Welcome to the New Normal 🚨One of the most surreal aspects of financial markets since the 2008 Global Financial Crisis is that bitcoiners were right. Not in a “I told you so” way, but rather how broken the market has been since the government decided to implement the QE playbook at every downturn.Everywhere you look you can see someone stuck in the old world yelling and screaming about valuations and frothiness. “This stock is overvalued.” “That stock is overvalued.” “The market is going to crash next week. ...

Citigroup says Botswana is likely to devalue its currency again, as the southern African nation battles a downturn in revenues linked to the sharp collapse in global diamond prices https://t.co/tf5Jlzsv5u ...

I want to just give you the Japan example. Some people say, well, Japan didn't have a debt problem. Um, and um, of course, Japan had um, and still does have a lot of debt.But what did they do. What they did was um, to print a lot of money and buy those bonds. And in the process of doing that, they gave the bond holders an average of 3% lower interest rates than in the United States. And they devalued the currency by an average of 4% over this period of time.And so that caused them to lose 45% Japanese bonds ...

Government Debt Management Strategies - When countries face excessive debt, governments are likely to devalue their currency and lower interest rates [1] - Devaluing currency is a subtle method for governments to reduce wealth, as it makes goods cheaper in markets and stimulates the economy [2][3] - Lowering interest rates is stimulative [3] Risks and Alternatives - Devaluing currency reduces buying power because the value of the currency is less [3] - Balancing the budget is an alternative to devaluing currency for offsetting debt problems [4]