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The next “crisis,” will be the “great reset” which will also make it the “last crisis.”
Does anyone really think The Everything Bubble can just keep inflating forever?
The banks would like to avoid gold altogether, but mainstream investors are starting to ask the "should I own some gold" questions...
Exports by China, Japan, and Eurozone under pressure — in part because of globally weak demand for new vehicles, which transcends the trade war.
Last time was during the Financial Crisis. Now it’s happening in a kinder and gentler way, but there is no crisis.
The US Trade Weighted Broad Dollar Index just hit an all-time high! Meanwhile, President Trump keeps needling Powell and The Fed to lower interest rates, but Trump can’t seem to make Powell h…
Zimbabwe’s official annual inflation rate was 230% in July, according to John Robertson, an economist based in Harare, but the nation’s statistics office won’t tell you that.
The Federal Reserve is paying attention to the effects of its interest rate policies on other countries,...
Current and former central bankers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, weren’t sure if Mark Carney’s idea for a virtual reserve currency is the answer, but they agree that the dollar’s dominance is a problem.
Gold will extend its winning ways as the U.S.-China standoff harms growth, risking a deeper slowdown and inviting more central-bank easing, according to UBS Group AG, which jacked up price forecasts with a prediction the precious metal may hit $1,600 within three months.“The trade war
Worldwide military expenditures increased once again in 2018, hitting a record $1.8 trillion — highest level since the Cold War. Defense budget increases from the United States and China and fear of Russian aggression in Eastern Europe played a major role.
Monetary policy works as a huge transfer of wealth from savers and productive sectors of the eurozone to inefficient governments and unproductive sectors that are constantly refinanced...
Global central bank chiefs know their job is to keep the economy out of the ditc...
Clouding the G-7 gathering, which represents the world's major industrial economies, are the tit-for-tat tariffs between Washington and Beijing.
Donald Trump went on a Twitter rant Friday. In his latest podcast, Peter Schiff said the president basically "lost it."There was a lot of news on Friday before Trump went off on Twitter. Jerome Powell gave his speech at Jackson Hole. He was generally upbeat about the economy. Then China announced additional tariffs on $75 billion in American imports. But the real fireworks started with Trump's tweets in response to the Chines tariff retaliation.
Mine output fell significantly in three of the world's top silver-producing countries through the first half of the year.Peru's silver production fell 10%, mine output in Mexico fell 4%, and silver production in Chile was down 7%, according to data released by government agencies in those three countries.
The continuation of the easing policies seems as inevitable as it is bound to be catastrophic...
The gold lifeboat won't be easy to enter...
There could be a ticking time-bomb in your portfolio...