Peter's Blog
Get the latest headlines, market analysis, and original content from SchiffGold.
Posts Tagged: “economy“
Search Peter's Blog
Pop Goes the Auto Bubble: It’s Your Dime Special
In this special episode of It’s Your Dime, Mike Maharrey switches roles and becomes the interviewee. Mike recently appeared on Inside the News with Paul Jensen and Suzanne Sherman on K-TALK AM1640 in Utah to talk about the popping of the auto bubble and more generally how the Federal Reserve has set us up for […]

Corporate Debt Could Make Next Recession “Difficult to Manage”
Bankers, investors and executives are increasingly worried about corporate debt, according to a Reuters report. Specifically, the concerns center around “leveraged lending.” These are loans made to firms already deeply in debt. Think subprime loans for corporations. As the Reuters report put it, “the concern is that the loans would be difficult to either collect […]

Peter Schiff: This Is a Bubble Deflating (Video)
Peter Schiff appeared on RT Boom Bust last week and reiterated he thinks we have entered a bear market. In fact, what we’re seeing now is a deflating bubble.

Peter Schiff: When Everything Blows, Gold Is Going Ballistic
Peter Schiff appeared on RT Boom Bust last week to talk about gold and silver. He said the time to buy is right now! Precious metals are going up in the long run and the long run may be here sooner than people think.
Building Houses on Rotten Foundations: SchiffGold Friday Gold Wrap 11.16.18
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.

Is the Air Coming Out of Housing Bubble 2.0?
Peter Schiff put it pretty bluntly in a podcast last week. We don’t have a booming economy. We have bubbles. And it looks like the air is starting to come out of some of those bubbles. We see signs of trouble, particularly in interest rate-sensitive sectors such as real estate. As just one example, home sales in […]

Gold: The Best House in a Bad Neighborhood
Generally, when the mainstream talks about gold, you get a negative spin. So, whenever I see anybody in the mainstream talking positively about the yellow metal, I sit up and take notice. Well, MarketWatch had some positive things to say about gold recently, calling it “the best house in bad neighborhood” for 2019.

Drop in Credit Card Spending Could Signal Problems in Economy Built on Consumer Debt
Americans took on another $10.9 billion in debt in September, according to data released by the Federal Reserve. That pushed total consumer debt to a seasonally adjusted $3.95 trillion. American indebtedness is growing at a 3.3% rate. But there are signs that American credit card borrowing is slowing down and that’s not good news in […]

Economy Rolling Over: Focus On Housing And Tariffs
As the stock market was tanking last month, Peter Schiff said a recession is obviously coming. Now things have calmed down a little bit and everybody seems convinced October was just a bad month — a needed correction. But as Peter has been saying, there are some fundamentals everybody is ignoring that look really bad. […]

Jerome Powell Is Trump’s Scapegoat
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has become Pres. Donald Trump’s favorite scapegoat. As “his” stock market gets more and more volatile, Trump needs somebody to blame — especially during election season. The Fed chair makes the perfect target.