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America’s $3.5 Trillion Deficit: A Fiscal Crisis in the Making
2025 is staged for a record-breaking year of debt. Although the incoming Trump administration projects an attitude of fiscal responsibility, drastic action will need to be taken to stave off adding trillions to the national debt. The following article was originally published by the Mises Institute. The opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of […]

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The Fed’s Secret Strategy Around “Soft Landing”
By interpreting the two-percent inflation target as a flexible average, the Fed can cloak its true agenda: artificially suppressing interest rates to finance burgeoning federal deficits. Our guest commentator shows how the Fed manipulates its inflation targets and implements rate cuts irrespective of actual economic conditions, bending to political will.

Federal Budget: TTM Deficit Surges to $1.9T as Tax Revenues Collapse
The Federal Government ran a surplus last month, as it typically does in April due to the tax deadline. The surplus was $176B which was 43% lower than the surplus last April. As the chart below shows, this was driven entirely by collapsing revenues as expenses actually fell as well.

Treasury Fails to Capitalize on Record Tax Revenues
The Federal Government ran an $89B deficit in June. This was an increase MoM but below the June deficit last year of $174B.

November Comex Delivery Analysis
I reported last week that Comex delivery activity was looking very quiet in both gold and silver. The results for November are very weak. That being said, October and November are historically slow months, so the real test will come in December. This analysis focuses on gold and silver physical delivery on the Comex. See the […]

Fed Absorbs $60B of 1 to 5-Year US Treasuries in September
The Fed keeps talk, talk, talking about tapering quantitative easing, but the balance sheet continues to get bigger and bigger and bigger. The Fed balance sheet stands at $8.45 trillion, up by$115 billion from the prior month-end.

Government Debt Retards Economic Growth
In fiscal 2018, the national debt expanded by more than $1 trillion. According to data released by the Treasury Department, it was the sixth-largest fiscal-year debt increase in the history of the United States. A combination of increased spending along with shrinking revenues continues to expand the federal deficit and balloon the national debt. GOP apologists insist […]

Federal Government Posts Largest Deficit in Six Years
The federal debt spiral continues. The 2018 fiscal year ended Sept. 30 and the US government closed out the year with its largest budget deficit since 2012. Uncle Sam ended 2018 $779 billion in the red, adding to the ballooning national debt.
Tripping Down the Primrose Path to Ruin: SchiffGold Friday Gold Wrap 10.05.18
The SchiffGold Friday Gold Wrap podcast combines a succinct summary of the week’s precious metals news coupled with thoughtful analysis. You can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes.

Peter Schiff: The Party Is Over (Video)
We’ve been talking a lot about the rising levels of debt – both government and household. Set in an environment of rising interest rates, this is a huge problem very few people seem concerned about. We’ve been enjoying a big party and it’s about to come to an abrupt end.