What does the NUMBER mean?

The number tracks the "real value" of our money in the complex WORLD economy. The first number is the trend starting on September 21, 2008. The second number in (parenthesis) is what your money will buy today as compared to September 21, 2008. It is not the state of the economy but what your money will buy in this economy.

The "Money Equivalent" is based on a dollar. Using the number in (parenthesis) for example: .95 indicates that the dollar will buy only ninety five cents worth of merchandise from what it would have bought on September 21, 2008 in the world economy. See the Comments section below for an explanation of the trends.

This is a LONG TERM averaging indicator and does not fluctuate like the stock market.

Comment Section:

If you have "Money" cash on hand, you are in a worse position than on 9/21/08.
The federal government is trying to control the oil market by dumping emergency reserves into the market. This is extremely bad policy. First of all it will take money away from the domestic drilling which is trying to reduce our consumption of foreign oil. This at a time when huge reserves of oil and gas have been found in central Texas and are lacking finances and infrastructure to produce rapidly. Next we are entering hurricane season when the emergency reserves may really be needed. Last of all gasoline prices have been coming down and there is no need for the tapping of the reserves. This may become the biggest mistake made in the last few years due to government meddling in the financial markets.

With the stimilus money wasted, the economy is having to adjust on its own. The stimilus money increased the national debt, created massive shortfalls for States, caused us to spend money we did not actually have, and delayed returning interest rates to a normal level.

The Federal deficit is increasing due to runaway federal spending. The dollar has begun a period of devaluation. The condition of the dollar is masked somewhat by the inflationary rises in other world currencies.

The Federal Reserve is again trying to artificially stimulate the ecomomy and causing upheaval in the world money markets. Maybe it is time for the Federal Reserve to be dissolved or be changed into an information only entity. If it ceased to exist, interest rates would return to normal and the value of the dollar would begin to stabilize. "Normal" would be defined as how the world evaluates our debt and our ability to reduce our government spending.

The federal government needs to get out of the money lending business by allowing interest rates to float. Higher interest paid by banks to consumers to use their money will result in increased spending by these consumers. It will also keep inflation low. This practice will lower the deficit because the interest paid is taxable.

China, Europe and the oil rich Middle East are worrying the US is spending far more than its ability to repay in a reasonable time without a massive devaluation of the currency. Their concerns about the devaluation of the dollar are valid and could result in them reducing the amount of US bonds they purchase. This could accelerate the devaluation of the dollar and further increase inflation at the same time. Devaluation of the dollar transfers personal wealth to the federal government.

If you will notice all of the countries that are doing well economically have one thing in common. They do not have military operations scattered thoughout the world. Instead of fighting with bullets they are fighting with money. Instead of sending their money out of the country, the money is being used to build infrastructure, increase energy production and research new products.

Government economists say the only way to get out of a recession is to spend and print more money. To pay for this wasteful spending, the currency continues to be devalued thus transferring the excessive spending to foreign investors, falling retirement fund values and vanishing savings accounts. "You can bail a boat but until you fix the leak it will continue to get worse." The leak in this case is our personal and national debt.

Remember the most important cause of the loss of money/wealth occurs when the government borrows and loans money recklessly. There is no end in sight as to how high the National Debt will go.

Money Status (Historical Record) Status (Money/Dollar Value from $1.00)

Baseline: September 21,2008: 0 (1.00 Dollar)
October 1, 2008: -1 (0.996)
October 15, 2008: -4 (0.991(After Week Long Stock Market Decline)
November 1, 2008: 1 (1.004) (Drop in oil prices to 67.81)
November 15, 2008: 6 (1.016) (Oil Prices continue to drop)
December 1, 2008: 3 (1.008)(Oil Stabilizing/Bailout money being spent.)
December 15, 2008:-1 (0.996)(Federal Deficit increasing rapidly.)
January 1, 2009: -6 (0.986)(Deficit Increase Continuing)
January 15, 2009: -2 (0.996)(Goods Being Discounted)
February 1, 2009: -1 (0.996)(Discounting Continuing)
February 15, 2009:-1 (0.997)(Stimulus Bill Passed)
March 1, 2009: 3 (1.008)(Dollar against Foreign Currency is Rising)
March 15, 2009: 4 (1.010)(Dollar has remained stable.)
April 1, 2009: 2 (1.004)(Dollar fell a little.)
April 15, 2009: 2 (1.003)
May 1, 2009: 0 (.999)
May 15, 2009: -2 (.995)
June 1, 2009 -6 (.984)
June 15, 2009 -4 (.991)
July 1, 2009 -3 (.992)
July 15, 2009 -5 (.986)
August 1, 2009 -7 (.983)
August 15, 2009 -6 (.985)
September 1, 2009 -7 (.983)
September 15,2009 -9 (.978)
October 1, 2009 -11 (.973)
October 15, 2009 -11 (.973)
November 1, 2009 -10 (.975)
November 15,2009 -11 (.972)
December 1, 2009 -12 (.969)
December 15, 2009 -10 (.978)
January 1, 2010 -9 (.979)
January 15, 2010 -12 (.971)
February 1, 2010 -10 (.976)
February 15, 2010 -10 (.976)
March 1, 2010 -10 (.975)
March 15, 2010 -11 (.973)(Fuel prices starting to infate.)
April 1, 2010 -9 (.977)
April 15, 2010 -10 (.976)
May 1, 2010 -8 (.980)
May 15, 2010 -6 (.984)
June 1, 2010 -7 (.982)(Unknown Gulf Oil Spill)
June 15, 2010 -8 (.979)(Gulf Disaster expanding.)
July 1, 2010 -8 (.979)(Stimilus Money Gone/Downturn expected)
July 14, 2010 -10 (.974)
August 1, 2010 -12 (.969)(Dollar has started down.)
August 15, 2010 -11 (.972)
September 1, 2010 -11 (.971)
September 15,2010 -13 (.969)
October 1, 2010 -16 (.961)
October 15, 2010 -18 (.954)
November 1, 2010 -18 (.956)
November 15, 2010 -16 (.961)
December 1, 2010 -16 (.960)
December 15, 2010 -15 (.964)
January 1, 2011 -17 (.958)
January 15, 2011 -16 (.960)
February 1, 2011 -17 (.957)
February 15, 2011 -17 (.958)
March 1, 2011 -19 (.954)
(Oil prices are rising rapidly) March 15, 2011 -19 (.953)
(Earthquake Japan: impact expected) April 1, 2011 -18 (.954)
April 15,2011 -20 (.950)
May 1, 2011 -22 (.945)
May 15, 2011 -20 (.951)
June 1, 2011 -20 (.949)
June 15, 2011 -20 (.950)
July 1, 2011 -20 (.949)
July 15, 2011 -21 (.947)
August 1, 2001 -21 (.947)
August 15, 2011 -22 (.945)
September 15, 2011-21 (.948)
October 15,2011 -20 (.950)
November 15,2011 -20 (.950)
December 1, 2011 -18 (.954)

Next Update: 1/1/12

RedbirdTx's Prediction (Economic Clock):

RedbirdTX estimates the money system will fail at (-400) because no one will buy government securities/notes, confidence will be lost worldwide in our money, and inflation will be out of control due to excessive printing of money with nothing to back it up. A new world wide currency will be put into circulation at that point.

Keeping inflation low and paying down the National Debt is the only way to slow or reverses the decline.

The RedbirdTx Money Status system is a "proprietary" mathematical relationship of economic and other data. It is different from anything ever assembled. The INDICATOR NUMBER factors in the value of the dollar in the world market plus other hidden factors such as inflation, transportation, manufacturing, and retailing. The outcome or single number represents how "money" for Americans is changing in the "world's" economy. THE SYSTEM IS LIKE AN "ECONOMIC" CLOCK. (Bookmark the page to check the long term changing money status reflected by the "true" value of money.)
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