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Treasury Adds $1.1T of debt in last 4 months and $2T YTD

Current Trends The Treasury has still been issuing tons of short-term debt to finance exploding deficits. In the last 4 months, $1.1T in new debt has been added, with the vast majority being financed by debt maturing in less than 10 years. Over $400B has been debt maturing in less than 1 year. This will […]

The Market Solution to Restore Information Integrity

In a world where all it takes is a single click to spread falsehoods, our ability to trust the information that underpins our democracy has reached a dangerously low point.

Peter Schiff: The Data Says Stagflation

On Friday Peter capped off the week by discussing the latest round of troubling data. With the nonfarm payroll report coming in far below expectations, Peter elaborates on the predicament the Fed is in. With mounting political pressure and an election in mere days, how will the Fed possibly manage both inflation and a stagnating […]

Jobs: Headline Report is a Disaster, Household Survey is a Train Wreck

The analysis below covers the Employment picture released on the first Friday of every month. While most of the attention goes to the Headline Report, it can be helpful to look at the details, revisions, and other reports to get a better gauge of what is really going on.

North Korea Is Involved Now, Too

A new army is marching for the front lines of the Ukraine war. Though they are dressed in Russian uniforms, these soldiers are half a world away from their homes. Five thousand miles from their position, in Pyongyang, North Korea, a dictator is directing their movements, ordering his men into a conflict that is now […]

Schiff on CapitalCosm: The West Needs to Wake Up

On Thursday, Peter joined Danny at CapitalCosm for an interview. They explore several timely financial topics, including the unprecedented highs in gold prices and the corresponding drops in fiat currencies. Peter critiques the Federal Reserve’s policies and how they fostered America’s dependency on debt and fiat money. They also discuss BRICS countries’ move away from […]

Growing Momentum: More Republicans Join the Anti-Fed Movement

Longtime followers of Peter Schiff will know that the root of America’s economic woes is the Federal Reserve, which enables cheap credit, inflation, and massive public debt. Political support for auditing and ending the Fed initially waned after the Ron Paul revolution, but now a new group of anti-Fed politicians are emerging.

The Dangerous Redundancy

“The Fed’s modern statutory mandate, as described in the 1977 amendment to the Federal Reserve Act, is to promote maximum employment and stable prices.” These two requirements are commonly known as the dual mandate. These two requirements have arisen from the unique power that the US Fed has in comparison to most other central banks. […]

Schiff w/ Mitchell: Fed Policy is Backfiring 

Earlier this week, Peter joined Mark Mitchell on his podcast for a conversation on economics and monetary policy. They dive into the economic challenges facing the United States, focusing on structural issues like inflation, debt, and currency devaluation. Peter draws attention to the overlooked surge in gold prices, contrasting it with Bitcoin’s media spotlight, and […]

The White House is Haunted by the Ghosts of Bankers

The halls of power are spooky indeed, for every new president enters a White House occupied for over a century by the ghoulish apparitions of the Federal Reserve. This unnerving reality is manifested in every administration, as bankers both past and present manipulate reality with the spells of interest rates, sprinkling the same old hemlock […]