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Central Bank Gold-Buying Binge Continues

Central banks added more gold to their reserves last month, continuing a trend that stretches back into last year. Globally, central banks added another 31 net tons of gold in March, according to the latest report by the World Gold Council based on International Monetary Fund data. That brings the total increase in central bank […]

The US Government’s Unsustainable Primrose Path of Debt

Month after month, the Trump administration runs multi-billion dollar deficits. The national debt has ballooned to over $22 trillion. According to the most recent Treasury Report, the US has a net worth of negative $21.5 trillion. And this understates the problem. As Wolf Richter of WolfStreet puts it, the US government has “debt out the […]

India Jumps on the Gold Bandwagon

The Reserve Bank of India has jumped on the gold bandwagon. Since December 2017, the Indian central bank has added 50.4 tons of gold to its reserves. India bought 8.2 tons of gold in January and February of this year and analysts project that pace to pick up. Economist Howie Lee told Bloomberg he expects […]

More Gold for Russia

This has become a monthly feature here a SchiffGold News – Russia buys more gold. The Central Bank of Russia added another 18.7 tons of gold to its stash in March according to a press release last week. This boosts the country’s gold reserves to 2, 167.9 tons or 69,700,000 ounces. Gold now makes up […]

This Is Silver on Sale; Take Advantage of the Opportunity

The silver-gold ratio currently stands at about 85-to-1. As one commentator put it, that’s “way out of whack.” But what does this really mean? In simplest terms, this is silver on sale!

Social Security and Medicare — Still Going Broke

Last year, the Social Security and Medicare trustees warned that the programs are going broke. A year later — they’re still going broke. Social Security will dip begin dipping into reserves in order to pay out benefits next year and those reserves will run dry in 2035, according to the annual Social Security and Medicare […]

The Fed’s Winners and Losers – Ultimately, We’re All Losers

When the Federal Reserve artificially manipulates interest rates, it’s messing with our minds by distorting important signals that prices provide in a free market. As investment guru Jim Grant put it in a recent article in Barron’s, central bank interest rates are nothing but crude price controls. Like all price controls, the Fed’s interest rate […]

Study Shows Increasing Demand for Solar Energy Drives Silver Prices Higher

Rising demand for solar panels pushes silver prices higher according to a recently released university study. Researchers at the University of Kent found a “causal relationship” between solar panel demand and the price of the white metal.

Romania a Step Closer to Repatriating Its Gold Reserves

Romania moved another step closer to bringing all of its gold home this week. According to Romanian news outlets, the Chamber of Deputies Budget and Finance Committee released a favorable report on legislation that would require the country’s central bank to repatriate its gold and hold it within the borders of the country.

China’s Keynesian Experiment

While President Trump nags the Federal Reserve to reinstitute Obama-era monetary stimulus, China has already taken off down that path. And it actually has some people in the mainstream concerned. According to a Reuters report, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is warning that while Chinese government stimulus may boost the country’s economy […]