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June 9, 2026 Peter's Podcast

Peter Schiff: Inflation Comes From Washington

In Friday’s episode of The Peter Schiff Show, Peter connects the dots between Washington’s fiscal choices, Federal Reserve policy, and the asset bubbles those choices create. He covers inflation’s true drivers, the hidden costs of today’s tech buildout, why Bitcoin is vulnerable, and why gold and silver remain the prudent hedge for savers. He closes […]

June 4, 2026 Guest Commentaries

How Monetary Policy Punishes Saving

For generations, the wisdom passed down at kitchen tables was simple: spend less than you earn, save patiently, and let time do its quiet work. That world has been inverted. For over two decades, the Federal Reserve has systematically penalized savers through artificially low interest rates and persistent inflation, undermining the concepts of sufficiency and […]

June 1, 2026 Interviews

Schiff w/ Joy: Inflation Is Winning

Last week Peter joined Shannon Joy on her podcast to warn listeners that runaway government spending and a corrupting alliance between state and corporate power are eating away at living standards. He connects collapsing consumer confidence, rising interest rates, and a political media culture that shields power to make the case that savers need sound […]

June 1, 2026 Interviews

Schiff on Soar Financially: Gold’s Breakout Is Coming

Peter recently joined Kai on Soar Financially to lay out why gold and silver are sitting on the verge of a real move and what could finally trigger a breakout. He walks through the mispricing he sees in precious metals and related stocks, explains why collapsing real rates will be the tailwind markets are missing, […]

May 29, 2026 Exploring Finance

International Countries have only bought 10% of total new debt over 18 months

The following analysis breaks down the Fed balance sheet in detail. It shows different parts of the balance sheet and how those amounts have changed. It also shows historical interest rate trends. Breaking Down the Balance Sheet As soon as the Fed ended Quantitative Tightening they launched a new round of Quantitative Easing. As shown […]

May 27, 2026 Interviews

Schiff on Kitco News: Cheap Debt Today, Pain Tomorrow

On Tuesday, Peter appeared on Kiko News to warn that markets and the public are underestimating how costly the United States’ borrowing binge will become. He walks through bond market complacency, rising consumer inflation expectations, the danger that foreign creditors may stop funding the deficit, and how politics has dulled fiscal accountability. He also points […]

May 27, 2026 Original Analysis

Propping Up the Yen, Again and Again

Can Japan just keep propping up the yen forever?  At a certain point, Japan won’t be able to just keep dumping dollars and Treasuries to prevent its currency from imploding.  With an economy so sensitive to rate hikes after decades of zero-interest rate policy, the Bank of Japan can’t endlessly jack up the cost of […]

May 26, 2026 Guest Commentaries

Inflation Surges as War Spending and Deficits Grow

The latest inflation reports show price increases surging to multi-year highs across nearly every major category — driven not just by energy costs, but by the Federal Reserve’s continued easy-money policies and the compounding fiscal burden of new wars and runaway deficits. The following article was originally published by the Mises Institute. The opinions expressed […]

May 26, 2026 Peter's Podcast

Peter Schiff: Sovereign Debt Will Topple the Dollar

In Tuesday’s episode of The Peter Schiff Show, Peter lays out a stark thesis: the next major crisis won’t be a replay of 2008’s private-credit collapse, but a sovereign-credit reckoning that threatens currencies and bond markets worldwide. He focuses on rising yields, Japan’s fragile fiscal math, and the danger to the dollar’s reserve status, nudging […]

May 26, 2026 Exploring Finance

13 Week Money Supply Growth Hits Highest Level Since 2022

Money Supply is a very important indicator. It helps show how tight or loose current monetary conditions are regardless of what the Fed is doing with interest rates. Even if the Fed is tight, if Money Supply is increasing, it has an inflationary effect. One key metric shown below is the “Wenzel” 13-week annualized money […]