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Most US States Drowning in Red Ink

The federal government continues to pile up debt at a staggering rate. In August alone, the US government added $450 billion to the national debt. But Uncle Sam isn’t the only one who doesn’t have enough money to pay his bills. Forty state governments are also drowning in red ink. Total state government debt now […]

Fun on Friday: Busted!

Did you hear about the Venezuelan nationals who got busted trying to smuggle $5 million worth of gold bars into the US through a Fort Lauderdale airport? True story. The duo had 230 pounds of gold stuffed into the nose of a private Cessna jet. Customs officials discovered a hidden compartment when they noticed some […]

Is the Glass Half-Empty or Half-Full? SchiffGold Friday Gold Wrap Sept. 27, 2019

Gold and silver are down this week. There was some more hopeful trade war news and stronger than expected economic data that drove markets this week. In this episode of the Friday Gold Wrap podcast, host Mike Maharrey covers it, plus some news that’s being mostly ignored. And he ponders a question: should we be […]

Peter Schiff: The Government Created the Student Loan Bubble

During a recent podcast, Peter Schiff talked about the student loan debacle. In a nutshell, it’s the government’s fault. Democratic presidential candidates have been talking about the student loan crisis. And it is indeed a crisis. The total of the outstanding student loans in the US has more than doubled since 2009 when it was […]

US Government Adds Almost Half a Trillion Dollars to National Debt in One Month

The fiscal year budget deficit surged passed $1 trillion last month. Spending deficits necessarily mean more government borrowing and we’re seeing that in the numbers as well. Uncle Sam’s outstanding public debt grew by $450 billion in August alone. The national debt stood at $22.02 trillion on Aug. 1 and surged to $22.47 trillion as […]

Indebted US Consumers Losing Confidence

With debt up to his eyeball, the US consumer seems to be losing confidence in the US economy. Last month, Spencer Schiff wrote an article warning about declining consumer confidence, writing, “any shift in consumer psychology/behavior could knock a critical support out from under our economy.”

Fed Ups Repo Ante; Injects Longer-Term Cash into Banking System to Hold Rates Down

The Federal Reserve upped the ante in its efforts to hold short-term interest rates down this week, injecting longer-term cash into the financial system.

Nobody Knows the “Correct” Fed Policy

Central bankers suffer from what some might call fatal conceit. They actually believe that if they tinker enough, they can come up with a policy that will work “just right.” Maybe we should call it the Goldilocks Syndrome. But the truth is they don’t know.

Big Chunks of Gold!

By Alex Lemaire People have been searching for gold for centuries. Usually, it takes considerable effort to find gold, but one Australian family found a nugget literally just lying on the ground. When you think of a gold nugget, you probably imagine a chunk of the yellow metal that you can hold in the palm […]

Peter Schiff: JP Morgan Indictments Don’t Prove Gold Manipulation Conspiracy Theories

You have probably heard about the JP Morgan traders indicted in a gold and silver market manipulation scheme. The allegations involve “spoofing.” Traders put in buy and sell orders with the intention of canceling them before execution. By creating false impressions of demand, they could potentially move prices and cash in on their own trades. […]