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# ![@steve_hanke Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::863527548.png) @steve_hanke Steve Hanke

Steve Hanke, a prominent economist, has been commenting on various countries' economic situations, particularly inflation rates. He recently reported that Ethiopia's inflation is at 41-42.3yr, ranking as one of the highest in the world. Hanke also criticized the economic management of other countries, including Turkey, Zimbabwe, and Venezuela, citing high inflation rates and poor monetary policies.

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[countries](/list/countries)  XXXXX% [finance](/list/finance)  #1332 [currencies](/list/currencies)  #802 [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations)  XXX% [cryptocurrencies](/list/cryptocurrencies)  XXXX% [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands)  XXXX% [exchanges](/list/exchanges)  XXXX% [stocks](/list/stocks)  XXXX% [celebrities](/list/celebrities)  XXXX%

**Social topic influence**
[inflation](/topic/inflation) #123, [money](/topic/money) #2504, [$6000oz](/topic/$6000oz) #1, [currency](/topic/currency) #478, [turkey](/topic/turkey) #700, [cuba](/topic/cuba) #110, [alltime](/topic/alltime) #37, [china](/topic/china) #3852, [iran](/topic/iran) #449, [sudan](/topic/sudan) #87

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### Top Social Posts [#](/creator/twitter::863527548/posts)
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Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours

"#GhanaWatch: Cocoa smuggling continues to BURRY Ghana and the Ivory Coast. Record global prices + CORRUPT government = profit for smugglers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1978536353034875308) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-15T19:00Z 809.2K followers, 8996 engagements


"Zambian Pres. Hakainde Hichilema called widespread cuts to international aid long overdue. He said reductions offered Zambia the opportunity to take care of our own affairs. Finally we have an African leader talking sense on foreign aid"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1978642051983098089) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-16T02:00Z 809.2K followers, 9788 engagements


"BREAKING: Admiral Alvin Holsey head of U.S. Southern Command is stepping down as the Pentagon escalates attacks on boats in the Caribbean Sea. It looks like Adm. Holsey doesn't have the stomach for what could be classified as "assassinations.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1978936487996465618) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-16T21:30Z 809.2K followers, 12.9K engagements


"On this week's Hanke's #CurrencyWatchlist the North Korean won moves to the WORLD'S 2nd WORST currency. The won has depreciated by XX% against the USD YoY. THE NK WON = NEVER WON"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1979110140822614041) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-17T09:00Z 809.2K followers, 9801 engagements


"Col. Douglas Macgregor on US escalation in Venezuela: "Marching into a place like Venezuela could infuriate millions of people all over Central America. I just don't see any benefit to it." As Pres. Rafael Calderas 199596 Chief Economic Adviser I keep my eye on Venezuela"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1979307937580617918) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-17T22:06Z 809.2K followers, 8853 engagements


"The US Department of Justice just seized $XX billion in Bitcoin from a global pig-butchering crypto scam. CRYPTO= CRIMINALS CURRENCY OF CHOICE"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1979334108393439561) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-17T23:50Z 809.2K followers, 9370 engagements


"ISRAELS BLOODLUST IN GAZA CONTINUES UNABATED. Al Jazeera reports that XX Palestinians have been slaughtered by Israeli fire today. Stay tuned"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1979334525105902029) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-17T23:51Z 809.2K followers, 8510 engagements


"Indias gold reserves have reached $100000000000 for the first time in history. Like yours truly INDIANS LOVE GOLD. BUY GOLD WEAR DIAMONDS"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1979559342262079514) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-18T14:45Z 809.2K followers, 36.7K engagements


"Former US Ambassador Chas Freeman on Trump's Gaza ceasefire: "President Trump has proclaimed the dawn of a new era in the Middle East. I wish that were likely to be the case. I don't think so.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1979649939199193551) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-18T20:45Z 809.2K followers, 9696 engagements


"Yours truly on @davidlin_TV: "If you look at all the GOLD SECULAR BULL PEAKS they always peak out when gold is around XX% of the disposable personal income in the US. That's the back-of-the-envelope thinking." Thecurrent GOLD BULL will peak out at $6000/oz"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1979903610646675825) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-19T13:33Z 809.2K followers, 65.4K engagements


"Pres. Trump slaps on tariffs that hurt Americans. Then hes forced to hand out relief money to those he's just harmed first farmers now automakers. TARIFFS = A MIND-BOGGLING DISRUPTION"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1979951929355555040) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-19T16:45Z 809.2K followers, 14.5K engagements


"On this week's Hanke's #CurrencyWatchlist the South Sudanese pound appears as the WORLD'S 5th WORST currency. The South Sudanese pound has depreciated by XX% against the USD YoY. SOUTH SUDAN = HUMANITARIAN DISASTER"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1970050438105096313) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-09-22T09:00Z 809.2K followers, 8746 engagements


"Former Czech PM Andrej Babis is set to return. Babis plans to cut military aid to Ukraine. Now Poland Slovakia Hungary and the Czech Republic are pushing back against EU support of the conflict in Ukraine. Stay tuned"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1976818784007557577) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-11T01:15Z 809.2K followers, 11.7K engagements


"Swedens inflation is 1.1%/yr. Thats BELOW Swedens 2%/yr target. Swedens money supply is growing at 4.7%/yr. Thats BELOW Hanke's Golden Growth Rate of 5.8%/yr a rate consistent with Sweden's 2%/yr inflation target. THE INFLATION STORY = THE MONEY SUPPLY STORY"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1976882957735317766) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-11T05:30Z 809.2K followers, 10.7K engagements


"NEW GOLD ALL-TIME HIGH: $4137.20/oz. I predict that the current GOLD BULL will peak out at $6000/oz. UP UP AND AWAY"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1977816927117639988) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-13T19:21Z 809.2K followers, 72.4K engagements


"On this week's Hanke's #CurrencyWatchlist the Sudanese pound is the WORLD'S 7th WORST currency. The Sudanese pound has depreciated by XX% against the USD YoY. SUDAN = IN THE TANK"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1977917276239057126) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-14T02:00Z 809.2K followers, 8923 engagements


"A reminder today: the same Gaza peace deal sat on Bidens desk a year ago and Hamas accepted.Israel under pressure from Trump chose to wait for a change in Washington. Politics trumped peace"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1978277888085352921) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-15T01:52Z 809.2K followers, 12.7K engagements


"According to @Polymarket the world's largest prediction market there is a XXXX% chance that the U.S. government shutdown will last past November 16th. That would make it the longest U.S. government shutdown in history. Stay tuned"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1978564474425500112) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-15T20:51Z 809.1K followers, 9934 engagements


"#EthiopiaWatch: Ethiopias debt restructuring negotiations over its 2023 Eurobond default have reached an impasse. PRES. SELASSIE = ARROGANT INCOMPETENT & CORRUPT"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1978611852910424380) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-16T00:00Z 809.2K followers, 9229 engagements


"1Trump starts a trade war with China X China counterattacks by curbing the exports of rare earths and critical materials X Trump threatens XXX% tariffs on China CHINA HOLDS ALL THE CARDS China's control of critical materials could shut down the US economy in 6-9 months"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1977086802445164595) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-11T19:00Z 809.2K followers, 19K engagements


"Since 2022 median nominal wage growth in the USA has slowed down. Just another signal that a RECESSION IS AROUND THE CORNER"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1977864424628089323) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-13T22:30Z 809.2K followers, 14.2K engagements


"Global central banks are now sitting on MORE GOLD than at any time in the LAST DECADE. Theyre following the advice of yours truly. BUY GOLD WEAR DIAMONDS"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1979049735265632403) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-17T05:00Z 809.2K followers, 27.8K engagements


"The number of job postings on Indeed a job search site has been rapidly declining. As I've been saying all along: a RECESSION is baked in the cake"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1976709312757264730) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-10T18:00Z 809.2K followers, 8724 engagements


"🚨 SILVER is screaming. It's up over XX% YTD. The market is sending a message loud & clear: GOLD is insurance. SILVER is the alarm bell"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1977033952847446350) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-11T15:30Z 809.2K followers, 133.7K engagements


"On this week's Hanke's #CurrencyWatchlist the South Sudanese pound comes in as the WORLD'S 5th WORST currency. The South Sudanese pound has depreciated by XX% against the USD YoY. SOUTH SUDAN = EVERLASTING CRISIS"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1977192499270894066) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-12T02:00Z 809.2K followers, 10.8K engagements


"#TurkeyWatch: Today I measure inflation in Turkey at 25%/yr WELL BELOW the official rate of 33.29%/yr. My high-frequency measures of inflation lead the official data. It looks like Turkeys official rate will continue to fall"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1978343329260777631) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-15T06:13Z 809.2K followers, 39.8K engagements


"The German economic powerhouse is deindustrializing. SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA = BACKFIRE"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1978959138773438637) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-16T23:00Z 809.2K followers, 9022 engagements


"MACRONS FRANCE = BUDGETARY BASKET CASE"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1979095036412273002) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-17T08:00Z 809.2K followers, 8202 engagements


"China remains MIRED IN DEFLATION. Consumer prices FELL by 0.3%/yr in September. CNs money supply is growing at 8.4%/yr. Thats BELOW Hanke's Golden Growth Rate of 10.0%/yr a rate consistent with China's 2%/yr inflation target. THE INFLATION STORY = A MONEY SUPPLY STORY"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1979220923833110869) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-17T16:20Z 809.2K followers, 10.8K engagements


"Malaysia's inflation has SLOWED to 1.3%/yr. Malaysia's broad money supply (M2) is growing at an ANEMIC 4.08%/yr. Thats BELOW Hanke's Golden Growth Rate of 7.33%/yr consistent with hitting Malaysia's inflation target of 3%/yr. THE INFLATION STORY = A MONEY SUPPLY STORY"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1979404575191794045) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-18T04:30Z 809.2K followers, 10.5K engagements


"Swedens inflation rate is 0.9%/yr. Thats BELOW its target rate of 2%/yr. Swedens money supply is growing at 4.7%/yr. Thats BELOW Hanke's Golden Growth Rate of 5.8%/yr a rate consistent with Sweden's 2%/yr inflation target. THE INFLATION STORY = A MONEY SUPPLY STORY"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1979482587002462674) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-18T09:40Z 809.2K followers, 9875 engagements


"Today the US Stock Market Cap to M2 Money Supply ratio is APPROACHING DOT COM BUBBLE level. THE STOCK MARKET IS OVERHYPED OVERPRICED & OVERVALUED"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1976996205461712947) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-11T13:00Z 809.2K followers, 20.6K engagements


"#IranWatch: Inflation continues to PUNISH Iranians. Today I measure Iran'sinflation at a SCORCHING 89%/yr. That's THE WORLD'S 2ND HIGHEST. I remain the only reliable source for inflation in Iran"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1977275544602550402) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-12T07:30Z 809.2K followers, 10.8K engagements


"Caputo doesnt know what he is talking about. He cant even add and subtract. Argentina can dollarize and should dollarize immediately. I know. I helped dollarize Montenegro and Ecuador"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1977743627758788994) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-13T14:30Z 809.2K followers, 16K engagements


"THE US LABOR MARKET IS COOLING. Americans' expectations of finding a new job have collapsed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1977879525082972244) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-13T23:30Z 809.2K followers, 131.7K engagements


"Pres. Trump's XXX% tariff threats on China have HIT BACK. New rules will be imposed on Nov X & Dec X by China. They will require export licenses for any product with rare-earth contents XXX% its value. CHINA HAS ALL THE CRITICAL MATERIALS CARDS"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1978210015010804139) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-14T21:23Z 809.2K followers, 16.1K engagements


"#TurkeyWatch: According to Fraser Institutes Economic Freedom of the World 2024 Index Turkey ranks at a MISERABLE 159/165 on "Sound Money". TURKEY = MONETARY MISMANAGEMENT"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1978370262245466147) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-15T08:00Z 809.2K followers, 24.3K engagements


"Fed Chair Jerome Powell announced that the Fed is nearing the end of quantitative tightening. Its about time. For months Ive been recommending the halt of quantitative tightening. QT should have been stopped more than a year ago"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1978732654699958556) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-16T08:00Z 809.2K followers, 63.9K engagements


"#ARGWatch: Argentina's September inflation rate is measured at XXXXX% over SIX TIMES its 5%/yr inflation target. THE ONLY WAY TO SLAY ARG'S INFLATION MONSTER IS TO DUMP THE PESO AND DOLLARIZE"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1978974236434927817) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-17T00:00Z 809.2K followers, 11.5K engagements


"Central banks have been loading up on gold since 2002. They know whats coming. When trust in fiat fades gold becomes the anchor. OWN GOLD OR BE OWNED"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1978989338265309296) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-17T01:00Z 809.2K followers, 40.7K engagements


"Mexicos inflation rate sits at 3.76%/yr. Mex's Money supply is growing at 9.4%/yr SLIGHTLY ABOVE Hanke's Golden Growth Rate range of 7.3-9.3%/yr a rate consistent with hitting Mexico's 2-4%/yr inflation target. INFLATION IS ALWAYS AND EVERYWHERE A MONETARY PHENOMENON"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1979019537157886124) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-17T03:00Z 809.3K followers, 8906 engagements


"Macrons government no longer believes in Macron. PM Sbastien Lecornu just froze the pension reform Pres. Macron once called non-negotiable. IT'S TIME FOR PRES. MACRON TO TAKE THE EXIT DOOR"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1979025939288801419) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-17T03:25Z 809.2K followers, 14.9K engagements


"Today Pakistani Chief Minister Sohail Afridi Adiala was NOT ALLOWED to meet with Imran Khan in Prison. PAKISTAN = MILITARY RUNS THE SHOW. FREE IMRAN KHAN"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1979072383739650208) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-17T06:30Z 809.2K followers, 27.5K engagements


"Pres. Macron has now churned through X prime ministers in X years. ITS TIME FOR THE WARMONGER IN CHIEF MACRON TO TAKE THE EXIT DOOR"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1979203504645320993) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-17T15:11Z 809.3K followers, 8669 engagements


"#HankeInflationDashboard: By my measurements this week's top X inflators are: Venezuela 562.5%/yr North Korea 106.7%/yr Iran 85.4%/yr Cuba 42.7%/yr South Sudan 42.2%"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1979336631665725775) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-18T00:00Z 809.2K followers, 9071 engagements


"Since 2000 gold has crushed the S&P Nasdaq Dow and Russell 2000. It has even outpaced U.S. GDP growth. I predict that the current GOLD BULL will peak out at $6000/oz. BUY GOLD WEAR DIAMONDS"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1979337426301759681) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-18T00:03Z 809.2K followers, 29.1K engagements


"I wonder why the American press self-censors and sweeps this under the rug HANKES XX% RULE: XX% of what you read in the press is either wrong or irrelevant"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1979514046270320863) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-18T11:45Z 809.2K followers, 13.2K engagements


"#TurkeyWatch: PRES. ERDOGAN = TURKISH LIRA IN THE TANK"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1979595086909612369) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-18T17:07Z 809.2K followers, 46.9K engagements


"Thousands flood the streets today in Washington D.C in the second No Kings Protest against President Trump more than 100000 are expected in that Nation's capital"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1979598349448700374) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-18T17:20Z 809.2K followers, 9301 engagements


"#BoliviaWatch: Bolivia's inflation is SURGING at 23.3%/yr over 3x higher than the government's 7.5%/yr target. The presidential runoff between Jorge Quiroga and Rodrigo Paz Pereira takes place today. NEITHER CANDIDATE HAS A PLAN TO KILL INFLATION"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1979911886763065452) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-19T14:05Z 809.2K followers, 9307 engagements


"ISRAELS BLOODLUST IN GAZA CONTINUES UNABATED. Today Gazas Civil Defence agency reports that at least XX Palestinians have been slaughtered by Israeli fire. THE CEASEFIRE BROKE DOWN BEFORE THE INK WAS DRIED"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1979969367845577170) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-19T17:54Z 809.2K followers, 11.3K engagements


"Pres. Trump is set to roll back tariffs on products that cannot be produced in the US. ITS ABOUT TIME. TRUMP HAS BEEN MUGGED BY REALITY"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1979998485605928995) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-19T19:50Z 809.2K followers, 17.7K engagements


"On this week's Hanke's #CurrencyWatchlist the Cuban peso is the WORLD'S 6th WORST currency. The Cuban peso has depreciated by XX% against the USD YoY. CUBA = A PERPETUAL PESO PROBLEM"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1980091602212409638) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-20T02:00Z 809.2K followers, 10.1K engagements


"#VNZWatch: The Venezuelan bolvar has depreciated by XX% against the USD since U.S. military contact on September 2nd. As Pres. Rafael Calderas Chief Economic Advisor (1995-96) I keep my eye on Venezuela. Stay tuned"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1980113657456636037) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-20T03:27Z 809.2K followers, 9468 engagements


"#IranWatch: Inflation continues to PUNISH Iranians. Today I measure Iran's inflation at a SCORCHING 85%/yr. I remain the only reliable source for inflation data for Iran"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1980159295246553278) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-20T06:29Z 809.2K followers, 9407 engagements


"ISRAELS BLOODLUST IN GAZA CONTINUES UNABATED. ABC reports that at least XX Palestinians have been slaughtered by Israeli fire today. Stay tuned"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1980447703277723821) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-21T01:35Z 809.2K followers, 9017 engagements


"Yours truly on the Fed Chairman Powell's & Trumps monetary malpractice: "Both reject the Quantity Theory of Money and obsess over interest rates. Monetary policy is not about interest rates. It's about changes in the money supply. If they were in my class theyd both receive Fs." POWELL & TRUMP = MONETARY MORONS"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1947644344762036556) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-07-22T13:06Z 809.2K followers, 405.8K engagements


"#TurkeyWatch: Welcome to Erdogan's Turkey"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1973651666957389961) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-02T07:30Z 809.3K followers, 1.8M engagements


"Gold is no longer just a hedge its effectively the worlds reserve currency in disguise. Nassim Taleb As I always say: BUY GOLD WEAR DIAMONDS"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1977026409253220383) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-11T15:00Z 809.2K followers, 99.6K engagements


"Prof. Mearsheimer on Russias reaction to the EU plan to use $165B in Russian assets to fund Ukraine: It is not clear that the deal to steal Russian money is going to be approved But if so the Russians say they will retaliate. They will go after Western assets"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1977109449442836898) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-11T20:30Z 809.2K followers, 12.2K engagements


"#PAKWatch: WELCOME TO PAKISTAN WHERE THE MILITARY RUNS THE SHOW. FREE IMRAN KHAN"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1977947470832468273) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-14T04:00Z 809.2K followers, 84.8K engagements


"#INDWatch: Indias inflation rate drops to 1.5%/yr in September. India's money supply (M3) is growing at 9.6%/yr BELOW Hankes Golden Growth Rate 10.2%/yr a rate consistent with hitting its 4%/yr inflation target. MONEY SUPPLY UNDER CONTROL = INFLATION UNDER CONTROL"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1978294763708407956) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-15T03:00Z 809.2K followers, 13K engagements


"Goldman Sachs predicts GOLD will hit $4900/oz by Dec 2026. Theyre catching up but they're still behind the curve. I predict that the current secular GOLD BULL will peak out at $6000/oz. BUY GOLD. WEAR DIAMONDS"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1978581657318724068) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-15T22:00Z 809.2K followers, 92.7K engagements


"Elon is confused and confusing. BITCOIN = A SPECULATIVE ASSET WITH ZERO FUNDAMENTAL VALUE"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1978808145020346562) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-16T13:00Z 809.2K followers, 95K engagements


"#VNZWatch: Maduro shuts embassies in Norway and Australia opening new ones in Burkina Faso and Zimbabwe as part of a strategic reallocation. MADUROS STRATEGY = GOING DOWN A RATHOLE. As Pres. Rafael Calderas 199596 Chief Economic Adviser I keep my eye on Venezuela"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1978823253159252121) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-16T14:00Z 809.2K followers, 9096 engagements


"NEW GOLD ALL-TIME HIGH: $4247/oz. I predict that the current GOLD BULL will peak out at $6000/oz. UP UP AND AWAY"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1978830792777511042) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-16T14:30Z 809.2K followers, 88.3K engagements


"BREAKING: President Trump announces he will meet President Putin in Budapest Hungary in an effort to end the Russia-Ukraine war. Let's hope Trump and Putin can work out a more satisfactory truce than Trump and Netanyahu cooked up for Gaza"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1978884266399314172) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-16T18:02Z 809.2K followers, 15.9K engagements


"ISRAELS BLOODLUST IN GAZA STILL HASNT ENDED. Today Al Jazeera reported that X Palestinians were slaughtered by Israeli fire. So much for the ballyhooed Gaza ceasefire"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1979034636572410103) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-17T04:00Z 809.3K followers, 10.7K engagements


"#TurkeyWatch: Erdogan's government has now TAKEN CONTROL of OVER A THOUSAND private companies. ERDOGANOMICS = ECONOMIC SUICIDE"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1979079939350761781) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-17T07:00Z 809.2K followers, 43.4K engagements


"#PAKWatch: FREE CAPTAIN PAKISTAN"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1979087482772983845) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-17T07:30Z 809.2K followers, 12.5K engagements


"Andrew Stuttaford of The National Review highlights what Ive said since 2021: rare earths are an ace in Beijings hand. CHINA STILL HOLDS ALL THE CARDS"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1979246152873558333) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-17T18:00Z 809.3K followers, 8234 engagements


"Stefano Caselli dean of the SDA Bocconi School in Milan on gold accounting for nearly XX% of Italy's official reserves. It's "the ultimate symbol of financial solidity." I AGREE. BUY GOLD WEAR DIAMONDS"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1979292082054328687) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-17T21:03Z 809.2K followers, 15.4K engagements


"China is engulfed in a deflation. Its Producer Price Index (PPI) has been NEGATIVE FOR X STRAIGHT YEARS. DEFLATION = AN ANEMIC MONEY SUPPLY GROWTH STORY"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1979330163512086783) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-17T23:34Z 809.2K followers, 18.3K engagements


"On this week's Hanke's #CurrencyWatchlist the Myanmar kyat ranks as the WORLD'S 3rd WORST currency. The kyat has depreciated by XX% against the USD YoY. MYANMAR = INSTABILITY"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1979366828548984936) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-18T02:00Z 809.2K followers, 10.1K engagements


"IMF predicts Russia's inflation rate will jump from its current 8%/yr to 9%/yr for 2025. RU's money supply is growing at 14.4%/yr. That's ABOVE Hanke's Golden Growth Rate of 8.4%/yr consistent with RU's 4%/yr inflation target. THE INFLATION STORY = A MONEY SUPPLY STORY"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1979467488518984079) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-18T08:40Z 809.2K followers, 9778 engagements


"FRENCH TAXES MAKE FRENCH WORKERS SLAVES OF THE STATE. According to the @OECD French taxes on workers amount to XXXX% of wages. THE TAX WEDGE = MACRONS POPULARITY AT 14%. ITS TIME FOR MACRON TO TAKE THE EXIT DOOR"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1979517823958528357) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-18T12:00Z 809.2K followers, 11.6K engagements


"According to @Polymarket the worlds largest prediction market Jorge Tuto Quiroga has a XX% chance of winning the Bolivian presidential election this Sunday. Good. Quiroga brands himself as a free-market capitalist. Stay tuned"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1979540468573814809) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-18T13:30Z 809.2K followers, 8645 engagements


"Dimon and I are on the same page. I predict that the current secular GOLD BULL will peak out at $6000/oz. BUY GOLD WEAR DIAMONDS"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1979545501092720879) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-18T13:50Z 809.2K followers, 32.7K engagements


"Today a MASSIVE fire broke out in Dhaka airports cargo terminal in Bangladesh. All the airports operations have been suspended. Stay tuned"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1979577383570317364) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-18T15:56Z 809.2K followers, 7516 engagements


"When paper money fails GOLD IS ALWAYS GOLDEN. For the last 2500 years every empire and nation-state that has collapsed tells the same story: those with gold endure those without dont. BUY GOLD WEAR DIAMONDS"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1979578469236302026) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-18T16:01Z 809.2K followers, 17.9K engagements


"A massive anti-Trump No Kings protest erupts in New York City. Stay tuned"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1979590931339776330) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-18T16:50Z 809.2K followers, 9028 engagements


"Hundreds gather for an anti-Trump No Kings protest in Charlotte North Carolina. This is just the beginning of over 2500 No Kings protests scheduled for today throughout America. Stay tuned"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1979599608029274617) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-18T17:25Z 809.2K followers, 11.7K engagements


"The U.S. economy is slowing and the labor market is cooling. As a result theres a XXXX% probability of a XX bps rate cut this month according to the CME Fed funds futures market"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1979619740000657699) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-18T18:45Z 809.2K followers, 10.9K engagements


"Former Deputy Governor of the Bank of Italy Salvatore Rossi on gold: "Gold is like the family silverware; it's the last resort in times of crisis any crisis that undermines international confidence in the country." BUY GOLD WEAR DIAMONDS"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1979653714752225394) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-18T21:00Z 809.2K followers, 14K engagements


"#VNZWatch: Today I measure Venezuelas inflation at 563%/yr. That's the WORLD'S HIGHEST INFLATION RATE. PRES. MADURO = BOXED IN AN ECONOMIC CORNER OF HIS OWN MAKING"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1979659186368893436) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-18T21:21Z 809.2K followers, 12.2K engagements


"Yesterday Ukrainian President Zelensky left the White House empty-handed NO DEAL"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1979663539267940752) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-18T21:39Z 809.2K followers, 12.5K engagements


"On this week's Hanke's #CurrencyWatchlist the Zimbabwe ZiG is the WORLD'S 5th WORST currency. The ZiG has depreciated by XX% against the USD YoY. PRES. MNANGAGWA = ARROGANT INCOMPETENT & CORRUPT"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1979729215286108429) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-19T02:00Z 809.2K followers, 10.6K engagements


"Poland's inflation is 2.9%/yr. Thats ABOVE Polands 2.5%/yr target. POs money supply is growing at 11.1%/yr. Thats ABOVE Hanke's Golden Growth Rate of 8.8%/yr a rate consistent with Poland's 2.5%/yr inflation target. THE INFLATION STORY = A MONEY SUPPLY STORY"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1979830126255759442) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-19T08:41Z 809.2K followers, 9849 engagements


"In broad daylight thieves stole priceless jewelry from the Louvre. ONE MORE SIGN OF THE PRESENT TIMES IN FRANCE"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1979918534097396017) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-19T14:32Z 809.2K followers, 21.4K engagements


"The war in Ukraine the multiple wars in the Middle East and more geopolitical problems than you can shake a stick at. GOLD = GEOPOLITICAL INSURANCE"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1979940856338751910) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-19T16:01Z 809.2K followers, 14.2K engagements


"#CubaWatch: Cubas socialist experiment keeps rotting. Today I measure inflation in Cuba at 43%/yr the WORLD'S 4TH HIGHEST RATE. SOCIALISM = POVERTY"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1979968286474522664) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-19T17:50Z 809.2K followers, 9912 engagements


"NO SURPRISE. ISRAEL HAS A LONG HISTORY OF BREAKING CEASEFIRES"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1979982694340546785) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-19T18:47Z 809.2K followers, 25.5K engagements


"Yours truly on Chinas global power: China could shutdown the western world in about 6-9 months. I mean shut it down. Thats the end. Watch more in my interview with @davidlin_TV:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1979993452902572122) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-19T19:30Z 809.2K followers, 15.4K engagements


"Former US Ambassador Chas Freeman on Israel's plan after the Gaza ceasefire: "Israel has determined it does not want to coexist. People in the Israeli cabinet are calling for the immediate resumption of genocide once the hostages have been returned.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1980012578580693065) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-19T20:46Z 809.2K followers, 9302 engagements


"#ARGWatch: Mileis $20B bailout from the Trump administration will vanish into capital flight. To make matters worse today I measure Argentina's inflation at 29%/yr. BAILOUTS BURN. DOLLARIZATION CURES"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1980028684628095362) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-19T21:50Z 809.2K followers, 9924 engagements


"#LEBWatch: Lebanon ranks a MISERABLE 148/165 for "Sound Money" in Fraser Institutes Economic Freedom of the World 2024 Index. Its time for Lebanon to dump the pathetic pound. Lebanon should either adopt a dollar-based currency board or dollarize"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1980128844498489684) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-20T04:28Z 809.2K followers, 10.4K engagements


"#ARGWatch: Argentinas unemployment rate rose to XXX% in Q2 2025. Thats up from XXX% a year earlier. To make matters worse today I measure Argentina's inflation at a SURGING 29%/yr. DOLLARIZATION = ARGENTINA'S ONLY SALVATION"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1980250143992766862) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-20T12:30Z 809.2K followers, 11.1K engagements


"The AI boom is bolstering the Swedish crown. Its up XX% against the US dollar this year. The British pound is also benefitting from AI capital inflows. It's up X% vs. the USD. Sweden and Britain are the largest recipients of AI investment in Europe"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1980288899810574761) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-20T15:04Z 809.2K followers, 11K engagements


"The US Federal Reserve has Americans on an economic roller coaster ride. BUY GOLD WEAR DIAMONDS"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1980303496231387224) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-20T16:02Z 809.2K followers, 95.5K engagements


"NEW GOLD ALL-TIME HIGH: $4372.30/oz. I predict that the current GOLD BULL will peak out at $6000/oz. UP UP AND AWAY"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1980305361304510912) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-20T16:09Z 809.2K followers, 56.2K engagements


"Gold is now the BEST PERFORMING ASSET CLASS over the last XX YEARS. As I like to say: BUY GOLD WEAR DIAMONDS"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1980359615108813215) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-20T19:45Z 809.2K followers, 31.5K engagements


"On this week's Hanke's #CurrencyWatchlist the South Sudanese pound ranks as the WORLD'S 7th WORST currency. The South Sudanese pound has depreciated by XX% against the USD YoY. SOUTH SUDAN = NEVER-ENDING WAR AND FAMINE"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1980453990908178722) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-21T02:00Z 809.2K followers, 8072 engagements


"#GHAWatch: Last week Bloomberg listed the Ghanaian cedi as the 4th WORST currency in the world. Pres. Akufo-Addo's = A MASTERCLASS IN ECONOMIC MISMANAGEMENT"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1804424084354199927) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2024-06-22T08:00Z 809.1K followers, 66.7K engagements


"Yours truly on US income inequality: "In 2020 billionaires' share of GDP was 14.1%. Now it's 21.1%. The Fed increased the money supply asset prices went up & guess who owns the assets Billionaires." By ignoring the money supply the Fed is an ENGINE OF INCOME INEQUALITY"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1916552927017398560) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-04-27T18:00Z 809.1K followers, 803.1K engagements


"#EthiopiaWatch: On this weeks Hankes #CurrencyWatchlist the Ethiopian birr comes in as the WORLDS 7th WORST currency. The Ethiopian birr has depreciated by over XX% relative to USD YoY. ABIY AHMED ALI = DEPRECIATION TREADMILL"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1955648588857622654) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-08-13T15:12Z 809.1K followers, 38.4K engagements


"#CubaWatch: The Cuban peso recently plunged to an all-time low against the USD. It's time for Cuba to DUMP the peso and DOLLARIZE"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1957291366049800314) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-08-18T04:00Z 809.1K followers, 10.9K engagements


"On this week's Hanke's #CurrencyWatchlist the Cuban peso is the WORLD'S 6th WORST currency. The peso has depreciated by XX% against the USD YoY. CUBA = SOCIALIST DISASTER"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1966154770470809954) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-09-11T15:00Z 809.1K followers, 8438 engagements


"On this week's Hanke's #CurrencyWatchlist the Cuban peso is the WORLD'S 6th WORST currency. The Cuban peso has depreciated by XX% against the USD YoY. CUBA = SOCIALIST NIGHTMARE"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1970156141066989941) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-09-22T16:00Z 809.1K followers, 8432 engagements


"#TurkeyWatch: PRES. ERDOGAN = TURKISH LIRA IN THE TANK"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1971824627153326159) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-09-27T06:30Z 809.1K followers, 34.3K engagements


"Yours truly on the Fed's reliance on interest rates: By rejecting the quantity theory of money the Fed has the US economy on a roller coaster. To fix that the Fed should read Sekerke & Hanke's "MAKING MONEY WORK.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1974576508934271286) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-04T20:45Z 809.1K followers, 11.3K engagements


"Thanks to Trumps secondary sanctions on India India is now paying for Russian oil in Chinese yuan. SANCTIONS = A HISTORY OF WORKAROUNDS & FAILURE"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1975964152364712134) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-08T16:39Z 809.1K followers, 33K engagements


"#TurkeyWatch: A Turkish court rules that journalist Fatih Altayl must remain behind bars. PRES. ERDOGANS TURKEY = NO OPPOSITION = NO PROBLEM"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1976180833179340924) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-09T07:00Z 809.1K followers, 47.1K engagements


"Argentinas latest inflation rate sits at 33.6%/yr over SIX TIMES its 5%/yr inflation target. It's time to mothball the Banco Central de la Repblica Argentina and the peso and put them in museums. DOLLARIZATION PLEASE"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1976362029758951777) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-09T19:00Z 809.1K followers, 14.6K engagements


"#IranWatch: Irans inflation continues to CRUSH Iranians. Today I measure Irans inflation at a SCORCHING 89%/yr. IRAN = INFLATION TREADMILL"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1976528120304796028) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-10T06:00Z 809.1K followers, 9924 engagements


"Former US Ambassador Chas Freeman on Iranian sanctions and its nuclear program: "Iran does not have a nuclear weapon. Our policies are pushing it in that direction. The strategy of poking the hornets' nest can be fatal"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1976807459244458377) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-11T00:30Z 809.1K followers, 11.4K engagements


"#SwitzerlandWatch: Switzerlands inflation rate sits at 0.2%/yr. Money supply is growing at 4.6%/yr WITHIN Hanke's Golden Growth Rate range of 4.4-6.4%/yr a rate consistent with hitting a 0-2%/yr inflation target. The Swiss keep their eye on the money supply"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1976913155700691449) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-11T07:30Z 809.1K followers, 10.4K engagements


"#VNZWatch : Since October 2024 the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV) has not published national inflation data. Today I measure Venezuela's inflation at a PUNISHING 564.5%/yr. That's the HIGHEST INFLATION RATE IN THE WORLD"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1977011308513100060) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-11T14:00Z 809.1K followers, 10.9K engagements


"Col. Douglas Macgregor on US escalation in Venezuela: "Declaring war on the people of Venezuela bombing them into submission and destroying that country is unjustified. That's not going to win anything for us." US SANCTIONS ON VENEZUELA = KEPT MADURO IN POWER FOR XX YEARS"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1977045276440641594) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-11T16:15Z 809.1K followers, 11K engagements


"Prof. @Tim_Congdon on the ignorance of most economists: "Over XX% of economists do not understand how inflation is determined. Quite simply they do not recognize the link between money and inflation." The QuantityTheory of Money REIGNS SUPREME"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1977056607986147760) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-11T17:00Z 809.1K followers, 9570 engagements


"Former US Ambassador Chas Freeman on Israel: Israel has no plan for Gaza other than emptying it of Palestinians and incorporating it into IsraelRecognizing Israel would require Israel to establish borders. It has no borders"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1977170098860548458) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-12T00:31Z 809.1K followers, 18K engagements


"SouthAfrica's inflation is 3.3%/yr THAT'S IN THE TARGET RANGE. Money supply (M2) is growing at 6.9%/yr. That's within Hankes Golden Growth Rate range of 4.2-7.2%/yr a rate consistent with hitting SAs inflation target of 3-6%/yr. THE INFLATION STORY = THE MONEY SUPPLY STORY"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1977283096644084149) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-12T08:00Z 809.1K followers, 9625 engagements


"#TurkeyWatch:A textile worker (aka = N.K.) has been charged with assault for X years and X months in jail for throwing a telephone at Pres. Erdogan. PRES. ERDOGANS TURKEY = NO OPPOSITION = NO PROBLEM"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1977301967837012264) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-12T09:15Z 809.1K followers, 30.6K engagements


"CRONY CAPITALISM = ALIVE AND WELL IN THE WHITE HOUSE"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1977456737436266717) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-12T19:30Z 809.1K followers, 19.7K engagements


"Today after a large protest against illegal immigration in Amsterdam Netherlands at least XX people were arrested. UNCHECKED IMMIGRATION = LOTS OF PROBLEMS"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1977538968062251404) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-13T00:56Z 809.1K followers, 10.1K engagements


"On this week's Hanke's #CurrencyWatchlist the Cuban peso is the WORLD'S 6th WORST currency. The Cuban peso has depreciated by XX% against the USD YoY. CUBA = A PERPETUAL PESO PROBLEM"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1977554886058455468) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-13T02:00Z 809.1K followers, 11K engagements


"#ZIMWatch: Zimbabwe ranks at a MISERABLE 163/165 on "Sound Money" in Fraser Institutes Economic Freedom of the World 2024 Index. PRES. MNANGAGWA = ARROGANT INCOMPETENT & CORRUPT"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1977932379663536167) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-14T03:00Z 809.1K followers, 12K engagements


"How much has Great Britain lost because PM Gordon Brown decided to sell gold in 1999 A WHOPPING XX BILLION POUNDS. That's the cost of Brown not listening to yours truly. BUY GOLD WEAR DIAMONDS"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1978022974780575916) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-14T09:00Z 809.1K followers, 9109 engagements


"ISRAELS BLOODLUST IN GAZA STILL HASNT ENDED. Today Palestinian Civil Defence reported that X Palestinians were slaughtered by Israeli fire. So much for the ballyhooed Gaza ceasefire"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1978271128138191162) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-15T01:26Z 809.1K followers, 10.8K engagements


"#VNZWatch: Venezuela ranks DEAD LAST at 165/165 on "Sound Money" in Fraser Institutes Economic Freedom of the World 2024 Index. Today I measure Venezuelas inflation at a BRUTAL 565%/yr. VENEZUELA = THE WORLD'S HIGHEST INFLATION RATE"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1978294759799111971) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-15T03:00Z 809.2K followers, 9891 engagements


"French Pres. Macron continues to focus on making war in Russia while ignoring the BLAZE IN HIS OWN BACKYARD. IT'S TIME FOR PRES. MACRON TO TAKE THE EXIT DOOR"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1978324963099586929) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-15T05:00Z 809.2K followers, 9539 engagements


"Gold just hit a new ALL-TIME HIGH of $4235.8/oz I predict that the current secular GOLD BULL will peak out at $6000/oz. BUY GOLD WEAR DIAMONDS"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1978460883027198401) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-15T14:00Z 809.1K followers, 21.6K engagements


"#IranWatch: The World Bank projects Irans economy will CONTRACT by XXX% this year and a further XXX% the next year. Today I measure inflation in Iran at 87.1%/yrthe world's second highest rate. I remain the only reliable source for Irans inflation"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1978491056355504394) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-15T16:00Z 809.1K followers, 9431 engagements


"#ARGWatch: Argentinians hold more physical dollars per capita than do Americans. Argentina has already de facto dollarized. Its time for Pres. Milei to make it official"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1978657154094739596) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-16T03:00Z 809.1K followers, 10.4K engagements


"According to @Polymarket the world's largest prediction market there is a XX% chance that the current government shutdown will become the longest in US history at a STAGGERING XX days. Stay tuned"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1978855831354388907) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-16T16:09Z 809.1K followers, 10.5K engagements


"Shawn Tully with the Money Doctor in @FortuneMagazine: "Hanke harbors more hands-on-the-levers on-site experience in the field than any other expert by far having advised countries in Latin America Europe Africa and Asia on strategies linking their currencies to the $.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1978951589793538146) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-16T22:30Z 809.1K followers, 8856 engagements


"According to the @OECD the German tax wedge is killing German labor. German workers are forced to cough up XXXX% of their earnings to the German state. GERMAN WORKERS = SLAVES OF THE STATE"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1979064838690345074) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-17T06:00Z 809.1K followers, 16.1K engagements


"UNCONTROLLED BORDERS = LOTS OF PROBLEMS. UK = THIRD WORLD"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1979140333150863826) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-17T11:00Z 809.1K followers, 13.4K engagements


"NEW GOLD ALL-TIME HIGH: $4392/oz. I predict that the current GOLD BULL will peak out at $6000/oz. UP UP AND AWAY"  
[X Link](https://x.com/steve_hanke/status/1979170346705031315) [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) 2025-10-17T12:59Z 809.1K followers, 37.3K engagements

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@steve_hanke Avatar @steve_hanke Steve Hanke

Steve Hanke, a prominent economist, has been commenting on various countries' economic situations, particularly inflation rates. He recently reported that Ethiopia's inflation is at 41-42.3yr, ranking as one of the highest in the world. Hanke also criticized the economic management of other countries, including Turkey, Zimbabwe, and Venezuela, citing high inflation rates and poor monetary policies.

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Social category influence countries XXXXX% finance #1332 currencies #802 travel destinations XXX% cryptocurrencies XXXX% automotive brands XXXX% exchanges XXXX% stocks XXXX% celebrities XXXX%

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Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours

"#GhanaWatch: Cocoa smuggling continues to BURRY Ghana and the Ivory Coast. Record global prices + CORRUPT government = profit for smugglers"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-15T19:00Z 809.2K followers, 8996 engagements

"Zambian Pres. Hakainde Hichilema called widespread cuts to international aid long overdue. He said reductions offered Zambia the opportunity to take care of our own affairs. Finally we have an African leader talking sense on foreign aid"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-16T02:00Z 809.2K followers, 9788 engagements

"BREAKING: Admiral Alvin Holsey head of U.S. Southern Command is stepping down as the Pentagon escalates attacks on boats in the Caribbean Sea. It looks like Adm. Holsey doesn't have the stomach for what could be classified as "assassinations.""
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-16T21:30Z 809.2K followers, 12.9K engagements

"On this week's Hanke's #CurrencyWatchlist the North Korean won moves to the WORLD'S 2nd WORST currency. The won has depreciated by XX% against the USD YoY. THE NK WON = NEVER WON"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-17T09:00Z 809.2K followers, 9801 engagements

"Col. Douglas Macgregor on US escalation in Venezuela: "Marching into a place like Venezuela could infuriate millions of people all over Central America. I just don't see any benefit to it." As Pres. Rafael Calderas 199596 Chief Economic Adviser I keep my eye on Venezuela"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-17T22:06Z 809.2K followers, 8853 engagements

"The US Department of Justice just seized $XX billion in Bitcoin from a global pig-butchering crypto scam. CRYPTO= CRIMINALS CURRENCY OF CHOICE"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-17T23:50Z 809.2K followers, 9370 engagements

"ISRAELS BLOODLUST IN GAZA CONTINUES UNABATED. Al Jazeera reports that XX Palestinians have been slaughtered by Israeli fire today. Stay tuned"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-17T23:51Z 809.2K followers, 8510 engagements

"Indias gold reserves have reached $100000000000 for the first time in history. Like yours truly INDIANS LOVE GOLD. BUY GOLD WEAR DIAMONDS"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-18T14:45Z 809.2K followers, 36.7K engagements

"Former US Ambassador Chas Freeman on Trump's Gaza ceasefire: "President Trump has proclaimed the dawn of a new era in the Middle East. I wish that were likely to be the case. I don't think so.""
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-18T20:45Z 809.2K followers, 9696 engagements

"Yours truly on @davidlin_TV: "If you look at all the GOLD SECULAR BULL PEAKS they always peak out when gold is around XX% of the disposable personal income in the US. That's the back-of-the-envelope thinking." Thecurrent GOLD BULL will peak out at $6000/oz"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-19T13:33Z 809.2K followers, 65.4K engagements

"Pres. Trump slaps on tariffs that hurt Americans. Then hes forced to hand out relief money to those he's just harmed first farmers now automakers. TARIFFS = A MIND-BOGGLING DISRUPTION"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-19T16:45Z 809.2K followers, 14.5K engagements

"On this week's Hanke's #CurrencyWatchlist the South Sudanese pound appears as the WORLD'S 5th WORST currency. The South Sudanese pound has depreciated by XX% against the USD YoY. SOUTH SUDAN = HUMANITARIAN DISASTER"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-09-22T09:00Z 809.2K followers, 8746 engagements

"Former Czech PM Andrej Babis is set to return. Babis plans to cut military aid to Ukraine. Now Poland Slovakia Hungary and the Czech Republic are pushing back against EU support of the conflict in Ukraine. Stay tuned"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-11T01:15Z 809.2K followers, 11.7K engagements

"Swedens inflation is 1.1%/yr. Thats BELOW Swedens 2%/yr target. Swedens money supply is growing at 4.7%/yr. Thats BELOW Hanke's Golden Growth Rate of 5.8%/yr a rate consistent with Sweden's 2%/yr inflation target. THE INFLATION STORY = THE MONEY SUPPLY STORY"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-11T05:30Z 809.2K followers, 10.7K engagements

"NEW GOLD ALL-TIME HIGH: $4137.20/oz. I predict that the current GOLD BULL will peak out at $6000/oz. UP UP AND AWAY"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-13T19:21Z 809.2K followers, 72.4K engagements

"On this week's Hanke's #CurrencyWatchlist the Sudanese pound is the WORLD'S 7th WORST currency. The Sudanese pound has depreciated by XX% against the USD YoY. SUDAN = IN THE TANK"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-14T02:00Z 809.2K followers, 8923 engagements

"A reminder today: the same Gaza peace deal sat on Bidens desk a year ago and Hamas accepted.Israel under pressure from Trump chose to wait for a change in Washington. Politics trumped peace"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-15T01:52Z 809.2K followers, 12.7K engagements

"According to @Polymarket the world's largest prediction market there is a XXXX% chance that the U.S. government shutdown will last past November 16th. That would make it the longest U.S. government shutdown in history. Stay tuned"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-15T20:51Z 809.1K followers, 9934 engagements

"#EthiopiaWatch: Ethiopias debt restructuring negotiations over its 2023 Eurobond default have reached an impasse. PRES. SELASSIE = ARROGANT INCOMPETENT & CORRUPT"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-16T00:00Z 809.2K followers, 9229 engagements

"1Trump starts a trade war with China X China counterattacks by curbing the exports of rare earths and critical materials X Trump threatens XXX% tariffs on China CHINA HOLDS ALL THE CARDS China's control of critical materials could shut down the US economy in 6-9 months"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-11T19:00Z 809.2K followers, 19K engagements

"Since 2022 median nominal wage growth in the USA has slowed down. Just another signal that a RECESSION IS AROUND THE CORNER"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-13T22:30Z 809.2K followers, 14.2K engagements

"Global central banks are now sitting on MORE GOLD than at any time in the LAST DECADE. Theyre following the advice of yours truly. BUY GOLD WEAR DIAMONDS"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-17T05:00Z 809.2K followers, 27.8K engagements

"The number of job postings on Indeed a job search site has been rapidly declining. As I've been saying all along: a RECESSION is baked in the cake"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-10T18:00Z 809.2K followers, 8724 engagements

"🚨 SILVER is screaming. It's up over XX% YTD. The market is sending a message loud & clear: GOLD is insurance. SILVER is the alarm bell"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-11T15:30Z 809.2K followers, 133.7K engagements

"On this week's Hanke's #CurrencyWatchlist the South Sudanese pound comes in as the WORLD'S 5th WORST currency. The South Sudanese pound has depreciated by XX% against the USD YoY. SOUTH SUDAN = EVERLASTING CRISIS"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-12T02:00Z 809.2K followers, 10.8K engagements

"#TurkeyWatch: Today I measure inflation in Turkey at 25%/yr WELL BELOW the official rate of 33.29%/yr. My high-frequency measures of inflation lead the official data. It looks like Turkeys official rate will continue to fall"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-15T06:13Z 809.2K followers, 39.8K engagements

"The German economic powerhouse is deindustrializing. SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA = BACKFIRE"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-16T23:00Z 809.2K followers, 9022 engagements

"MACRONS FRANCE = BUDGETARY BASKET CASE"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-17T08:00Z 809.2K followers, 8202 engagements

"China remains MIRED IN DEFLATION. Consumer prices FELL by 0.3%/yr in September. CNs money supply is growing at 8.4%/yr. Thats BELOW Hanke's Golden Growth Rate of 10.0%/yr a rate consistent with China's 2%/yr inflation target. THE INFLATION STORY = A MONEY SUPPLY STORY"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-17T16:20Z 809.2K followers, 10.8K engagements

"Malaysia's inflation has SLOWED to 1.3%/yr. Malaysia's broad money supply (M2) is growing at an ANEMIC 4.08%/yr. Thats BELOW Hanke's Golden Growth Rate of 7.33%/yr consistent with hitting Malaysia's inflation target of 3%/yr. THE INFLATION STORY = A MONEY SUPPLY STORY"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-18T04:30Z 809.2K followers, 10.5K engagements

"Swedens inflation rate is 0.9%/yr. Thats BELOW its target rate of 2%/yr. Swedens money supply is growing at 4.7%/yr. Thats BELOW Hanke's Golden Growth Rate of 5.8%/yr a rate consistent with Sweden's 2%/yr inflation target. THE INFLATION STORY = A MONEY SUPPLY STORY"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-18T09:40Z 809.2K followers, 9875 engagements

"Today the US Stock Market Cap to M2 Money Supply ratio is APPROACHING DOT COM BUBBLE level. THE STOCK MARKET IS OVERHYPED OVERPRICED & OVERVALUED"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-11T13:00Z 809.2K followers, 20.6K engagements

"#IranWatch: Inflation continues to PUNISH Iranians. Today I measure Iran'sinflation at a SCORCHING 89%/yr. That's THE WORLD'S 2ND HIGHEST. I remain the only reliable source for inflation in Iran"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-12T07:30Z 809.2K followers, 10.8K engagements

"Caputo doesnt know what he is talking about. He cant even add and subtract. Argentina can dollarize and should dollarize immediately. I know. I helped dollarize Montenegro and Ecuador"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-13T14:30Z 809.2K followers, 16K engagements

"THE US LABOR MARKET IS COOLING. Americans' expectations of finding a new job have collapsed"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-13T23:30Z 809.2K followers, 131.7K engagements

"Pres. Trump's XXX% tariff threats on China have HIT BACK. New rules will be imposed on Nov X & Dec X by China. They will require export licenses for any product with rare-earth contents XXX% its value. CHINA HAS ALL THE CRITICAL MATERIALS CARDS"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-14T21:23Z 809.2K followers, 16.1K engagements

"#TurkeyWatch: According to Fraser Institutes Economic Freedom of the World 2024 Index Turkey ranks at a MISERABLE 159/165 on "Sound Money". TURKEY = MONETARY MISMANAGEMENT"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-15T08:00Z 809.2K followers, 24.3K engagements

"Fed Chair Jerome Powell announced that the Fed is nearing the end of quantitative tightening. Its about time. For months Ive been recommending the halt of quantitative tightening. QT should have been stopped more than a year ago"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-16T08:00Z 809.2K followers, 63.9K engagements

"#ARGWatch: Argentina's September inflation rate is measured at XXXXX% over SIX TIMES its 5%/yr inflation target. THE ONLY WAY TO SLAY ARG'S INFLATION MONSTER IS TO DUMP THE PESO AND DOLLARIZE"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-17T00:00Z 809.2K followers, 11.5K engagements

"Central banks have been loading up on gold since 2002. They know whats coming. When trust in fiat fades gold becomes the anchor. OWN GOLD OR BE OWNED"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-17T01:00Z 809.2K followers, 40.7K engagements

"Mexicos inflation rate sits at 3.76%/yr. Mex's Money supply is growing at 9.4%/yr SLIGHTLY ABOVE Hanke's Golden Growth Rate range of 7.3-9.3%/yr a rate consistent with hitting Mexico's 2-4%/yr inflation target. INFLATION IS ALWAYS AND EVERYWHERE A MONETARY PHENOMENON"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-17T03:00Z 809.3K followers, 8906 engagements

"Macrons government no longer believes in Macron. PM Sbastien Lecornu just froze the pension reform Pres. Macron once called non-negotiable. IT'S TIME FOR PRES. MACRON TO TAKE THE EXIT DOOR"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-17T03:25Z 809.2K followers, 14.9K engagements

"Today Pakistani Chief Minister Sohail Afridi Adiala was NOT ALLOWED to meet with Imran Khan in Prison. PAKISTAN = MILITARY RUNS THE SHOW. FREE IMRAN KHAN"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-17T06:30Z 809.2K followers, 27.5K engagements

"Pres. Macron has now churned through X prime ministers in X years. ITS TIME FOR THE WARMONGER IN CHIEF MACRON TO TAKE THE EXIT DOOR"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-17T15:11Z 809.3K followers, 8669 engagements

"#HankeInflationDashboard: By my measurements this week's top X inflators are: Venezuela 562.5%/yr North Korea 106.7%/yr Iran 85.4%/yr Cuba 42.7%/yr South Sudan 42.2%"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-18T00:00Z 809.2K followers, 9071 engagements

"Since 2000 gold has crushed the S&P Nasdaq Dow and Russell 2000. It has even outpaced U.S. GDP growth. I predict that the current GOLD BULL will peak out at $6000/oz. BUY GOLD WEAR DIAMONDS"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-18T00:03Z 809.2K followers, 29.1K engagements

"I wonder why the American press self-censors and sweeps this under the rug HANKES XX% RULE: XX% of what you read in the press is either wrong or irrelevant"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-18T11:45Z 809.2K followers, 13.2K engagements

"#TurkeyWatch: PRES. ERDOGAN = TURKISH LIRA IN THE TANK"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-18T17:07Z 809.2K followers, 46.9K engagements

"Thousands flood the streets today in Washington D.C in the second No Kings Protest against President Trump more than 100000 are expected in that Nation's capital"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-18T17:20Z 809.2K followers, 9301 engagements

"#BoliviaWatch: Bolivia's inflation is SURGING at 23.3%/yr over 3x higher than the government's 7.5%/yr target. The presidential runoff between Jorge Quiroga and Rodrigo Paz Pereira takes place today. NEITHER CANDIDATE HAS A PLAN TO KILL INFLATION"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-19T14:05Z 809.2K followers, 9307 engagements

"ISRAELS BLOODLUST IN GAZA CONTINUES UNABATED. Today Gazas Civil Defence agency reports that at least XX Palestinians have been slaughtered by Israeli fire. THE CEASEFIRE BROKE DOWN BEFORE THE INK WAS DRIED"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-19T17:54Z 809.2K followers, 11.3K engagements

"Pres. Trump is set to roll back tariffs on products that cannot be produced in the US. ITS ABOUT TIME. TRUMP HAS BEEN MUGGED BY REALITY"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-19T19:50Z 809.2K followers, 17.7K engagements

"On this week's Hanke's #CurrencyWatchlist the Cuban peso is the WORLD'S 6th WORST currency. The Cuban peso has depreciated by XX% against the USD YoY. CUBA = A PERPETUAL PESO PROBLEM"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-20T02:00Z 809.2K followers, 10.1K engagements

"#VNZWatch: The Venezuelan bolvar has depreciated by XX% against the USD since U.S. military contact on September 2nd. As Pres. Rafael Calderas Chief Economic Advisor (1995-96) I keep my eye on Venezuela. Stay tuned"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-20T03:27Z 809.2K followers, 9468 engagements

"#IranWatch: Inflation continues to PUNISH Iranians. Today I measure Iran's inflation at a SCORCHING 85%/yr. I remain the only reliable source for inflation data for Iran"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-20T06:29Z 809.2K followers, 9407 engagements

"ISRAELS BLOODLUST IN GAZA CONTINUES UNABATED. ABC reports that at least XX Palestinians have been slaughtered by Israeli fire today. Stay tuned"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-21T01:35Z 809.2K followers, 9017 engagements

"Yours truly on the Fed Chairman Powell's & Trumps monetary malpractice: "Both reject the Quantity Theory of Money and obsess over interest rates. Monetary policy is not about interest rates. It's about changes in the money supply. If they were in my class theyd both receive Fs." POWELL & TRUMP = MONETARY MORONS"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-07-22T13:06Z 809.2K followers, 405.8K engagements

"#TurkeyWatch: Welcome to Erdogan's Turkey"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-02T07:30Z 809.3K followers, 1.8M engagements

"Gold is no longer just a hedge its effectively the worlds reserve currency in disguise. Nassim Taleb As I always say: BUY GOLD WEAR DIAMONDS"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-11T15:00Z 809.2K followers, 99.6K engagements

"Prof. Mearsheimer on Russias reaction to the EU plan to use $165B in Russian assets to fund Ukraine: It is not clear that the deal to steal Russian money is going to be approved But if so the Russians say they will retaliate. They will go after Western assets"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-11T20:30Z 809.2K followers, 12.2K engagements

"#PAKWatch: WELCOME TO PAKISTAN WHERE THE MILITARY RUNS THE SHOW. FREE IMRAN KHAN"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-14T04:00Z 809.2K followers, 84.8K engagements

"#INDWatch: Indias inflation rate drops to 1.5%/yr in September. India's money supply (M3) is growing at 9.6%/yr BELOW Hankes Golden Growth Rate 10.2%/yr a rate consistent with hitting its 4%/yr inflation target. MONEY SUPPLY UNDER CONTROL = INFLATION UNDER CONTROL"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-15T03:00Z 809.2K followers, 13K engagements

"Goldman Sachs predicts GOLD will hit $4900/oz by Dec 2026. Theyre catching up but they're still behind the curve. I predict that the current secular GOLD BULL will peak out at $6000/oz. BUY GOLD. WEAR DIAMONDS"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-15T22:00Z 809.2K followers, 92.7K engagements

"Elon is confused and confusing. BITCOIN = A SPECULATIVE ASSET WITH ZERO FUNDAMENTAL VALUE"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-16T13:00Z 809.2K followers, 95K engagements

"#VNZWatch: Maduro shuts embassies in Norway and Australia opening new ones in Burkina Faso and Zimbabwe as part of a strategic reallocation. MADUROS STRATEGY = GOING DOWN A RATHOLE. As Pres. Rafael Calderas 199596 Chief Economic Adviser I keep my eye on Venezuela"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-16T14:00Z 809.2K followers, 9096 engagements

"NEW GOLD ALL-TIME HIGH: $4247/oz. I predict that the current GOLD BULL will peak out at $6000/oz. UP UP AND AWAY"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-16T14:30Z 809.2K followers, 88.3K engagements

"BREAKING: President Trump announces he will meet President Putin in Budapest Hungary in an effort to end the Russia-Ukraine war. Let's hope Trump and Putin can work out a more satisfactory truce than Trump and Netanyahu cooked up for Gaza"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-16T18:02Z 809.2K followers, 15.9K engagements

"ISRAELS BLOODLUST IN GAZA STILL HASNT ENDED. Today Al Jazeera reported that X Palestinians were slaughtered by Israeli fire. So much for the ballyhooed Gaza ceasefire"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-17T04:00Z 809.3K followers, 10.7K engagements

"#TurkeyWatch: Erdogan's government has now TAKEN CONTROL of OVER A THOUSAND private companies. ERDOGANOMICS = ECONOMIC SUICIDE"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-17T07:00Z 809.2K followers, 43.4K engagements

"#PAKWatch: FREE CAPTAIN PAKISTAN"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-17T07:30Z 809.2K followers, 12.5K engagements

"Andrew Stuttaford of The National Review highlights what Ive said since 2021: rare earths are an ace in Beijings hand. CHINA STILL HOLDS ALL THE CARDS"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-17T18:00Z 809.3K followers, 8234 engagements

"Stefano Caselli dean of the SDA Bocconi School in Milan on gold accounting for nearly XX% of Italy's official reserves. It's "the ultimate symbol of financial solidity." I AGREE. BUY GOLD WEAR DIAMONDS"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-17T21:03Z 809.2K followers, 15.4K engagements

"China is engulfed in a deflation. Its Producer Price Index (PPI) has been NEGATIVE FOR X STRAIGHT YEARS. DEFLATION = AN ANEMIC MONEY SUPPLY GROWTH STORY"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-17T23:34Z 809.2K followers, 18.3K engagements

"On this week's Hanke's #CurrencyWatchlist the Myanmar kyat ranks as the WORLD'S 3rd WORST currency. The kyat has depreciated by XX% against the USD YoY. MYANMAR = INSTABILITY"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-18T02:00Z 809.2K followers, 10.1K engagements

"IMF predicts Russia's inflation rate will jump from its current 8%/yr to 9%/yr for 2025. RU's money supply is growing at 14.4%/yr. That's ABOVE Hanke's Golden Growth Rate of 8.4%/yr consistent with RU's 4%/yr inflation target. THE INFLATION STORY = A MONEY SUPPLY STORY"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-18T08:40Z 809.2K followers, 9778 engagements

"FRENCH TAXES MAKE FRENCH WORKERS SLAVES OF THE STATE. According to the @OECD French taxes on workers amount to XXXX% of wages. THE TAX WEDGE = MACRONS POPULARITY AT 14%. ITS TIME FOR MACRON TO TAKE THE EXIT DOOR"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-18T12:00Z 809.2K followers, 11.6K engagements

"According to @Polymarket the worlds largest prediction market Jorge Tuto Quiroga has a XX% chance of winning the Bolivian presidential election this Sunday. Good. Quiroga brands himself as a free-market capitalist. Stay tuned"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-18T13:30Z 809.2K followers, 8645 engagements

"Dimon and I are on the same page. I predict that the current secular GOLD BULL will peak out at $6000/oz. BUY GOLD WEAR DIAMONDS"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-18T13:50Z 809.2K followers, 32.7K engagements

"Today a MASSIVE fire broke out in Dhaka airports cargo terminal in Bangladesh. All the airports operations have been suspended. Stay tuned"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-18T15:56Z 809.2K followers, 7516 engagements

"When paper money fails GOLD IS ALWAYS GOLDEN. For the last 2500 years every empire and nation-state that has collapsed tells the same story: those with gold endure those without dont. BUY GOLD WEAR DIAMONDS"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-18T16:01Z 809.2K followers, 17.9K engagements

"A massive anti-Trump No Kings protest erupts in New York City. Stay tuned"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-18T16:50Z 809.2K followers, 9028 engagements

"Hundreds gather for an anti-Trump No Kings protest in Charlotte North Carolina. This is just the beginning of over 2500 No Kings protests scheduled for today throughout America. Stay tuned"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-18T17:25Z 809.2K followers, 11.7K engagements

"The U.S. economy is slowing and the labor market is cooling. As a result theres a XXXX% probability of a XX bps rate cut this month according to the CME Fed funds futures market"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-18T18:45Z 809.2K followers, 10.9K engagements

"Former Deputy Governor of the Bank of Italy Salvatore Rossi on gold: "Gold is like the family silverware; it's the last resort in times of crisis any crisis that undermines international confidence in the country." BUY GOLD WEAR DIAMONDS"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-18T21:00Z 809.2K followers, 14K engagements

"#VNZWatch: Today I measure Venezuelas inflation at 563%/yr. That's the WORLD'S HIGHEST INFLATION RATE. PRES. MADURO = BOXED IN AN ECONOMIC CORNER OF HIS OWN MAKING"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-18T21:21Z 809.2K followers, 12.2K engagements

"Yesterday Ukrainian President Zelensky left the White House empty-handed NO DEAL"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-18T21:39Z 809.2K followers, 12.5K engagements

"On this week's Hanke's #CurrencyWatchlist the Zimbabwe ZiG is the WORLD'S 5th WORST currency. The ZiG has depreciated by XX% against the USD YoY. PRES. MNANGAGWA = ARROGANT INCOMPETENT & CORRUPT"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-19T02:00Z 809.2K followers, 10.6K engagements

"Poland's inflation is 2.9%/yr. Thats ABOVE Polands 2.5%/yr target. POs money supply is growing at 11.1%/yr. Thats ABOVE Hanke's Golden Growth Rate of 8.8%/yr a rate consistent with Poland's 2.5%/yr inflation target. THE INFLATION STORY = A MONEY SUPPLY STORY"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-19T08:41Z 809.2K followers, 9849 engagements

"In broad daylight thieves stole priceless jewelry from the Louvre. ONE MORE SIGN OF THE PRESENT TIMES IN FRANCE"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-19T14:32Z 809.2K followers, 21.4K engagements

"The war in Ukraine the multiple wars in the Middle East and more geopolitical problems than you can shake a stick at. GOLD = GEOPOLITICAL INSURANCE"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-19T16:01Z 809.2K followers, 14.2K engagements

"#CubaWatch: Cubas socialist experiment keeps rotting. Today I measure inflation in Cuba at 43%/yr the WORLD'S 4TH HIGHEST RATE. SOCIALISM = POVERTY"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-19T17:50Z 809.2K followers, 9912 engagements

"NO SURPRISE. ISRAEL HAS A LONG HISTORY OF BREAKING CEASEFIRES"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-19T18:47Z 809.2K followers, 25.5K engagements

"Yours truly on Chinas global power: China could shutdown the western world in about 6-9 months. I mean shut it down. Thats the end. Watch more in my interview with @davidlin_TV:"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-19T19:30Z 809.2K followers, 15.4K engagements

"Former US Ambassador Chas Freeman on Israel's plan after the Gaza ceasefire: "Israel has determined it does not want to coexist. People in the Israeli cabinet are calling for the immediate resumption of genocide once the hostages have been returned.""
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-19T20:46Z 809.2K followers, 9302 engagements

"#ARGWatch: Mileis $20B bailout from the Trump administration will vanish into capital flight. To make matters worse today I measure Argentina's inflation at 29%/yr. BAILOUTS BURN. DOLLARIZATION CURES"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-19T21:50Z 809.2K followers, 9924 engagements

"#LEBWatch: Lebanon ranks a MISERABLE 148/165 for "Sound Money" in Fraser Institutes Economic Freedom of the World 2024 Index. Its time for Lebanon to dump the pathetic pound. Lebanon should either adopt a dollar-based currency board or dollarize"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-20T04:28Z 809.2K followers, 10.4K engagements

"#ARGWatch: Argentinas unemployment rate rose to XXX% in Q2 2025. Thats up from XXX% a year earlier. To make matters worse today I measure Argentina's inflation at a SURGING 29%/yr. DOLLARIZATION = ARGENTINA'S ONLY SALVATION"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-20T12:30Z 809.2K followers, 11.1K engagements

"The AI boom is bolstering the Swedish crown. Its up XX% against the US dollar this year. The British pound is also benefitting from AI capital inflows. It's up X% vs. the USD. Sweden and Britain are the largest recipients of AI investment in Europe"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-20T15:04Z 809.2K followers, 11K engagements

"The US Federal Reserve has Americans on an economic roller coaster ride. BUY GOLD WEAR DIAMONDS"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-20T16:02Z 809.2K followers, 95.5K engagements

"NEW GOLD ALL-TIME HIGH: $4372.30/oz. I predict that the current GOLD BULL will peak out at $6000/oz. UP UP AND AWAY"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-20T16:09Z 809.2K followers, 56.2K engagements

"Gold is now the BEST PERFORMING ASSET CLASS over the last XX YEARS. As I like to say: BUY GOLD WEAR DIAMONDS"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-20T19:45Z 809.2K followers, 31.5K engagements

"On this week's Hanke's #CurrencyWatchlist the South Sudanese pound ranks as the WORLD'S 7th WORST currency. The South Sudanese pound has depreciated by XX% against the USD YoY. SOUTH SUDAN = NEVER-ENDING WAR AND FAMINE"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-21T02:00Z 809.2K followers, 8072 engagements

"#GHAWatch: Last week Bloomberg listed the Ghanaian cedi as the 4th WORST currency in the world. Pres. Akufo-Addo's = A MASTERCLASS IN ECONOMIC MISMANAGEMENT"
X Link @steve_hanke 2024-06-22T08:00Z 809.1K followers, 66.7K engagements

"Yours truly on US income inequality: "In 2020 billionaires' share of GDP was 14.1%. Now it's 21.1%. The Fed increased the money supply asset prices went up & guess who owns the assets Billionaires." By ignoring the money supply the Fed is an ENGINE OF INCOME INEQUALITY"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-04-27T18:00Z 809.1K followers, 803.1K engagements

"#EthiopiaWatch: On this weeks Hankes #CurrencyWatchlist the Ethiopian birr comes in as the WORLDS 7th WORST currency. The Ethiopian birr has depreciated by over XX% relative to USD YoY. ABIY AHMED ALI = DEPRECIATION TREADMILL"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-08-13T15:12Z 809.1K followers, 38.4K engagements

"#CubaWatch: The Cuban peso recently plunged to an all-time low against the USD. It's time for Cuba to DUMP the peso and DOLLARIZE"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-08-18T04:00Z 809.1K followers, 10.9K engagements

"On this week's Hanke's #CurrencyWatchlist the Cuban peso is the WORLD'S 6th WORST currency. The peso has depreciated by XX% against the USD YoY. CUBA = SOCIALIST DISASTER"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-09-11T15:00Z 809.1K followers, 8438 engagements

"On this week's Hanke's #CurrencyWatchlist the Cuban peso is the WORLD'S 6th WORST currency. The Cuban peso has depreciated by XX% against the USD YoY. CUBA = SOCIALIST NIGHTMARE"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-09-22T16:00Z 809.1K followers, 8432 engagements

"#TurkeyWatch: PRES. ERDOGAN = TURKISH LIRA IN THE TANK"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-09-27T06:30Z 809.1K followers, 34.3K engagements

"Yours truly on the Fed's reliance on interest rates: By rejecting the quantity theory of money the Fed has the US economy on a roller coaster. To fix that the Fed should read Sekerke & Hanke's "MAKING MONEY WORK.""
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-04T20:45Z 809.1K followers, 11.3K engagements

"Thanks to Trumps secondary sanctions on India India is now paying for Russian oil in Chinese yuan. SANCTIONS = A HISTORY OF WORKAROUNDS & FAILURE"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-08T16:39Z 809.1K followers, 33K engagements

"#TurkeyWatch: A Turkish court rules that journalist Fatih Altayl must remain behind bars. PRES. ERDOGANS TURKEY = NO OPPOSITION = NO PROBLEM"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-09T07:00Z 809.1K followers, 47.1K engagements

"Argentinas latest inflation rate sits at 33.6%/yr over SIX TIMES its 5%/yr inflation target. It's time to mothball the Banco Central de la Repblica Argentina and the peso and put them in museums. DOLLARIZATION PLEASE"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-09T19:00Z 809.1K followers, 14.6K engagements

"#IranWatch: Irans inflation continues to CRUSH Iranians. Today I measure Irans inflation at a SCORCHING 89%/yr. IRAN = INFLATION TREADMILL"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-10T06:00Z 809.1K followers, 9924 engagements

"Former US Ambassador Chas Freeman on Iranian sanctions and its nuclear program: "Iran does not have a nuclear weapon. Our policies are pushing it in that direction. The strategy of poking the hornets' nest can be fatal"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-11T00:30Z 809.1K followers, 11.4K engagements

"#SwitzerlandWatch: Switzerlands inflation rate sits at 0.2%/yr. Money supply is growing at 4.6%/yr WITHIN Hanke's Golden Growth Rate range of 4.4-6.4%/yr a rate consistent with hitting a 0-2%/yr inflation target. The Swiss keep their eye on the money supply"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-11T07:30Z 809.1K followers, 10.4K engagements

"#VNZWatch : Since October 2024 the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV) has not published national inflation data. Today I measure Venezuela's inflation at a PUNISHING 564.5%/yr. That's the HIGHEST INFLATION RATE IN THE WORLD"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-11T14:00Z 809.1K followers, 10.9K engagements

"Col. Douglas Macgregor on US escalation in Venezuela: "Declaring war on the people of Venezuela bombing them into submission and destroying that country is unjustified. That's not going to win anything for us." US SANCTIONS ON VENEZUELA = KEPT MADURO IN POWER FOR XX YEARS"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-11T16:15Z 809.1K followers, 11K engagements

"Prof. @Tim_Congdon on the ignorance of most economists: "Over XX% of economists do not understand how inflation is determined. Quite simply they do not recognize the link between money and inflation." The QuantityTheory of Money REIGNS SUPREME"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-11T17:00Z 809.1K followers, 9570 engagements

"Former US Ambassador Chas Freeman on Israel: Israel has no plan for Gaza other than emptying it of Palestinians and incorporating it into IsraelRecognizing Israel would require Israel to establish borders. It has no borders"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-12T00:31Z 809.1K followers, 18K engagements

"SouthAfrica's inflation is 3.3%/yr THAT'S IN THE TARGET RANGE. Money supply (M2) is growing at 6.9%/yr. That's within Hankes Golden Growth Rate range of 4.2-7.2%/yr a rate consistent with hitting SAs inflation target of 3-6%/yr. THE INFLATION STORY = THE MONEY SUPPLY STORY"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-12T08:00Z 809.1K followers, 9625 engagements

"#TurkeyWatch:A textile worker (aka = N.K.) has been charged with assault for X years and X months in jail for throwing a telephone at Pres. Erdogan. PRES. ERDOGANS TURKEY = NO OPPOSITION = NO PROBLEM"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-12T09:15Z 809.1K followers, 30.6K engagements

"CRONY CAPITALISM = ALIVE AND WELL IN THE WHITE HOUSE"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-12T19:30Z 809.1K followers, 19.7K engagements

"Today after a large protest against illegal immigration in Amsterdam Netherlands at least XX people were arrested. UNCHECKED IMMIGRATION = LOTS OF PROBLEMS"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-13T00:56Z 809.1K followers, 10.1K engagements

"On this week's Hanke's #CurrencyWatchlist the Cuban peso is the WORLD'S 6th WORST currency. The Cuban peso has depreciated by XX% against the USD YoY. CUBA = A PERPETUAL PESO PROBLEM"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-13T02:00Z 809.1K followers, 11K engagements

"#ZIMWatch: Zimbabwe ranks at a MISERABLE 163/165 on "Sound Money" in Fraser Institutes Economic Freedom of the World 2024 Index. PRES. MNANGAGWA = ARROGANT INCOMPETENT & CORRUPT"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-14T03:00Z 809.1K followers, 12K engagements

"How much has Great Britain lost because PM Gordon Brown decided to sell gold in 1999 A WHOPPING XX BILLION POUNDS. That's the cost of Brown not listening to yours truly. BUY GOLD WEAR DIAMONDS"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-14T09:00Z 809.1K followers, 9109 engagements

"ISRAELS BLOODLUST IN GAZA STILL HASNT ENDED. Today Palestinian Civil Defence reported that X Palestinians were slaughtered by Israeli fire. So much for the ballyhooed Gaza ceasefire"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-15T01:26Z 809.1K followers, 10.8K engagements

"#VNZWatch: Venezuela ranks DEAD LAST at 165/165 on "Sound Money" in Fraser Institutes Economic Freedom of the World 2024 Index. Today I measure Venezuelas inflation at a BRUTAL 565%/yr. VENEZUELA = THE WORLD'S HIGHEST INFLATION RATE"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-15T03:00Z 809.2K followers, 9891 engagements

"French Pres. Macron continues to focus on making war in Russia while ignoring the BLAZE IN HIS OWN BACKYARD. IT'S TIME FOR PRES. MACRON TO TAKE THE EXIT DOOR"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-15T05:00Z 809.2K followers, 9539 engagements

"Gold just hit a new ALL-TIME HIGH of $4235.8/oz I predict that the current secular GOLD BULL will peak out at $6000/oz. BUY GOLD WEAR DIAMONDS"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-15T14:00Z 809.1K followers, 21.6K engagements

"#IranWatch: The World Bank projects Irans economy will CONTRACT by XXX% this year and a further XXX% the next year. Today I measure inflation in Iran at 87.1%/yrthe world's second highest rate. I remain the only reliable source for Irans inflation"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-15T16:00Z 809.1K followers, 9431 engagements

"#ARGWatch: Argentinians hold more physical dollars per capita than do Americans. Argentina has already de facto dollarized. Its time for Pres. Milei to make it official"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-16T03:00Z 809.1K followers, 10.4K engagements

"According to @Polymarket the world's largest prediction market there is a XX% chance that the current government shutdown will become the longest in US history at a STAGGERING XX days. Stay tuned"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-16T16:09Z 809.1K followers, 10.5K engagements

"Shawn Tully with the Money Doctor in @FortuneMagazine: "Hanke harbors more hands-on-the-levers on-site experience in the field than any other expert by far having advised countries in Latin America Europe Africa and Asia on strategies linking their currencies to the $.""
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-16T22:30Z 809.1K followers, 8856 engagements

"According to the @OECD the German tax wedge is killing German labor. German workers are forced to cough up XXXX% of their earnings to the German state. GERMAN WORKERS = SLAVES OF THE STATE"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-17T06:00Z 809.1K followers, 16.1K engagements

"UNCONTROLLED BORDERS = LOTS OF PROBLEMS. UK = THIRD WORLD"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-17T11:00Z 809.1K followers, 13.4K engagements

"NEW GOLD ALL-TIME HIGH: $4392/oz. I predict that the current GOLD BULL will peak out at $6000/oz. UP UP AND AWAY"
X Link @steve_hanke 2025-10-17T12:59Z 809.1K followers, 37.3K engagements

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