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May 29, 2026 Peter's Podcast

Peter Schiff: Debt, AI Mania, and Why Gold Wins

On Wednesday’s episode of The Peter Schiff Show, Peter connects a string of current worries: presidential promises about an Iran deal, sticky bond yields, a massive AI-driven capital expenditure boom, and renewed fragility in crypto finance. He ties them together with a warning about the unsustainable burden of debt and a reminder that sound money, […]

May 27, 2026 Interviews

Schiff on Kitco News: Cheap Debt Today, Pain Tomorrow

On Tuesday, Peter appeared on Kiko News to warn that markets and the public are underestimating how costly the United States’ borrowing binge will become. He walks through bond market complacency, rising consumer inflation expectations, the danger that foreign creditors may stop funding the deficit, and how politics has dulled fiscal accountability. He also points […]

May 27, 2026 Original Analysis

Propping Up the Yen, Again and Again

Can Japan just keep propping up the yen forever?  At a certain point, Japan won’t be able to just keep dumping dollars and Treasuries to prevent its currency from imploding.  With an economy so sensitive to rate hikes after decades of zero-interest rate policy, the Bank of Japan can’t endlessly jack up the cost of […]

May 26, 2026 Interviews

Schiff w/ Cole: Debt-Fueled Living Can’t Last

Earlier this week, Peter joined Harry Cole to warn listeners that the U.S. economy is running on promises it cannot keep. He lays out how trade deficits, mounting government obligations, and post-Covid spending have accelerated inflation and pushed long-term interest rates higher. Along the way he touches on the social safety net, the risk of […]

May 26, 2026 Guest Commentaries

Both Parties Get “Tax the Rich” Wrong

The debate over taxing the rich has returned to the headlines, with progressives arguing that no one can legitimately earn a billion dollars and conservatives firing back that wealth at the top reflects risk-taking and value creation. Both sides, however, miss the deeper truth: a century of government intervention has so warped the economy that […]

May 26, 2026 Guest Commentaries

Inflation Surges as War Spending and Deficits Grow

The latest inflation reports show price increases surging to multi-year highs across nearly every major category — driven not just by energy costs, but by the Federal Reserve’s continued easy-money policies and the compounding fiscal burden of new wars and runaway deficits. The following article was originally published by the Mises Institute. The opinions expressed […]

May 26, 2026 Peter's Podcast

Peter Schiff: Sovereign Debt Will Topple the Dollar

In Tuesday’s episode of The Peter Schiff Show, Peter lays out a stark thesis: the next major crisis won’t be a replay of 2008’s private-credit collapse, but a sovereign-credit reckoning that threatens currencies and bond markets worldwide. He focuses on rising yields, Japan’s fragile fiscal math, and the danger to the dollar’s reserve status, nudging […]

May 26, 2026 Exploring Finance

13 Week Money Supply Growth Hits Highest Level Since 2022

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 […]

May 19, 2026 Interviews

Schiff on VRIC Media: Inflation Is Worse Than They Admit

In his latest appearance on VRIC Media, Peter walks through how rising prices, renewed balance-sheet expansion and growing debt shape the case for real money. He connects headline numbers to policy choices, explains who wins and who loses from inflation, and doubles down on gold as a reliable store of value. He begins by flagging […]

May 16, 2026 Friday Gold Wrap

Real Rates Are Collapsing and Nobody Sees It — Gold’s Biggest Setup Ever

PPI hit 6%, yields hit 19-year highs, and gold dropped 4%. Traders are selling on the most bullish data gold has ever seen. Gold fell 4% and silver dropped 10.5% on the week despite the most bullish inflation data in years. Peter Schiff explains why traders have it exactly backwards: April PPI surged 1.4% month-over-month […]