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China’s Role in Shaping the Future of Gold Markets

Gold’s phenomenal year so far is thanks in part to foreign central banks buying the yellow metal. With BRICS nations expanding their membership and growing in prestige, superpowers like China will likely turn to gold to escape the collapsing dollar.

Schiff on Commodity Culture: The Mainstream is Wrong on China

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. 

Dollar vs. Yen: A Race to the Bottom

The troubled yen surged last week as the Fed cemented their decision to implement a huge interest rate cut as Shigeru Ishiba, an advocate for higher interest rates in Japan, won the election for Japanese Prime Minister.

Peter Schiff: Gold’s Potential is Wildly Untapped

Yesterday Peter joined Michael Gayed and Will Rhind on the Lead-Lag Report. They cover a variety of topics, including the future of the dollar, China’s role in the economy, the prospects of war in the Middle East, and gold’s path to a $3000 price point and beyond.

Gold Pumps After Monster Rate Cut – And So Will Inflation

In the wake of the Fed’s juicy 50 bps interest rate cut, the dollar responded immediately by dropping against gold. With more rate cuts on the way, Israel’s war expanding rapidly, and inflation ready to rip higher, new record prices are on the way for the yellow metal.

Comex Gold: October Open Interest is Double The Amount from Last Year

The CME Comex is the Exchange where futures are traded for gold, silver, and other commodities. The CME also allows futures buyers to turn their contracts into physical metal through delivery. You can find more detail on the CME here (e.g., vault types, major/minor months, delivery explanation, historical data, etc.).

Schiff on TWIM: Governments Gouge, Not Companies

Last week, Peter appeared on This Week in Mining with Jay Martin. They spend a good chunk of time discussing the logic (or illogic) or price controls, de-dollarization, and the possibility of a commodities boom in the post-COVID economy. This is Peter’s second appearance on Jay’s show this year. You can view his first interview […]

Will China Be the First Domino in a Global Collapse?

The increasingly desperate, secretive Chinese Communist Party may be powerless to stop the combination of downward trends which, upon passing an event horizon, could trigger a global collapse as the world’s second-largest national economy continues to edge closer to the brink.

U.S. Is “A Few Short Years” From Data Reliability Crisis, Study Warns

U.S. economic data is hitting headlines yet again—this time, due to serious concerns about its continued reliability. “Federal statistical agencies face increasing challenges to their ability to produce relevant, timely, credible, accurate, and objective statistics,” researchers of the American Statistical Association revealed. “Immediate action is needed to put the agencies … on a firmer footing […]

Peter Schiff: More Doom in the Data

In this episode, Peter recaps the latest batch of economic data, in which revisions to job numbers and a declining manufacturing sector bode poorly for the economy. He also analyzes gold and silver’s big week last week and offers some thoughts on President Biden’s recent post-debate interview on ABC.