Holding at $1,400 an ounce, traders weigh the scope for rate cuts by the Federal Reserve following last week’s...
"The idea that we ’re now a captive of the market — is somewhat chilling to me.... because if the economy doesn’t cooperate, I don’t know what we do..."
Whether they want to or not, Americans continue to drown even deeper in debt, and enjoying every minute of it.
We’ve mentioned before that Jeff is occasionally asked to prepare reports for institutional investors. This summary of gold’s performance in the second quarter of 2019 was sent to various advisors and brokers. We thought we’d share with you what some institutional investors are reading. - Alexander Trigaux, EditorThis report briefly examines the performance of gold and other major asset classes during the second quarter of 2019, along with YTD performances. We also highlight the conditions that could specifically impact the gold market going forward.
Something very significant happened in June when gold shrugged off the expanding open interest of bullion bank shenanigans. Michael explains...
Just like the U.S., The Bank of Japan’s Haruhiko Kuroda (the current governor) has greatly expanded the BOJ’s balance sheet of assets. Starting in 2012, Japan’s house price index ha…
We have been busy on a piece evaluating the U.S. economy under the first 29 months of the Trump administration. As I used to bark out selling programs as a young kid at Dodger Stadium, “You …
What Americans Think the Government Should Do to Fix Social Security...
Funding shortfalls for state and local pension funds are a key source of fiscal fragility in the United States.
With all this central-bank money printing and zero-interest-rate policies and negative-interest-rate policies, and central-bank liquidity injections...
Dumps MBS at Record Pace, Exceeding “Cap” for First Time...
The S&P 500 looks set to suffer its first earnings recession in three years, as the number of companies cutting guidance is among the highest seen in the...
It can't be entirely a coincidence that the first move by a major newspaper against the confirmation of Judy Shelton as a governor of the Federal Reserve should come from the Washington Post. It is, after all, the only newspaper in America to hav
"We don’t want to shake the system so much that we would lose the stability that is needed," she added.
The Swedish Central Bank and the Bank of England carry out researches on whether they should start issuing Central Bank Digital Cash (CBDC) and compete with bank credit as a means of payment.
France's central bank governor hasn't ruled out more stimulus for the euro zone coming as early as this summer.
Everything you need to know about central bank policy around the world over the coming months.
Break-up of the world’s two biggest economies is gradually becoming a real possibility, academics tell symposium on the trade war.
Big investors are making huge bets on high-risk real estate, whose value may implode in the next economic contraction.
As tensions between Iran and the U.S. reach breaking point, it is time to have a look at how a war in the region would impact oil prices