December 2016 Interview with Jim Rickards Part 1 topics:

*Fed hiked interest rate by .25% as expected

*Fed is expecting 3 more rate increases for 2017 which would bring it to 1.25%
*Yellen has indicated she would lean into Trump’s stimulus if it looked like inflation was getting out of hand
*Trump’s plan calls for $1 trillion in spending, tax cuts, and less regulation. This is a recipe for much higher inflation
*Monetary policy has reached the end of its capability
*Why markets are entering a period of irrational exuberance
*Factors that could impede Trump from having a free hand to implement his economic policy
*The actual numbers of Trump’s fiscal stimulus is going to be far lower than the market is expecting

 

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