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Peter Schiff: The Fed Destroyed Sound Money

On Tuesday’s episode of the Peter Schiff Show, Peter walks listeners through the Fed’s origin story and how the institution’s structure and mission has warped the U.S. monetary system. In the context of Kevin Warsh’s confirmation hearing for Fed Chairman, he explains why the Fed was designed as a private banking syndicate, how its notes […]

Peter Schiff: War and QE Mean Higher Inflation

On Friday’s episode of the Peter Schiff Show, Peter walks listeners through a mix of geopolitical flare-ups and what he sees as reckless monetary policy. He ties headlines out of the Middle East to market moves, argues that the Federal Reserve’s balance-sheet expansion is quietly inflationary, and contrasts profit-driven private enterprise with costly government-run alternatives. […]

Peter Schiff: Markets Rally on Peace — But the Fed Rules Everything

On Tuesday’s episode of The Peter Schiff Show, Peter walks through the latest flare-up with Iran, the strange market response to de-escalation, and the future of the wartime economy. He argues that headlines about war and peace are being subordinated to one force above all — the Federal Reserve — and makes the case that […]

Peter Schiff: Energy, Inflation, and Bad Policy Ahead

On Friday’s episode of The Peter Schiff Show, Peter lays out a bleak picture for the near-term U.S. economy: weak job gains, rising energy costs, and mounting commodity inflation that threaten to push real interest rates down and gold up. He also ties in geopolitical risks and a recent Supreme Court decision on tariffs to […]

Peter Schiff: War Spending is a Bigger Threat than Iran

In Wednesday’s episode of The Peter Schiff Show, Peter takes aim at Washington’s war spending spree, the markets’ strange reactions to developments in the Middle East, and the ways political messaging can move capital. He warns that the real danger to Americans comes from mounting debt and inflation, not foreign actors, and he again emphasizes […]

Peter Schiff: The Fed Let Inflation Live

On Wednesday’s episode of the Peter Schiff Show, Peter responds to the Federal Reserve holding–rather than hiking– rates yet again. He walks through recent producer prices, GDP, and mortgage activity data to show why these signals mean real rates are likely to turn negative again, a dynamic that favors gold and punishes the dollar. The […]

Peter Schiff: War, Oil, and Inflation Are Crushing the Economy

In his latest podcast, Peter continues his analysis of the US war with Iran and its fallout in the oil market. He argues the short-term pain from military escalation is pointless compared with the constructive pain of fiscal restraint, and he explains why misleading CPI numbers and an accommodating Federal Reserve make sound money increasingly […]

Peter Schiff: The Last Thing We Need is Another War

On Tuesday’s episode of the Peter Schiff Show, Peter dismantles the claim that President Trump would end America’s wars and lays out why the recent escalation with Iran marks a sharp break from those promises. He moves from constitutional objections to the political incentives that promote conflict, and finishes by warning about the economic fallout […]

Peter Schiff: Market Reality Always Wins

In his latest episode of The Peter Schiff Show, Peter responds to President Trump’s State of the Union address, laying out a simple but blunt view: markets will force corrections where policy has created imbalances. He moves through housing, market bragging by politicians, the real story on inflation measurements, the tradeoffs of income taxes and […]

Peter Schiff: A Weak Dollar Means Higher Prices

On Thursday’s episode of The Peter Schiff Show, Peter covers a range of market signals that, in his view, point toward rising prices and constitute even more reason to use sound money. He highlights strength in gold, a sharp bounce in oil, and the economic forces he believes will push the dollar lower: runaway federal […]