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Last week, we got data on the producer price index. It came in at o.6%, a much hotter number than expected. It was the biggest jump in the PPI in six years. Year-over-year, producer prices are up 2.8%. Analysts expected the monthly increase to come in at half that – 0.3%. While the Fed typically […]
The silver-gold ratio hit the highest level in over a quarter century this week. The ratio hit to 86:1 as dollar strength pulled both the price of silver and gold lower this week after the Federal Reserve indicated it plans to keep pushing interest rates higher. The price of silver fell even more steeply than […]
The Russians have an alternative money transfer system up and running, and according to a report in RT, it has now surpassed SWIFT in popularity in that country. This is part of a broader effort by countries like Russia and China to limit their dependence on the US dollar and set up alternative financial channels outside of […]
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You can add Poland to the list of countries buying gold. The Polish central bank added about seven tons of gold to its reserves in July and another two tons in August, according to International Monetary fund data. It was the largest gold purchase by Poland since 1998.
As we head into the month of October, it’s interesting to note that two of the worst stock market crashes in history during this month. Of course, we had the 1929 Wall Street crash that kicked off the Great Depression, and there was also the Black Monday stock market crash in 1987. As Peter Schiff noted in […]
The EU has announced it will create a special payment channel to circumvent US economic sanctions and facilitate trade with Iran. Last month, German foreign minister Heiko Maas called for the creation of a new payments system independent of the United States. The announcement Monday sets that plan in motion.
The SchiffGold Friday Gold Wrap podcast combines a succinct summary of the week’s precious metals news coupled with thoughtful analysis. You can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes.
Investment guru Jim Rogers recently told RT that the dollar is just a few short years away from losing its global dominance. In the next few years, the American dollar is going to lose its position as the world’s reserve currency and the world’s medium of exchange.”
For the last 10 years, central banks have been on a gold-buying spree. At least some of them have. On net, central banks globally added 193.3 tons of gold during the first half of 2018, according to World Gold Council data. That represents an 8% increase over 2017. The last time we saw this kind of […]
