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After setting a record through the first half of the year, central banks continued to gobble up gold in the third quarter. Globally, central banks added a net 337 tons of gold in Q3, the second-highest third-quarter total on record behind 2022. Through the first nine months of the year, central banks bought a net […]
Does the massive national debt matter? A lot of people don’t think it does, at least not yet. They point to Japan as an example of a country that has a much higher debt-to-GDP ratio and is doing fine. Peter Schiff said they’re looking at the wrong country. The US is more like Argentina than […]
A Georgia couple nearly lost more than $186,000 in a gold scam. But they ended up turning the tables and scamming the scammers.
The mainstream remains optimistic about the trajectory of the economy. Price inflation has supposedly been beaten down. GDP growth was even better than expected, and most economists have tabled their recession predictions. But in his podcast, Peter Schiff explained that it’s all an illusion. The financial crisis has already started, and it continues to play […]
This week, gold and silver went their separate ways, with gold rising and silver falling. In European trade this morning, gold was $1985, up $4 from last Friday’s close, while silver was 22.81, down 21 cents. Gold is edging higher, while silver edges lower.
When it comes to economic data, context matters. In this episode of the Friday Gold Wrap, host Mike Maharrey explains how the Fed, many mainstream economists, and financial network talking heads get a lot wrong because of bad data, shoddy economic frameworks, and ignorance of history. Along the way, he covers the GDP and the […]
This article defines credit, a subject upon which there is a lack of public knowledge. What people call money is in fact credit, and money itself, which is physical gold without counterparty risk, rarely if ever circulates. Nearly everyone, including most economists, fails to understand credit and the importance of its value being tied to […]
Chinese gold demand was up 7.3% year on year through the first nine months of 2023. China ranks as the world’s biggest gold market, and Chinese demand has a significant impact on the global gold market.
The European Central Bank (ECB) is laying the groundwork to roll out its version of a central bank digital currency (CBDC). According to the ECB’s website, the “preparation phase” for the digital euro begins in November and “builds on the findings from our investigation phase.”
How in the world did the Toronto airport lose $15.3 million in gold bars along with $1.9 million in cash? That remains unclear, but a lawsuit filed by Brink’s shed a little bit of light on the situation.
