What would signal inflation on a global scale? We think the ultimate test is a breakdown in the value of paper or fait currencies. That is, a strengthening of gold and crude relative to the world’s strongest paper currency which, at this point in time, is the Aussie dollar. If Gold breaks above AUD1180 it will mean a 4 month high for gold in Aussie dollars and that is enough for us to signal a change in trend.
We suspect that the breakout above will coincide with the ETF TIP breaking to a multi-week high against the US 10yr.
It is getting increasingly difficult to justify a “deflationary” environment. All the evidence points to the contrary and it’s in plain black and white!
