Inflation Is a Thing! SchiffGold Friday Gold Wrap
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell spent most of his Jackson Hole speech continuing to try to convince everybody that inflation is transitory. As Friday Gold Wrap podcast host Mike Maharrey points out in this episode, whether it is or isn’t transitory, inflation is a real thing that has a real impact on real people. In this show, he also breaks the news on the August jobs numbers and discusses taper talk.
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While Fed Talks About Taper, Balance Sheet Grows $111 Billion in August
Peter Schiff: Jerome Powell Tapers the Taper Talk
Central Banks Can’t Taper in This Economic Environment
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