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At the end of January, Senator Rand Paul re-introduced the “Audit the Fed” bill first promoted by his father, Ron Paul. If passed, the bill would hopefully make the Federal Reserve more transparent by opening it to a direct audit from the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The Fed has been legally exempt from GAO audits […]
Gallup CEO Jim Clifton caused big waves across the media on Tuesday when he published an article calling the official government unemployment number of 5.6% a “big lie.” Clearly the powers that be were not pleased with the criticism. The very next day, Clifton appeared on CNBC to qualify his statement. In an almost Orwellian […]
Bloomberg has published a feature-length article about the history of the German gold repatriation movement partly led by Peter Boehringer. The piece is unusual for the mainstream American media in that it actively entertains the possibility that foreign gold stored in the New York Federal Reserve may not be the same gold originally deposited. Even […]
Marc Faber has been long on gold since the mid-1990s. He thinks 2015 may be the year that investors wake up to the scam that is central banking. The only way to bet against the central banks is to buy gold. You can take a riskier approach and get into gold mining stocks, but the […]
Peter Schiff reviews the most recent United States economic data and the reaction of the foreign exchange markets in his latest podcast. We’re seeing some of the worst economic numbers since the Great Recession, so will the Federal Reserve really raise rates this year? Peter also discusses the propaganda surrounding Standard & Poor’s settlement with […]
Jim Clifton of Gallup, CEO of one of the largest public polling companies in the world, has published a severe indictment of the official unemployment data reported by the United States Department of Labor. Obama and Wall Street cite the 5.6% unemployment rate as a triumph of the American economic recovery, while conveniently ignoring the […]
In his latest commentary from Euro Pacific Capital, Peter Schiff delves into the repercussions of the political and economic drama playing out in Greece. Peter explains why the newly elected Greek government feels it holds a position of power as a debtor nation in today’s upside down economic climate. Peter also draws similarities between the […]
The London Gold Fix is a nearly 100-year-old price-setting system for the international price of gold. Beginning in March, one or more Chinese banks may be included in the pool of fix participants for the first time ever.
Last month, the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis published an essay that supposedly debunks the idea that a monetary gold standard can stabilize and improve economies. The piece is blatant propaganda that returns to the same excuse central bankers always use to discredit the gold standard. Namely, that tying a currency to gold prevents […]
Peter Schiff explains the sharply lower GDP growth in the fourth quarter of 2014 and shares his predictions for 2015. Peter asks the ultimate question that everybody seems to be ignoring – How can analysts expect the United States to experience better GDP growth in 2015 when they also expect the Federal Reserve to raise interest […]
