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June 4, 2015Key Gold Headlines

June 5, 1933: The Dollar’s Day of Infamy

After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt called Dec. 7, 1941, “A date that will live in infamy.” When it comes to the US monetary system, June 5, 1933 should share that ignoble title, because that date marks the beginning of a slow death of the dollar. Eighty-two years ago, the US […]

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June 2, 2015Guest Commentaries

The History and Future of the War on Cash (Audio)

Dr. Joseph Salerno, Academic Vice President of the Mises Institute, recently gave a speech about the ever-growing “war on cash.” For decades, governments around the world have been expanding their efforts to prevent or discourage citizens from using cash. Salerno reviewed the history of this trend from the Bank Secrecy Act in 1970 to modern-day […]

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June 1, 2015Interviews

The Overpriced Dollar Makes Gold a Great Buy (Video)

Greg Hunter spoke with Peter Schiff on USAWatchdog over the weekend. Peter shared his thoughts on the first-quarter GDP figure and the future of the US dollar. Peter warned that the coming crisis is going to be worse than the last, because the boom is even bigger. However, this boom has only benefited the Wall […]

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May 29, 2015Key Gold Headlines

This Month in Gold – May 2015

Austria Repatriating Some Gold from Britain Reuters – Austrian central bank officials say they plan to repatriate some of its gold reserves from Great Britain in response to criticism that it stores too much of its precious metal abroad. The Austrian National Bank administers the country’s 280 metric tons of gold reserves. Currently, about 80% […]

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May 29, 2015Interviews

Peter Schiff’s Contrarian Take on China vs US

CNBC spoke with Peter Schiff last night about his expectations for today’s first quarter GDP announcement. They went on to discuss why no matter what the GDP is, the Federal Reserve will be unable to significantly raise interest rates this year. In a second segment, they spoke about the growth of China’s economy. Peter argues […]

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May 29, 2015Key Gold Headlines

US GDP Drops Dramatically in First Quarter

Just as Peter Schiff has been predicting, first-quarter GDP in the United States was revised dramatically lower today. The Commerce department previously estimated that US economic output rose 0.2% in the first quarter of 2015, but it is now reporting a seasonally adjusted rate of negative 0.7%. Peter has anticipated this downward revision since the […]

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May 28, 2015Original Analysis

The Fed Considers a More Seasoned Approach

The Federal Reserve and mainstream economists have recently put a lot of effort into discounting the first-quarter GDP figures. In his latest commentary from Euro Pacific Capital, Peter Schiff walks us through the supposed logic of seasonally-adjusted economic data and why the government feels the need to revise the way it looks at decades of […]

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