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September 20, 2024 Guest Commentaries

Powell’s Cut Signals Recession Is Coming

Fed chair Powell slammed the “panic button” this week. On Wednesday the Fed began a rate-cutting cycle in an environment of rising unemployment. This situation is historically associated with recession, but Powell is desperate for you to think that “this time is different.”

February 18, 2024 Guest Commentaries

Why America Will Never Surmount Its Mountain of Debt

Can America hope to climb past its mountain of $34 trillion of federal debt? With the staggering weight of unfunded liabilities in vital entitlement programs like Social Security and Medicare reaching $212 trillion, any strategy for repayment is met with formidable obstacles. Our guest contributor arrives at a sobering verdict: the magnitude of the debt […]

March 29, 2023 Original Analysis

Could the Commercial Real Estate Market Be the Next Thing to Break?

Could the commercial real estate market be the next thing to break in this bubble economy? The rampant money creation and zero percent interest rates during the COVID pandemic on top of three rounds of quantitative easing and more than a decade of artificially low interest rates in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis […]

March 22, 2023 Original Analysis

The Federal Reserve Is Walking a Tightrope in a Hurricane

The Federal Reserve is trying to walk a tightrope — in a hurricane. After rate hikes resulted in the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, the Federal Reserve and the US Treasury stepped in with a bailout. With that hole in the dam seemingly plugged for the time being, the Fed pushed forward and […]

June 22, 2022 Key Gold Headlines

More Air Hisses Out of the Housing Bubble

As interest rates rise, the air continues to hiss out of the housing bubble. Existing home sales tumbled to a two-year low in May. Sales fell to a seasonally adjusted 5.41 million units, according to the latest data from the National Association of Realtors. It was a 3.4% drop, bringing existing home sales to the […]

June 16, 2022 Original Analysis

Will This Be the Last Move in the Fed’s Inflation Fight?

The Federal Reserve took a more aggressive swing at red-hot inflation at its June FOMC meeting, raising interest rates by 3/4%. It was the biggest hike since 1994. The question is will this be the last swing at inflation?

May 8, 2022 Peter's Podcast

Peter Schiff: The Fed Has Already Lost the Inflation Fight

Last week, the Fed raised interest rates by 0.5%. It was the biggest rate increase since the year 2000. But it was hardly aggressive in light of the current bout of inflation. Not only that, Jerome Powell took a future 75 basis point hike off the table. In his podcast, Peter Schiff argued that no […]

January 2, 2019 Key Gold Headlines

Pending Home Sales Tank in November

Pending home sales hit the lowest level in nearly five years in November, a sign that the US housing market will continue to get uglier in the near future. Not too long ago, we reported that the air was starting to come out of housing bubble 2.0. As just one example, home sales in California hit […]

July 26, 2018 Key Gold Headlines

Peter Schiff Talks Yield Curves, Inflation and the Looming Recession

Last month, we reported that the global yield curve inverted, signaling the possibility of a looming recession. While narrowing to levels not seen since right before the 2008 financial crisis, the yield curve has not inverted in the US. In his most recent podcast, Peter Schiff said he doesn’t think it’s going to happen. He said […]

June 15, 2018 Friday Gold Wrap

A Boogeyman Lurking in the Shadows Of The Economy: SchiffGold Friday Gold Wrap 06.15.18

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.

January 29, 2018 Key Gold Headlines

Peter Schiff Throws a Bucket of Cold Water at the Economic Optimists

Everybody seems bullish on the economy. Nobody is worried about anything, even though there is everything to be worried about. Peter Schiff said he feels like he’s in Alice in Wonderland. In his most recent podcast, he referenced a Morgan Stanley analyst interviewed by CNBC. She’s unquestioningly bullish on every front. Everything is bullish. There […]