Monetary Trends - Daily Forex Commentary (the Fred/Fan (s) )

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http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Global_Economy/GJ06Dj01.html

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Inflation is the talk, as in the chart we see below (courtesy of the Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis, Monetary Trends). But in the background, others are thinking about some scary stuff.

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For example, this excerpt from Stratfor.com sent to us by a friend (our emphasis):

It is interesting to note that, despite his career-long habit of staying out of the United States',,,(),,,,>The common theme winding through these discussions is simple and striking: the United States is living dangerously. Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, the two quasi-state mortgage mega-firms, have almost totally crowded competition out of a $5.5 trillion debt market - raising the prospects that the potential fall of only two companies could crash the entire country's financial structure.

Yikes! A debt spiral of that magnitude would probably take care of any inherent inflation concerns - to say the least.

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weren't they bailed out last year?

what's the status now? anybody know?