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CNBC’s Scott Nations vs Peter Schiff: Round 2 (Video)

On CNBC this afternoon, Peter Schiff got into another heated confrontation with Scott Nations about the Federal Reserve. Peter defended his record concerning Fed rate hikes, as well as his long-term advice to buy physical gold. Meanwhile, all Nations could turn to as proof of a coming rate hike in 2015 were unemployment figures. But […]

New Silver Applications as Physical Supply Heads to Deficit

The demand for physical silver rose through the first half of 2015. The need for silver in manufacturing, its expanding use in health applications, and increased demand for silver jewelry all helped drive the surge. According to GFMS Thomson Reuters, the precious metals consultancy, imports of silver into the United States jumped 11% through the […]

Debt, Manipulation, and the Gold Standard

Our readers often ask tough questions about the economy, monetary policy and precious metal markets. During a recent interview, Gold Standard Institute USA president Keith Weiner provided some insightful and clear-cut answers to some of the complex issues facing us today. Weiner was first asked to pinpoint the root of today’s economic mess. He summarized […]

If This Is a Recovery, We Don’t Want to See the Next Downturn

Thus far, the so-called economic recovery has done little to improve the lives of everyday Americans. In yet another sign that the recovery is an illusion, figures released last week and reported by Reuters show American’s household income lost ground last year. The data released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Wednesday, which showed the […]

Yellen Admits Interest Rates Could Stay at Zero Forever (Audio)

Just as Peter Schiff predicted, the Federal Reserve did not raise interest rates yesterday. In fact, in the press conference following the Federal Open Market Committee meeting, Janet Yellen admitted to a reported that it is not impossible that the Fed might hold rates at zero forever. Peter discusses this news, the movement of the […]

There Is No Way the Fed Will Raise Rates Significantly Today (Video)

Marc Faber spoke with Bloomberg TV this morning to explain why he thinks the Federal Reserve will take no significant steps towards raising interest rates when its meeting concludes today. Like Peter Schiff, Faber predicts the Fed will not commit to any steady schedule of rate hike increases and that a fourth round of quantitative […]

Fed Rate Hike: Will She or Won’t She? (Audio)

Peter Schiff reviews the latest economic data ignored by the mainstream media and maintains his forecast that the Federal Reserve will not raise interest rates this week. Peter also explains why mainstream analysts are all wrong, whether they argue for or against a rate hike. What does the Fed have to hang their hat on? […]

Peter Schiff Was Right: Federal Aid Inflates College Tuition (Video)

Here’s another story for the “Peter Schiff was right” archive and another testament to just how clueless mainstream economists can be. Three years ago, it was already becoming clear that ballooning student debt defaults were becoming a major problem. CNBC reported that the loan “industry underestimated defaults by a whopping $225 billion.” We wrote earlier […]

The Fed Is Waging Jihad Against Savers and Retirees (Video)

David Stockman, former Budget Director under President Reagan, appeared on Fox Business to warn that the United States faces a financial “time bomb” of $19 trillion of ballooning debt. This debt load will eventually become unsustainable when interest rates rise, which is an inevitability. Stockman points to the same historical data as Alan Greenspan – interest […]

White House Reveals Student Loan Default Rate

At the end of 2014, the New York Fed reported a surprisingly high delinquency rate for student loans – 11.3%. Now the latest data released by the White House reveals that number may in fact be dramatically higher. As the Wall Street Journal reports: New figures covering more than 3,700 schools were released as part […]