Peter's Blog

ECB Joins the Phony Money Party to the Tune of €1.1 Trillion

The European Central Bank (ECB) will begin a new quantitative easing (QE) program in March. The central bank announced this morning that it would buy at least 1.1 trillion euros worth of euro-denominated bonds from governments and private institutions across Europe. It will begin its monetary manipulation at the rate of €60 billion a month, […]

China Will Abandon the Dollar and Destroy American Purchasing Power (Video)

Peter Schiff appeared on Bloomberg TV yesterday to explain why China is going to be forced to remove its peg to the dollar, just as Switzerland abandoned its euro peg. When this happens, the big losers are going to be American citizens, while Asians will likely enjoy a higher standard of living.

Peter Schiff: Obama Doesn’t Understand How Economies Grow (Video)

Peter Schiff appeared on CNBC World earlier this week, continuing his crusade of warning the financial media that central bank money printing is ultimately going to be a disaster for the economy. He also commented on President Obama’s hopes of raising capital gains and inheritance taxes. Peter slammed the president for his fundamental lack of […]

Faber’s On-Air Rant: CNBC Loves Central Banks (Video)

Marc Faber appeared on CNBC’s Futures Now yesterday to encourage investors to get into gold. His reasons are the same as Peter Schiff’s – 2015 could be the year that the markets lose confidence in central banks’ ability to artificially prop up the economy. In fact, he strongly believes that gold could rise 30% this […]

Gold Production and the Yuan/Dollar Peg (Audio)

Peter Schiff uses his latest podcast to dig into the fundamentals of gold production in Canada and the United States. He also explains why mainstream analysts are completely clueless when it comes to understanding how the Chinese yuan is affected by its peg to the dollar. He wraps up by looking at the terrible condition […]

Germany Ramped Up Gold Repatriation in 2014

The German central bank (Bundesbank) repatriated 120 metric tons of gold in 2014. 85 of those tons came from the New York Federal Reserve, which held nearly half of Germany’s gold at the time. This is in sharp contrast to repatriating just 37 tons in 2013 – only 5 of which came from New York. […]

Now Is One of the Best Times in History to Own Gold (Video)

Jeff Clark of Casey Research spoke with Vanessa Colette at the Vancouver Resource Investment conference hosted by Cambridge House International. Clark explained that gold has been performing exactly as it should in the past year by rising in the price of foreign currencies that have been experiencing inflation and economic trouble. Clark emphasized that there […]

Gold in Global Currencies

Precious metals naysayers often fail to keep a global perspective on the economics behind gold and silver. This past week has been a stark reminder that gold is an international asset whose real, fundamental value cannot be found in US dollar terms alone. When the Swiss franc’s peg to the euro was dropped, gold surged […]

Gold Is Rising Because People Are Losing Faith in Fiat Currency (Video)

David Asman interviewed Peter Schiff on Fox Business on Friday. They discussed why inflation created by central banks doesn’t actually create a strong economy, but rather serves to prop up irresponsible governments. Peter also explained why the price of gold is going up even while the US dollar is rising against other currencies.

Will China Pull a “Switzerland” on the US Dollar? (Video)

In his first Schiff Report video of the year, Peter Schiff explains the Swiss news that rattled the foreign exchange markets this week. Peter had predicted that Switzerland would eventually be forced to drop its euro peg, just as he’s been warning that countries like China will be forced to abandon their ties to a […]