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Schiff on VRIC Media: Expect QE, Higher Long-Term Rates
Peter recently joined Darrell from VRIC Media to discuss a brewing contradiction in monetary policy, the political risks to Fed independence, the nonsense of tariff “dividends,” and why gold remains the only reliable monetary asset. He warns that even if the Federal Reserve cuts short-term rates, a return to quantitative easing and rising long-term rates […]

Comex Deliveries: November Shatters Records, December Looks Strong
The CME Comex is the Exchange where futures are traded for gold, silver, and other commodities. The CME also allows futures buyers to turn their contracts into physical metal through delivery. You can find more detail on the CME here (e.g., vault types, major/minor months, delivery explanation, historical data, etc.). The data below looks at […]

Peter Schiff: Bubbles Pop Everywhere
On Wednesday’s episode of the Peter Schiff Show, Peter returns to his show to walk listeners through what he sees as multiple asset bubbles and why those bubbles matter beyond headline market moves. He calls out the AI stock mania, a fragile housing market propped up by policy, and the crypto circus — all potential […]

Inflation and the Moral Decay of Civilization
With consumer sentiment abysmally low, it’s tempting to think of inflation as an exclusively economic phenomenon. When its nature as society-wide fraud is understood, however, it’s easy to see why inflation corrodes both cultural and economic institutions. The following article was originally published by the Mises Institute. The opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those […]

Jobs: Every Month in 2025 has Been Revised Down with Two Turning Negative
Note: This is the Jobs report for September that was released late on November 20th. There will be no October jobs report The analysis below covers the Employment picture released on the first Friday of every month. While most of the attention goes to the Headline Report, it can be helpful to look at the […]

Fed Governor Waller Calls for More Easing as Inflation Persists
Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller told the Society of Professional Economists in London Monday night that he backs another 25-basis-point cut at the December FOMC meeting, calling the move “additional insurance” against a slowing labor market. His speech, delivered barely a month after a 43-day U.S. government shutdown halted many official releases, leaned heavily on […]

Racing Toward the Monetary Cliff: How Endless Money Printing Dooms the Economy
Last week was a revealing one for the economy, with turbulence on Wall Street and abysmally low consumer sentiment data coming in Friday. These are only the most visible signs of decades of government tinkering in the economy. With central banking, regulation, and extreme taxation plaguing the economy, the only possible outcome is economic collapse. […]

World Gold Council: ETF Tsunami Lifts U.S. Gold Demand 58%
Gold’s third-quarter scorecard shows a tale of two markets. Overall U.S. demand leapt 58% year-over-year to 186 metric tons, the largest Q3 tonnage in more than a decade. Yet traditional consumer demand—jewellery plus bar & coin—actually shrank by a third to just 32 t. The gap was filled almost entirely by institutional money flooding into […]

Schiff on Milk Road: Gold, Not Bitcoin, Will Protect You
In his recent interview on the Milk Road Show, Peter walks through why Bitcoin looks weaker when priced in gold, how insiders and political hype have distorted crypto markets, and why the Federal Reserve’s moves have not been nearly restrictive enough. He closes by urging listeners to own gold and other commodity exposures as the […]

Schiff on Legitimate Targets: Trump’s Policies Will Trigger Inflation
In a recent appearance on Legitimate Targets, Peter lays out a bleak scenario for the U.S. economy if current trade and fiscal policies continue. He ties rising consumer prices, falling asset values, and geopolitical shifts in global reserves to the political choices being made, and he warns that voters are not getting the honest accounting […]