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This year’s April Fools joke from the Federal Reserve is the same this year as every other: Pretending that a small group of unelected academics can micromanage the economy to create an ideal balance between employment, inflation, and cost of borrowing. The Fed wants to control the economy, but all it achieves is distortion. And […]
Gold closed the week at $3,025 (+$40), while silver slid to $33.19 (-$0.70). Joel breaks it all down: Fed drama, Brazil’s bold rate hike, Powell vs. Trump, Canada’s confusion, and why Kentucky & Utah just became hard money heroes. Price action commentary starts at 14:22.
Gold hits record highs, DeepSeek AI shakes up tech, and central banks make decisions—big market shifts explained in this episode! Gold closed this week at $2,800 (up $25) and silver at $31.35 (up $0.75). Joel gives the full price commentary at 11:02.
For the last two years, the media and establishment political class have claimed Fed policy has been sufficiently restrictive to tame inflation. But with Jerome Powell’s recent admission that inflation is higher than it should be, it’s clear that the Fed has not been hawkish enough. The following article was originally published by the Mises […]
Powell is admitting that inflation is still too high, but the Fed still plans to cut interest rates by .25%. So why are mortgage rates going up?
Gold closed the week at $2,652 (down $6 since last week) and silver at $32.19 (up $0.57). Investment banks are setting higher targets for gold as new monetary warning signs flash.
Gold closed the week at $2,621 (up $43 since last week) and silver at $31.15 (up $0.44). This episode explains in-depth the massive Fed interest rate cut announcement. A new phase of surging inflation and higher metals prices begins now.
Fed chair Powell slammed the “panic button” this week. On Wednesday the Fed began a rate-cutting cycle in an environment of rising unemployment. This situation is historically associated with recession, but Powell is desperate for you to think that “this time is different.”
Yet again the myth of a “soft landing” even as the CPI surges past its target. Powell is now keen to extinguish the fire though disastrous rate cuts, a sign that the recession is already here.
Gold closed the week again near an all-time high at $2,512 (up $6 since last week) and silver at $29.82 (up $0.82). This episode we discuss Powell’s interest rate declaration, precious metals prices, a major BLS jobs mistake, and gloom for the boomer generation.
With gold hitting yet another awe-inspiring all-time high in the wake of Powell’s remarks reassuring markets (more or less) to expect rate cuts in 2024, a few analysts are pointing out risk factors for a correction — so is there really still room to run?
