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Federal Deficit Totaled $1 Trillion in Beginning of FY2026, CBO Says

(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) The United States federal budget deficit totaled $1 trillion in the first five months of fiscal year 2026, according to the Congressional Budget Office. The latest federal deficit estimate is $142 billion less than the deficit from this time in the previous fiscal year. The...

Silver Demand Expected to Outstrip Supply and Other Silver News

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) The global silver market is expected to run another structural deficit in 2026 as silver investment remains strong. This was one of several articles featured in the Silver Institute’s most recent Silver News report. According to the Silver Institute, the underlying factors that drove silver to over...

War in Iran Shocks Markets, Costs U.S. Taxpayers $1 Billion a Day

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) The escalating war in Iran has already rattled global markets and driven oil prices to their highest levels since April 2024. If the conflict persists, the strain on the global economy deepens and the burden on U.S. taxpayers grows. With U.S. military operations costing more...

Why Gold Keeps Beating the Dollar and Euro

(Money Metals News Service) Money Metals podcast host Mike Maharrey recently spoke with Mark O’Byrne, founder of Tara Coins and a longtime authority on precious metals. Their conversation covered everything from the cultural symbolism behind O’Byrne’s Irish bullion coins to the deeper historical role of gold and silver as money. The...

ETFs Added More Gold in February Despite Recent Price Correction

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) The big gold selloff in January didn’t seem to deter investment demand. Despite the big correction in the gold price, metal continued to flow into ETFs last month. ETF gold holdings rose to an all-time high in January, and gold-backed funds continued to add to their...

Why Dead People Might Be Better Investors Than You

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Don’t just do something; stand there! Turns out this might be a pretty good investment strategy. Research conducted by Dalbar, Fidelity, and Vanguard reveals that dead people tend to be better investors than the living. Now, I’m not suggesting suicide here. But you can adopt...

South Korean Central Bank Plans to Invest in Gold ETFs

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) South Korea plans to boost its gold holdings for the first time since 2013. However, it will take an unusual approach. According to an announcement, the Bank of Korea will incorporate overseas-listed gold ETFs into its foreign reserve portfolio. Bank of Korea official Heung-Soon...

White House Expected To Ask Congress for Extra $50 Billion for Iran War

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The White House is expected to ask Congress for an extra $50 billion in military spending to replenish stockpiles of weapons used in the Iran war and other recent Middle East conflicts, Reuters has reported. Sources told Reuters that Deputy Secretary of War Steve Feinberg has been...

Central Bank Gold Buying Modest in January as New Players Enter the Market

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) The pace of central bank gold buying slowed modestly in January in the midst of record-high prices. We also saw the pace of selling pick up steam to kick off the year. On net, central banks globally added five tonnes of gold to their reserves...

How Has War Impacted the Gold Price in the Modern Era?

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) With the United States now in a shooting war with Iran, how might a protracted conflict impact gold prices? The historical pattern since the 1980s suggests that, beyond an initial safe haven bump, a war alone doesn’t seem to significantly impact the trajectory of...

Could the Rising Popularity of ETFs Dent Indian Physical Gold Demand?

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Indians have a longstanding love affair with gold. Historically, they have preferred to hold physical metal. However, over the last two years, investment in Indian gold ETFs has exploded. Could surging investments into paper gold cut into physical demand? Analysts at Metals Focus don’t...

CNN Panics Over New ‘Conservative’ Ownership

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) CNN is reportedly in turmoil — not because of tanking viewership, but because it could soon be owned by an executive whom the left has portrayed as conservative, despite his support for Joe Biden.  The anxiety stems from reports that David Ellison, CEO of Paramount Skydance, is...
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