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The Latin phrase quis custodiet ipsos custodes is often translated as “Who watches the watchmen” It’s normally used to refer to the problem of police corruption or governmental overreach, a...
The summer is normally a time when markets go quiet That’s understandable, as schools are out and families go on vacation And with pent-up travel demand after years of COVID closures, you could...
In the aftermath of World War II, the world found itself split between two competing political alliances In the West, NATO formed among the United States, Canada, the UK, and the free nations of...
At a time when the US economy is headed toward recession, financial markets more than ever want certainty from the Federal Reserve that the Fed is ready to step into the breach to prevent another...
Did you hear the latest news from the mainstream media The US economy is no longer going to be in recession! Isn’t that wonderful! So forget about how badly inflation has taken a bite out of your...
The number of signs indicating that Americans are facing financial difficulties continues to grow all the time And one particularly worrying indicator is the fact that more and more Americans are...
With everything that’s going on in the world today, it’s no wonder that so many people are nervous about their finances Since the first bank failures in March, Americans have been moving their...
When inflation data came out last month showing that the consumer price index (CPI) had fallen to 3% year on year, many observers hailed it as evidence that the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy...
Last week rating agency Fitch downgraded the US government’s debt rating from AAA to AA+ It was an unexpected move, and caused ripples in the market But markets seem to have shrugged off the move...
To no one’s surprise, the Federal Reserve decided to raise its target federal funds rate at last week’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting But that decision raised more questions than...
If you’ve been reading mainstream media on the topic of recession, you’ve probably seen the pretty stark dichotomy between the differing views on recession On the one hand, you have the bullish...
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...
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