Peter's Blog

In a recent interview on the Wealth Building Blueprint channel, Peter joined Vladyslav Grabarskyy to discuss several warning signs flashing across the economy, from record-low consumer sentiment to a stock market propped up almost entirely by a handful of AI darlings. The duo connects unsustainable government debt, rising interest rates, and the growing case for […]

In his latest podcast, Peter pokes holes in President Trump’s latest economic narrative, contrasting it with the reality consumers are feeling on the ground. He also tackles the administration’s flip-flop on Russian energy imports, takes a jab at artificial intelligence branding, and closes out with sharp critiques of a politically compromised Fed investigation and the […]

The Trade Deficit is one of the two components of the ‘twin deficits’; the other being the federal budget deficit. The trade deficit used to be a number that received a ton of attention in the 1980s and 1990s because it was determined to be a strong gauge of the strength and weakness in the […]

Long-term Treasury yields are surging to levels not seen in decades, with the 10-year climbing above 4.9 percent and the 30-year above 5.3 percent, as investors brace for a flood of new government debt. Fiscal year 2026’s cumulative deficit has already reached $1.79 trillion, the largest outside the Covid era, while the national debt closes […]

In his latest episode of the Peter Schiff Show, Peter returns to Puerto Rico to dismantle the government’s economic reporting system, expose the contradictions in Trump’s pressure campaign against the Federal Reserve, and share a personal story that reveals the hidden costs of tariffs. He closes with a historical parallel that shows just how absurd […]

On June 17th, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) kept its federal-funds-rate target at 3.50–3.75 percent, repeating its wait-and-see stance even as headline inflation refuses to retreat to the central bank’s two-percent objective. In a unanimous 12–0 vote, policymakers argued that U.S. growth “is expanding at a solid pace” and promised, in their words, “The […]

Current Trends The US government has borrowed nearly $450B in the last three months. While this is a gargantuan sum of money, it annualizes to ~$1.9T which would be the smallest year of borrowing since 2022. Unfortunately, the trend more likely to hold is the borrowing seen in Feb and March which clocked in at […]

Federal Budget The Federal Government publishes the spending and revenue numbers on a monthly basis. The charts and tables below give an in-depth review of the Federal Budget, showing where the money is coming from, where it is going to, and the surplus or deficit. The government fiscal year closes at the end of September, […]

The Trade Deficit is one of the two components of the ‘twin deficits’; the other being the federal budget deficit. The trade deficit used to be a number that received a ton of attention in the 1980s and 1990s because it was determined to be a strong gauge of the strength and weakness in the […]

Last week, in his second recent interview with Daniel Horowitz, Peter lays out a broad critique of today’s economic policy and market behavior. He centers the conversation on what he sees as a coordinated attempt to suppress precious metals, then ties that theme to the bigger-picture issues of stagflation, dollar debasement, tariffs, shifting debt strategy, […]