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The Fed’s preferred inflation gauge, PCE, has now come in above its 2 percent target for 65 consecutive months, with core PCE running at 3.3 percent year over year in July and CPI up 3.4 percent through August. The dollar has lost 28 percent of its purchasing power since January 2020, and with wages falling […]

Last week, Peter squared off against George Gammon in a lively debate on the future of the U.S. dollar, moderated by Mario Nawfal. The two economic commentators debate the sustainability of America’s fiscal trajectory, the role gold could play as central banks diversify away from the dollar, and the risk of a full-blown currency crisis. […]

The European Central Bank (ECB) marked the 25th anniversary of euro cash this month with a speech from Executive Board member Piero Cipollone, delivered September 14th at the House of the Euro in Brussels. Titled “The future of euro cash: trusted today, designed for tomorrow,” the address celebrated the currency’s 2002 launch, when 308 million […]

Last week, Peter sat down with Darrell from VRIC Media to discuss the Fed’s credibility problem, the true costs of tariffs and war, and why he believes gold’s historic rise is only getting started. He walks through the disconnect between the Fed’s rhetoric and its actions, the hidden costs of foreign intervention, and the looming […]

On Tuesday, Peter joined The Street to sit down for a wide-ranging interview covering gold’s historic climb, the dollar’s ongoing collapse in purchasing power, and why he thinks Washington’s optimism on oil prices is misplaced. He also takes aim at Bitcoin, arguing that its five-year bear market is far from over despite the unwavering confidence […]

The Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index fell 0.8 points to 89.4 in August, down from 90.2 in July, based on a survey conducted between August 3rd and August 16th. The decline marks the second consecutive monthly drop, though the headline figure masks a sharper divergence beneath the surface. While consumers grew somewhat more upbeat about […]

Personal income climbed by $115.1 billion, or 0.4 percent, in July 2026, according to the latest report from the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Disposable personal income, which is income after taxes, rose by an even larger 0.5 percent. Yet consumer spending told a different story, inching up just 0.2 percent in nominal terms and less […]

American citizens, the Fed, and bond markets all know: Inflation isn’t under control. When the Fed prints, they write inflation on the wall. And even if they do everything “perfectly” to return inflation to the target of 2%, that’s just slowing down the pace of their stealing. Your purchasing power is still robbed from you, […]

Federal Reserve Vice Chair Philip Jefferson told an audience at Stanford University on July 16 that monetary policy is facing a “delicate balancing act,” as overlapping shocks from the Middle East conflict, post-pandemic imbalances, and newly erected trade barriers keep inflation above target and threaten to unmoor expectations. The remarks, delivered at the Stanford Institute […]

New York Federal Reserve President John Williams didn’t show up to Tuesday’s Crane’s Money Fund Symposium in person, but his prepared remarks got out anyway. Gold didn’t care either way. Williams described the U.S. economy as “resilient amid the uncertainty” from the Middle East conflict, pointing to steady consumer spending and “robust” artificial-intelligence investment. In […]