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Peter Schiff with Tucker Carlson: Inflation Only Has One Way to Go!
Last week, we got another big jump in consumer prices with the February CPI data. Peter Schiff appeared on Fox News with Tucker Carlson to talk about the rampant inflation. He said it’s only going to get worse. Inflation only has one way to go. Up.

Bad News and Really Bad News: SchiffGold Friday Gold Wrap March 11, 2022
We got the February CPI data yesterday. There is some bad news in the report and then there is some really bad news. In this episode, SchiffGold Friday Gold Wrap Host Mike Maharrey breaks it all down. He also talks about gold’s rollercoaster ride this week in the context of inflation and the Russia-Ukraine situation.

Inflation Up 0.8% Month-on-Month and Shows No Sign of Slowing
The latest seasonally adjusted inflation rate for January was 0.8% month over month. The non-seasonally adjusted annual rate came in at 7.87%. Both of these numbers were slightly above expectations. Unlike last year, where one component made up the bulk of the move, the past several months have shown increases more evenly spread across the […]

CPI Hits 7.9%; And It’s Worse Than That
The Consumer Price Index data for February just came out. It was smoking hot yet again with prices up 0.8% month-on-month and 7.9% on an annual basis. Keep in mind, this was before the big spike in oil prices due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. And inflation is even worse than the official government […]

St. Louis Fed Pres. Bullard Lets the Cat Out of the Bag: The Fed Doesn’t Have the Stomach for an Inflation Fight
St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard unwittingly let the cat out of the bag and revealed the central bank doesn’t have the stomach to do what’s necessary to take on surging, persistent inflation.

Producer Price Increase Doubles Expectations in January
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell “retired” the word “transitory” as it relates to inflation back on Nov. 30. Just two-and-a-half months later, we’re seeing a new word bandied about to describe inflation — persistent. Less than a week after the January CPI data came in even hotter than anticipated (again), we got yet another signal […]

Peter Schiff: The Inflation Tsunami Is Just Getting Started
After CPI came in hotter than expected yet again in January, Peter Schiff appeared on Fox Business along with Chief Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager of Solutions Funds Group Larry Shover. Peter said that the inflation tsunami is just getting started and the Fed is powerless to fight it.

Uh-Oh! SchiffGold Friday Gold Wrap Feb. 11, 2022
The Federal Reserve still seems to be hoping that inflation will just go away on its own or that it can jawbone it down by projecting a few little rate hikes. But the Consumer Price Index data keeps dashing its hopes. In this episode of the Friday Gold Wrap, host Mike Maharrey talks about the […]

Unrounded MoM CPI Was 0.65%; Price Increases Are Widespread
The latest seasonally adjusted inflation rate for January was 0.65% month over month, with a non-seasonally adjusted annual rate of 7.48%. Both of these numbers came in above expectations. As hypothesized last month, it was very possible that Omicron temporarily restrained inflation in December and a rebound should be expected. It did not take long for […]

Don’t Get Too Excited; Most of These Revised Job Gains Were Already Counted
January showed very strong growth with 467k new jobs reported by the BLS. This crushed expectations of 150k. Some analysts even projected a contraction given the reported loss by ADP on Wednesday. However, the bigger story is the revisions of prior months. October to December saw upward revisions of nearly 900k jobs! The story is […]