Inflation Bites: The $38 Million Man
By Michael Maharrey It’s easy to think of “inflation” as an abstract economic principle and forget that it has real impacts on real people. Federal…
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Fed Chairman’s Brazen Lies About Gold Go Unchallenged
By Chris Powell Money Metals writer Mike Maharrey yesterday shot down the laughable assertion made this week by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell that bitcoin…
Jerome Powell: Bitcoin & Gold Are Not in Competition With the Dollar
By Michael Maharrey During a recent interview, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Bitcoin is “just like” gold and is not competing with the U.S….
How to End the Fed
By Peter St. Onge How can we End the Fed… Without a government-licensed counterfeiter, would we be eating cat food? There’s an entire industry dedicated…
Ex-Federal Reserve Official Pleads Guilty to Insider Trading
By Ken Silva A former official for the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond pled guilty last week to insider trading after he was caught misappropriating confidential information…
The Federal Reserve Lost Another $20 Billion in the Third Quarter; You Will Get the Bill
By Michael Maharrey The Federal Reserve booked $19.9 billion in operating losses in the third quarter. Keep in mind that Fed losses ultimately become your…
Gold-Backed or Bust: Judy Shelton’s Plan to Tame the Fed and Restore the Dollar
By Paul D. Mueller Judy Shelton has spent her career advocating for sound money. Her latest book, Good as Gold: How to Unleash the Power of…
20% Of Households Making Over $150,000 Live Paycheck-To-Paycheck
Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com Bank of America has an interesting report on who’s living paycheck to paycheck (PTP). It’s not just the poor….
From High Inflation To Hyperinflation: How Close Are We?
Authored by Nick Giambruno via InternationalMan.com The Federal Reserve is now entering a monetary easing and rate-cutting cycle in an environment of elevated inflation. The last time this happened was during the 1970s,…
Is There A Secret Ulterior Motive Behind The “Emergency Move” That The Federal Reserve Just Made?
By Michael Snyder We aren’t supposed to question anything that the Federal Reserve does. We are just supposed to quietly accept their decisions and move…
Shell Game: How America’s Money Devolved from Gold to Fiat
By Joshua D. Glawson Imagine a street performer standing behind a small table, moving three shells around at lightning speed, concealing a pea beneath one…
Central Bank Gold Buying Trends and the Federal Reserve’s Inflation Strategy
By Money Metals Exchange In the latest episode of Money Metals’ Midweek Memo, host Mike Maharrey explored two key financial topics: the surge in central…
Carry Trade Trap: The Real Reason Why The Fed Has Waited So Long To Cut Rates
By Brandon Smith In 2022 there was considerable debate among alternative economists what the Federal Reserve was likely to do in the face of rising…
The Federal Reserve Does Not Own Gold
By Ryan McMaken Historically—as during the days of the classical gold standard—central banks maintained stocks of gold to facilitate the conversion of gold-backed national currencies….