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Bad Weather Over, but Bad Economic News Keeps Coming (Audio)

Currency traders have been blaming the weak first quarter GDP on poor weather. Peter Schiff argues that they’re going to have to start looking for new excuses, because April data is starting to trickle in and it doesn’t look good at all.

China Finally Stops Fighting the Stock Market

China’s gold demand has exploded in the last few years as the Chinese government continued to liberalize its domestic gold market. Last year, foreign banks were given gold import licenses for the first time, and China opened a handful of new gold exchanges. However, China’s economic evolution stretches well beyond precious metals, as the West […]

Greece May Adopt Drachma; US Already Has – Gold Videocast

One proposed solution to Greece’s European debt problem is for the Mediterranean country to abandon the euro and resurrect its old currency, the drachma. In his April Gold Videocast, Peter Schiff explains why a new drachma would be ideal for Greek politicians, but a disaster for Greek citizens and creditors. Peter also reveals why the […]

Gold Strength on Strong Dollar Indicates Bottom (Audio)

On Friday, Peter Schiff looked back at a week of market rallies. While the US dollar strengthened, so did gold. In fact, gold approached a 2-year high in euros. Combined with the ongoing negative US economic data, this leads Peter to believe that there is a solid bottom in the gold market. At the end, […]

US Economy Is Running Out of Jobs and Excuses (Video)

Last week, the March jobs data finally began to match the rest of the terrible economic data in America. While analysts are blaming the lower-than-expected non-farm payroll numbers on poor weather, the employment picture is actually worse than the first quarter of last year when the “polar vortex” swept through the country. In his latest […]

Q1 GDP at 0% Growth – When Will the Markets Wake Up? (Audio)

The US markets are closed today, but the March jobs numbers were release this morning — 126,000 non-farm payroll jobs were created last month. The forecast was for 245,000 new jobs, so this is a terrible report that falls nearly 50% short of expectations. Taking into account all the economic data thus far in 2015, […]

Economic Data Still Bad as Cost of Living Rises (Audio)

In his latest podcast, Peter Schiff reviews the latest economic data that indicates how poorly the economy is doing. Financial forecasts continue to be completely off-base, and many important data points have seen downward revisions. Meanwhile, the cost of basic necessities has gone up thanks to inflation. Peter expects the employment data is the outlier […]

The Dollar Has No Floor, and Gold Has No Ceiling (Video)

In another interview on Yahoo! Finance, Peter Schiff contradicted the conventional narrative of the dollar’s future. He argued that the dollar’s brief, but dramatic dip this week is only a taste of what’s to come. Just like those who invested in subprime mortgages, people will get caught in the reversal and implosion of the dollar. […]

Losing “Patient” Doesn’t Mean the Fed Has Lost Patience (Video)

Peter Schiff responds to the hubbub surrounding the Federal Reserve’s dropping of the word “patient” from its policy statement. Janet Yellen’s diction is meaningless, but if you look closely it also reveals that the Fed is far more dovish than people think. The Fed can play all the mind games it wants with the markets, […]

Worst Economic Data Since 2008 Crisis (Audio)

The Bloomberg ECO US Surprise Index is at its lowest since 2009, which means that forecasts for economic data haven’t been more wrong for six years. Bloomberg asks, “Is this a sign of unanticipated weakness in the economy?” At first, it seems like the mainstream media is actually waking up to the fact that the […]