2019 Outlook: The State of Sound Money in the United States
By Jp Cortez The Great Recession, coupled with the “Ron Paul Revolution,” prompted a renaissance of the sound money movement in the United States. As…
Banking
Somebody Pressed The Panic Button – Bank Stocks And Tech Stocks Crash As The Yield Curve Inverts
By Michael Snyder Stocks aren’t supposed to crash in December. Most of the time we see a nice “Santa Claus rally” to close out the…
How Private Banks Create Bubbles — With The Help Of Central Banks
By Frank Shostak With meagre resources at his disposal, an individual is likely to allocate these resources (i.e., his wealth) towards essentials such as food,…
Jp Cortez: Gold and Silver Are Still Money
By Rory Hall Once in a while it seems everything aligns just right and the world spins in the orbit we choose. This happened recently…
Will DOJ Finally Hold Bullion Banks Accountable for Market Rigging?
By Clint Siegner It is hard to cheer for the Department of Justice these days, but federal prosecutions have begun to offer hope for precious…
JPMorgan Chase Trader Pleads Guilty to Gold Manipulation, Turns State’s Evidence
By Clint Siegner Gold and silver investors got a rare bit of good news on the enforcement front last week. A trader from JPMorgan Chase…
European Central Bank In Panic Mode as Economy Stalls
By Andrew Moran The eurozone could not borrow from the momentum of the U.S. economy in the third quarter as economic growth slumped to a…
Because of Inflation, We’re Financing the Financiers — The Cantillon Effect
By Jessica Schultz It may come as a surprise to you that the United States has been financing a welfare program that takes money from…
Schemes for Currency Manipulation Spread Worldwide
By Brendan Brown The publication of the latest Treasury semi-annual report on foreign exchange manipulation (under title of “Macroeconomic and Foreign Exchange Policies of Major…
Global Banking Stocks Are Crashing Hard – Just Like They Did In 2008
By Michael Snyder Global stocks are falling precipitously once again, and banking stocks are leading the way. If this reminds you of 2008, it should,…
Easy Money Is a Recipe for Fake Booms and Real Busts
By Daniel J. Mitchell I periodically explain that you generally don’t get a recession by hiking taxes, adding red tape, or increasing the burden of government spending. Those…
The Myth Of The Eternal Market Bubble And Why It Is Dead Wrong
By Brandon Smith Economic collapse is not an event — it is a process. I’ve been saying this since the initial 2008 crash, and I…
New Data Shows Federal Reserve Is Causing More Inequality
By Ryan McMaken Back in August, Bloomberg interviewed Karen Petrou about her research on quantitative easing and the Fed’s policies since the 2008 financial crisis….
Another Bank “Fined” For Rigging The Gold And Silver Markets
By Rory Hall The evidence continues to mount proving that the work GATA has performed for the past two decades is, not only 100% accurate,…