Gold is 1.7% higher this morning, as it is retracing some of its short-term decline. What about the other precious metals? Silver lost 0.20% on Monday and today it is 3.6% higher. Platinum gained 0.11% and today ...
“I see it as being complementary,” he said in an interview. “Whatever one’s starting position was before the pandemic in terms of what your gold and crypto allocation should be, I think it should be materially larger now.”
The fallout is also contributing to a massive dollar decline, according to Roach. He has been warning the Street since last spring a crash is virtually inevitable.
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said the central bank’s actions to backstop a range of credit markets after the coronavirus convulsed Wall Street this past spring had unlocked almost $2 trillion to support businesses, cities and states.
Those most at risk are depending on one or more relief programs that are set to expire, right as the economic recovery becomes more fragile than it's been in months.
For years, the Social Security payroll tax hasn't been enough to cover benefit payments for the massive baby-boom generation that has started to retire.
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"For the first time since the pandemic began, there is now hope for a brighter future," the OECD said Tuesday.
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Investor demand for precious metals remains strong as the U.S. Mint Silver Eagle sales in November were the highest in nine months. Not only were Silver Eagle sales the highest since March, when the pandemic caused investors to wipe-out inventories, but Gold Eagle sales also jumped by another...
The surge in the gold and silver prices today was the result of the large Dollar sell-off. The U.S. Dollar has been trading off an important support level for the past four months, but finally broke below it today, causing a nice really in the precious metals. Gold was up $40...
Many of the key programs that the central bank has used since March are expiring at the end of the year.
Central bank digital currencies (CBDC) are being sold with the narrative of protecting consumers who are increasingly moving to cashless payments.
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Speech by Fabio Panetta, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the Deutsche Bundesbank conference on the “Future of Payments in Europe”