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With an ever-increasing amount of national debt, recent inflation, and a bleak outlook for the future, the US economy seems to be entering a rough patch But as long as the US dollar remains the...
Before Congress raised the debt ceiling, we were told that failure to do so would harm the US economy and US markets We were told that the debt ceiling had to be raised, otherwise all manner of...
Unlike gold, silver normally sees most of its demand coming from industrial uses That can change somewhat during times of financial crisis, when investment demand picks up, but normally industrial...
“As safe as money in the bank” is a phrase that has been used for decades to describe something that was absolutely safe Bank vaults once had a reputation for keeping money safe, and since the...
There are more and more reasons to believe that the US economy is on the verge of recession But can anyone say with certainty that the economy will enter a recession within the next year That’s a...
If there’s one thing to know about financial crises, it’s that every crisis is different While regulators and politicians try to pass laws and enact regulations to keep another crisis from...
After 10 consecutive meetings with an increase in the federal funds rate, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) finally decided to pause its rate hikes at its most recent meeting The question now...
Many Americans have gotten fed up with the federal government’s inability to take action on certain issues, and so they’re fighting to enact change at the state level instead We’re seeing that...
Today’s consumer price index (CPI) release showed that inflation slowed to 4% year on year, from 49% year on year last month The news headlines of course play this up as a positive result of the...
While older Americans still remember a time when silver coins circulated in everyday use, almost no one alive today remembers when gold circulated as money Gold formed the backbone of the classical...
While the US banking crisis may seem to be resolved in many people’s eyes, the reality is more likely that it’s just on the back burner The underlying cause of the crisis hasn’t been resolved,...
According to some people who lived through it, the Great Depression wasn’t all that bad as long as you had a job The problem was that many people didn’t have jobs But there’s a kernel of truth...
