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The Federal Reserve has indeed printed money and helped drive up commodity prices throughout the global economy, but none of this price “inflation” is achieved without its trusty sidekicks, the major investment banks (hedge funds), and their weapon of choice, leverage.

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The connection between the Fed, commodity price increases and social turmoil may have entered the mainstream dialogue, but it is exactly when the mainstream recognizes a financial trend that it soon reverses. Investors amassed on one side of a trade will be forced to quickly shift to the other side, and the “inflation” exported by the Fed will be revealed to be just another speculative romp crafted for the benefit of those who made out like bandits during the last one. As The Automatic Earth has repeatedly stressed, however, a deflationary price collapse will make necessary commodities even less affordable for the average person, due to a dramatic reduction in private revenues and public benefits. So while the superficial financial trend may change, the social turmoil will continue on, and next time Egypt’s revolution may not be so “peaceful”.