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Schiff on Coinage: Gold Is Heading to $7,000

Last week, Peter joined Zach Guzman on the Coinage YouTube channel to lay out why he thinks the monetary order is shifting away from the dollar and back toward real money. He walks listeners through his own vindication, the role of central banks and big investors in the pivot to gold, and how tokenized gold […]

Peter Schiff: Powell Sends Gold Soaring

Peter took to the mic on Wednesday to walk listeners through a dramatic day in the markets and to explain what it all means for ordinary savers. He focuses on runaway gold and silver prices, a plunging dollar, and what he sees as a Federal Reserve that refuses to face the monetary signals staring it […]

13 Week Money Supply Growth Reaches 6.5%

Money Supply is a very important indicator. It helps show how tight or loose current monetary conditions are regardless of what the Fed is doing with interest rates. Even if the Fed is tight, if Money Supply is increasing, it has an inflationary effect. One key metric shown below is the “Wenzel” 13-week annualized money […]

Schiff on Fox Business: Gold Soars as the Dollar Falters

Yesterday Peter joined Fox Business to lay out a stark view of where the U.S. economy is headed and why gold and silver are sending a warning signal. He connects a weakening dollar, rising consumer unease, and runaway deficits to an American-only financial crisis, and urges investors to consider precious metals and mining stocks as […]

Why Homes Are No Longer Affordable

The “Affordability Crisis” continues to dominate headlines and stump speeches, and the White House’s latest campaign against the Fed is a misguided response to bring prices down via expansionary monetary policy. Everyone in Washington, D.C. seems to have forgotten that this monetary policy is what caused the last decade of inflation, with the housing sector […]

The Fed’s “Self-Financing” Is a Dangerous Illusion

With Trump’s latest attack on Fed Chairman Jerome Powell in the news, mainstream pundits have jumped to defend Powell from what is obviously an attempt to make the Fed less hawkish on inflation. In these defenses, however, an absurd myth is often advanced– that the Fed is somehow “self-financing.” The following article was originally published […]

Schiff on France 24: Trump Shoots Americans in the Foot

Earlier this week, Peter appeared on international news channel France 24 to discuss President Trump’s latest protectionist moves. Peter warns that the administration’s tariff push is doing real damage at home while exposing deeper fiscal and monetary fractures. He connects the tariff fight to battles over the Fed and a growing flight into gold and […]

Schiff w/ Hipper: Limit Government, Protect Property

Peter recently joined crypto advocate Randi Hipper on her podcast for a conversation about the merits of crypto and precious metals and the state of the economy. Peter lays out a compact, libertarian case for limiting government, defending private property, and sticking with sound money. He traces his worldview to early lessons in Austrian economics, […]

Schiff on Mining Network: Trump is Packing the FOMC

Peter recently joined Peter Gadsdon from the Mining Network to discuss a grab-bag of issues, from the latest showdown between the Fed and the White House to why gold is still the best hedge against a weakening dollar. He walks listeners through recent inflation readings — including the CPI for December — and ties those […]

Why Rate Cuts Only Delay Economic Recovery

Politicians have tricked their citizens into believing that low interest rates will solve their economic troubles– perhaps by lowering housing prices or stimulating the economy out of a recession. In reality, slashing rates isn’t a cure to economic ailments; it’s a poison that corrupts saving and investment and raises prices across the economy. The following […]