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We’re Living in an Economic Twilight Zone (Audio)

Peter Schiff is flabbergasted that the financial media is reporting China’s large trade surplus as a negative for its economy, while America’s huge trade deficit is portrayed as a positive. Both China’s surplus and America’s deficit are blamed on the same thing – a strong currency. After debunking this misinformation, Peter moves on to tear […]

Ignore the Sentiment, Here’s the Reality of US Economic Data (Audio)

Peter Schiff digs into the new jobs numbers and the latest trade deficit report, asking the tough questions the mainstream media avoids. When viewed together, the latest data reveal that the United States’ economy is consumer-based with failing production. Peter believes the uptick in unemployment may be the beginning of a new negative trend.

The Slowing US Economy Is Too Obvious to Ignore (Audio)

Peter Schiff reviews the most recent United States economic data and the reaction of the foreign exchange markets in his latest podcast. We’re seeing some of the worst economic numbers since the Great Recession, so will the Federal Reserve really raise rates this year? Peter also discusses the propaganda surrounding Standard & Poor’s settlement with […]

America Is Like Greece Writ Large

In his latest commentary from Euro Pacific Capital, Peter Schiff delves into the repercussions of the political and economic drama playing out in Greece. Peter explains why the newly elected Greek government feels it holds a position of power as a debtor nation in today’s upside down economic climate. Peter also draws similarities between the […]

United States GDP Growth Is Only Going to Get Worse (Video)

Peter Schiff explains the sharply lower GDP growth in the fourth quarter of 2014 and shares his predictions for 2015. Peter asks the ultimate question that everybody seems to be ignoring – How can analysts expect the United States to experience better GDP growth in 2015 when they also expect the Federal Reserve to raise interest […]

Gold Is Money. Dollars Are Debt.

Last fall, SchiffGold Precious Metals Specialist Dickson Buchanan attended the Gold Standard Institute’s conference in New York City. In this article, Dickson explains the philosophy of Keith Weiner, founder of the Gold Standard Institute (GSI). Like Peter Schiff, Weiner is deeply concerned about the destruction of the US dollar by the Federal Reserve’s monetary policies […]

Peter Schiff Exposes Obama’s Misstate of the Union (Audio)

Peter Schiff gets a bit riled up in his latest podcast while responding to Obama’s State of the Union Address. Of course, Peter has good cause to get upset as he picks apart the outright lies in Obama’s speech, including Obama’s claim that he has reduced America’s debt and that the middle class lifestyle is […]

Gold Production and the Yuan/Dollar Peg (Audio)

Peter Schiff uses his latest podcast to dig into the fundamentals of gold production in Canada and the United States. He also explains why mainstream analysts are completely clueless when it comes to understanding how the Chinese yuan is affected by its peg to the dollar. He wraps up by looking at the terrible condition […]

Will China Pull a “Switzerland” on the US Dollar? (Video)

In his first Schiff Report video of the year, Peter Schiff explains the Swiss news that rattled the foreign exchange markets this week. Peter had predicted that Switzerland would eventually be forced to drop its euro peg, just as he’s been warning that countries like China will be forced to abandon their ties to a […]

Swiss News Could Mean Carnage for US Dollar (Audio)

In his latest podcast, Peter Schiff provides more in-depth analysis of how the Swiss National Bank’s monetary policy could affect the US dollar in the long-term.