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In the latest episode of the Peter Schiff Show, Peter dives into an eventful and troubling week for the U.S. economy, marked by tumbling stocks, a weakening dollar, and escalating global market tensions. Peter explains why Trump’s tough talk on NATO and increased tariffs may be exacerbating underlying structural weaknesses in the U.S. economy. He […]
President Trump says he wants to be “The Tariff President,” fully embracing a longstanding and powerful tool in the economic arsenals of nations.
Just like that, Trump’s trade war with Canada and Mexico has already ended (or at least been “paused”) before it even began. With gold hitting record new highs and the second Trump administration not even a month old, you can bet it won’t be the first “Trump Shock” to send waves through markets and media.
On his Sunday night broadcast, Peter dove into the fallout from President Trump’s tariff policy, which surprised markets on Friday. Peter explores everything from foreign exchange moves to the tariffs’ impacts on everyday American consumers, using analogies to illustrate how these policies could unravel the American economy.
Yesterday Peter joined host Jesse Day on his show, Commodity Culture, to discuss the upcoming election, the historic decline of the dollar relative to gold, and a possible return to quantitative easing. They also devote time to global affairs, namely recent violence in the Middle East and movement in the Chinese equity market.
Earlier this year, we discussed the likelihood of the yen carry trade unwinding under the BoJ’s decision to end decades of zero-interest rate policy, or ZIRP. That unwinding now appears to be entering full swing.
