Gold Price Remains Stable Despite Rate Hikes
Trying to figure out why the gold price rises and falls can sometimes feel like an exercise in futility What it all comes down to ultimately is the interplay between supply and demand And with supply...
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Trying to figure out why the gold price rises and falls can sometimes feel like an exercise in futility What it all comes down to ultimately is the interplay between supply and demand And with supply...
For anyone who remembers the 2008 financial crisis, what’s currently taking place in markets and throughout the economy feels very eerily similar to what took place back then Even worse,...
After the events of the past week, markets are finally starting to realize two things First, the Federal Reserve hasn’t done enough yet to curb inflation Second, the Fed’s attempts to curb...
Anyone who thought that the Federal Reserve would be able to bring inflation down with its latest steps to tighten monetary policy was disappointed with last week’s inflation numbers The consensus...
When you hear the term “lost decade” you think of Japan, and the period of time after the country’s meteoric rise in the 1980s From about 1990 onward, the country fell into a recession Growth...
We live in a world today that is awash in money The total M3 money supply in the United States is nearing $22 trillion The national debt is over $30 trillion The Federal Reserve’s balance sheet is...
It’s an understatement to say that the last two years have been far from normal Thinking back to 2019 or early 2020, it’s amazing how much the world has changed in such a short amount of time But...
Just a few months ago it seemed that everyone thought the US economy was on fire Markets were doing well, unemployment was low, and the real risk we were told was an overheating economy But now we...
With all the headlines talking about how high inflation is, there’s a crisis brewing under the surface that is going largely unnoticed: the debt bubble This debt bubble is perhaps the largest in...
Last month’s inflation numbers were a bit of a respite for the Biden administration, but hardly a relief While month-on-month inflation dropped to 03% and year-on-year inflation dropped to 83%, we...
Financial media for the past several months have been full of headlines touting how strong and hot the US economy is The supposedly tight job market was supposed to be an indicator of economic...
At last week’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, the Federal Reserve made two major policy decisions First, the FOMC raised the target federal funds rate 50 basis points, to ¾ to 1...
In an encouraging sign that rising gold prices haven’t dented gold demand, total demand for gold rose 34% in the first quarter of 2022 to 1,234 tonnes, the highest level since the fourth quarter of...
It’s hard to believe that the world as we once knew it completely changed just two short years ago And it’s hard to believe sometimes that that was only two years ago, as it feels like a lifetime...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) published its latest monthly inflation statistics last week and the results were unsurprising Inflation pushed once again to the highest levels in over 40 years,...
Maybe you’ve been watching inflation slowly creep up month after month Maybe you’ve watched as your grocery bill climbs week after week Maybe you’ve wondered how much longer you can afford to...
While inflation continues to rise and cause the economy to weaken, you wouldn’t know it from looking at various economic measures Stock markets, for instance, have now largely shrugged off their...