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Schiff on Fox Business: Inflation Ain’t Dead Yet
On Wednesday, Peter appeared on Claman Countdown with Liz Claman on Fox Business. There he voiced strong opposition to the Fed’s recent decision to cut interest rates by 50 basis points, pointing out that this behavior is what got the economy in trouble in the first place.

Peter Schiff: Fed Announces More Price Controls
On Wednesday night, Peter took to his podcast to analyze the Fed’s 50 basis point rate cut. He discusses the Fed’s motives in cutting interest rates, why the move is another mistake in a long sequence of policy errors, and also points out the irony in campaign rhetoric surrounding price controls. Make sure you also […]

The Fed Dramatically Slows the Pace of QT
The following analysis breaks down the Fed balance sheet in detail. It shows different parts of the balance sheet and how those amounts have changed. It also shows historical interest rate trends.

Schiff on Silver Bullion TV: It’s Time to Pick Our Poison
Peter recently appeared on the Silver Bullion TV youtube channel to discuss the national debt, inflation, and economics. His conversation with host Patrick Vierra also hits on the nation’s unemployment rate and the state of the housing market.

Powell Springs Into Action After Economic “Soft Landing”
Yet again the myth of a “soft landing” even as the CPI surges past its target. Powell is now keen to extinguish the fire though disastrous rate cuts, a sign that the recession is already here.

Peter Schiff: The Fed Still isn’t Data-Driven
In this mid-week episode, Peter analyzes recent PPI and CPI reports, reiterates his September rate-hike prediction, and comments on the Tump-Musk X interview that garnered the country’s attention on Monday. He also diagnoses the source of high housing and education costs that have made the economy feel so brutal to everyday Americans.

Flattening Yield Curve is the Calm Before the Storm
Americans are already struggling to feed their families and pay their bills, but having predicted every US recession since 1960, the flattening bond yield curve is speaking loud and clear that an “official” downturn is nearly inevitable. With bond prices on the rise as the Fed looks increasingly likely to cut rates in September, the […]

Volatility Incoming: The End of the Yen Carry Trade
Earlier this year, we discussed the likelihood of the yen carry trade unwinding under the BoJ’s decision to end decades of zero-interest rate policy, or ZIRP. That unwinding now appears to be entering full swing.

Chinese Taking Advantage of Yen Weakness as Domestic Retail Struggles
As the Chinese central bank slashes interest rates in a bid to save its floundering economy, and the Bank of Japan continually intervenes to the tune of billions to save its dying yen, wealthy Chinese consumers are headed in droves to Japan to take advantage of the exchange rate and load up on fancy goods. […]

Will China Be the First Domino in a Global Collapse?
The increasingly desperate, secretive Chinese Communist Party may be powerless to stop the combination of downward trends which, upon passing an event horizon, could trigger a global collapse as the world’s second-largest national economy continues to edge closer to the brink.