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The Federal Reserve wrapped up its March meeting, delivering a 25 basis-point interest rate hike in the face of a 7.9% CPI. Peter Schiff called it the most anticipated and probably the most meaningless rate hike in history.
In another sign that the inflation train is far from running out of steam, producer prices were up big again in February. The Producer Price Index (PPI) for final demand surged 0.8% month on month. This was close to the expectation. The annual increase in producer prices came in at 10%, tying the all-time record.
The Fed is supposedly about to step into the ring to fight inflation. But all indications are it’s going to be a feckless fight.
Last week, we got another big jump in consumer prices with the February CPI data. Peter Schiff appeared on Fox News with Tucker Carlson to talk about the rampant inflation. He said it’s only going to get worse. Inflation only has one way to go. Up.
We got the February CPI data yesterday. There is some bad news in the report and then there is some really bad news. In this episode, SchiffGold Friday Gold Wrap Host Mike Maharrey breaks it all down. He also talks about gold’s rollercoaster ride this week in the context of inflation and the Russia-Ukraine situation.
The latest seasonally adjusted inflation rate for January was 0.8% month over month. The non-seasonally adjusted annual rate came in at 7.87%. Both of these numbers were slightly above expectations. Unlike last year, where one component made up the bulk of the move, the past several months have shown increases more evenly spread across the […]
The Consumer Price Index data for February just came out. It was smoking hot yet again with prices up 0.8% month-on-month and 7.9% on an annual basis. Keep in mind, this was before the big spike in oil prices due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. And inflation is even worse than the official government […]
Gold pushed above $2,000 an ounce on Tuesday and made a run at the all-time record high. The yellow metal was up $54 on the day, closing at $2,052 despite some selling after it nudged the all-time high. Some of this is clearly safe-haven buying due to the situation in Russia, and a lot of […]
Now inflation is Russia’s fault. Or is it greedy businesses pushing up prices? Maybe a combination of the two. It seems that government officials and central bankers are looking everywhere for a place to pin the blame for inflation except the one place they need to look — in the mirror.
Jerome Powell testified on Capitol Hill last week. He said the central bank plans to hold the course on rate hikes and monetary tightening despite the global chaos caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. He also continued to dodge any responsibility for rampant inflation. In fact, he repeated a lie Ben Bernanke told in […]
