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Peter Schiff: 2021 – The Year of Inflation

As 2021 goes into the history books, Peter Schiff looks back over what he calls “a year of peak speculation.” Of course, the big story of the year was inflation.

Ron Paul: Are We on the Verge of a “Crack-Up Boom”?

Inflation is running rampant. Even Jerome Powell has been forced to acknowledge that this bout of rising prices isn’t “transitory.” As Peter Schiff put it, there is no ceiling on inflation. The Federal Reserve has sped up its timetable for tapering its asset purchases and raising interest rates. Many in the mainstream have called this […]

Has the Taper Finally Started? Who Will Fill the Massive Gap?

While on the surface, it appears the Federal Reserve asset purchase taper has started, it’s not as easy to prove when you dig into the details. The Fed is certainly not being as aggressive as they promised, and for good reason. As the Fed leaves the bond market, who will fill the gap? Since 2019, […]

The Big Story: SchiffGold Friday Gold Wrap Dec. 31, 2021

We’re on the cusp of a new year. We certainly had a wild ride in 2021 with continuing coronavirus drama, inflation that turned out to be not so transitory, and a record-breaking stock market bubble. So, what was the biggest story of 2021? Friday Gold Wrap host Mike Maharrey thinks it was a story that […]

November Money Supply: Similar and Different to November 1972

Despite talk about a war on inflation and a quantitative easing taper, the money supply continues to expand at a rapid clip, fanning the inflationary fire. M2 increased by $249.2B in November.

Inflation Is Eating Up Your Paycheck: Real Incomes Fall for Fourth Straight Month

I’ve got good news and bad news. The good news is you probably put a little more money in your pocket in November. The bad news is inflation ate up all your income gains and then some. Real personal incomes fell 0.2% in November despite a healthy gain in nominal income.

Fed Inflation Fight? We’ll Believe It When We See It!

The Federal Reserve has supposedly gone to war with inflation and Fed chair Jerome Powell has allegedly turned into a hawk. We’ll believe it when we see it.

Peter Schiff: There Is No Ceiling on Inflation

Gold closed out the week before Christmas above $1,800 an ounce, despite rising bond yields. The $1,800 level has been viewed as a ceiling for the price of gold. In his podcast, Peter Schiff said people need to start thinking of $1,800 as a floor. And he said they will once they realize there is […]

No Elizabeth Warren: Greed Is Not Causing Inflation

With the “transitory” inflation narrative dead and buried, the powers that be have shifted to a new tactic to deflect their responsibility for rising prices – blame somebody else. Elizabeth Warren recently claimed that rising prices were due to “price gouging” by “greedy” corporations. But the evidence says otherwise. In fact, producer prices have risen […]

Inflation Is a Policy That Cannot Last

Are we heading toward a Fed policy that fixes inflation at a permanent rate of five to six percent? We could be. But inflation is a policy that cannot last.