Challenging Secretary Bessent on the Fed’s Failures | SchiffGold
Treasury Secretary Bessent recently expressed displeasure with the Fed, implying that he’s interested in investigating whether or not the Fed...
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Why is Gold Stereotyped as a Low-Performing Investment? | SchiffGold
If you ask most people why they have little or no gold, they will often tell you that the stock...
Recession Bells Ring Louder as Conference Board’s LEI Sinks | SchiffGold
The U.S. economy’s “early-warning siren” just grew louder. The Conference Board reported Monday that its Leading Economic Index (LEI) fell...
Richmond Factory Gauge Falls Off a Cliff | SchiffGold
Manufacturing in the Federal Reserve’s Fifth District hit the brakes hard in July, and the yellow metal took notice. The...
Fed Governor Waller Urges July Rate Cut | SchiffGold
Christopher J. Waller says the central bank should not wait until autumn to ease policy. Speaking to the Money Marketeers...
Why Quantitative Methods Fall Short in Economic Analysis | SchiffGold
Interventionists insist markets require elite, educated technocrats to study and calibrate advanced models of the economy. Much like a physicist...
13-Week Money Supply Slows into the Summer Months | SchiffGold
Money Supply is a very important indicator. It helps show how tight or loose current monetary conditions are regardless of...
PMI Manufacturing Falls, Following Richmond Fed’s Index | SchiffGold
July’s advance purchasing-manager numbers paint a tale of two economies. The S&P Global Flash U.S. Composite PMI jumped to 54.6—its...
The Mortgage Rate Myth: Why Cheap Money Won’t Fix Housing Affordability | SchiffGold
President Trump’s insistence on lowering interest rates serves only the ever-growing spending state. Lower interest rates may relieve some price...
Comex Deliveries Return to Normal – For Now | SchiffGold
The CME Comex is the Exchange where futures are traded for gold, silver, and other commodities. The CME also allows...
Why the Government is Not The Answer to Urban Planning | SchiffGold
City planning is a task that is often seen as a unique realm of governmental necessity. The existence of externalities...
Inflation “Cooled” in June, So Why is Consumer Confidence Still Tanking? | SchiffGold
July 15, 2024 by SchiffGold 0 2 The recent CPI report showed that inflation is, according to official data, cooling down — so...
US Housing Market Struggles As Pending Home Sales Drops | SchiffGold
As reported by ZeroHedge recently, the NAR U.S. Pending Home Sales Index dropped 2.1 percent MoM in May, down 6.6 percent YoY....
The Man Behind Utah’s $140M Precious Metals Fund: SchiffGold Friday Gold Wrap July 12 2024 | SchiffGold
July 12, 2024 by SchiffGold 0 2 Gold closed the week at $2,410 (up $19) and silver at $30.77 (down $0.43). JD and...
Revitalizing Public Transit Through Privatization | SchiffGold
July 12, 2024 by SchiffGold 0 2 Across America’s cities, the inherent flaws in public transportation are becoming all too apparent. There are...
Property Tax and the Death of the American Dream | SchiffGold
July 12, 2024 by SchiffGold 0 2 While the primary catalyst for the original English pilgrims to venture to America was religious freedom,...
Biden’s Student Loan Plan “SAVE” Will Cost $230 Billion | SchiffGold
The federal student debt loan amount is $1.7 trillion. This debt portfolio is an installment personal loan. Payments occur monthly....
U.S. Is “A Few Short Years” From Data Reliability Crisis, Study Warns | SchiffGold
July 11, 2024 by SchiffGold 0 2 U.S. economic data is hitting headlines yet again—this time, due to serious concerns about its continued...
The Yield Curve & Christine Lagarde Agree — Don’t Expect A “Soft Landing” | SchiffGold
July 11, 2024 by SchiffGold 0 3 An inverted Treasury yield curve has historically been associated with economic downturns, preceding every recession since...
Peter Schiff: More Doom in the Data | SchiffGold
July 9, 2024 by SchiffGold 0 3 In this episode, Peter recaps the latest batch of economic data, in which revisions to job...
The Degenerative Disaster of Medicare | SchiffGold
July 6, 2024 by SchiffGold 0 2 In 2023, the U.S. spent 1.04 trillion dollars on Medicare, which is over $3,000 per citizen....
