private  equity &#8212; on                    the decline.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All that is just the beginning. For more information on  the deflationary                  shift underway in the financial landscape, download Bob  Prechter&#8217;s                  free report, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.elliottwave.com\/r.asp?acn=9cp&amp;rcn=aa103&amp;dy=aa042910&amp;url=http:\/\/www.elliottwave.com\/club\/most-important-investment-report\/default.aspx?code=39911%26articleid=\">The                   Most Important Investment Report You&#8217;ll Read in 2010<\/a>. <\/span><\/strong>It contains                  13 pages of commentary, riveting charts, and  unparalleled insight                  into these urgent market matters.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em>Elliott                    Wave International (EWI) is the world&#8217;s largest market  forecasting                    firm. EWI&#8217;s 20-plus analysts provide around-the-clock  forecasts                    of every major market in the world via the internet  and proprietary                    web systems like Reuters and Bloomberg. EWI&#8217;s  educational services                    include conferences, workshops, webinars, video tapes,  special                    reports, books and one of the internet&#8217;s richest free  content                    programs, Club EWI.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everywhere you look, the mainstream financial experts are pinning on their &#8220;WIN 2&#8221; buttons in a show of solidarity against what they see as the number one threat to the U.S. economy: Whip Inflation Now&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8920\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}