(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) The official numbers are in, and industrial demand for silver set a fourth consecutive record in 2024.
Despite record industrial offtake, total silver demand declined by 3 percent to 1.16 billion ounces last year, primarily due to weak investment demand, according to the World...
(Joakim Book, Money Metals News Service) The monetary regime has immediate consequences for our behavior—as individuals, institutions, and financial entities.
One underappreciated victim of the fiat age is long-dated bonds. When price predictability of the money is strong, and commitment to the monetary regime is credible, you can finance projects or business ventures...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) The American economy is a bubble. The thing about bubbles is that they eventually pop.
All they need is a pin.
Tariff policy might be the pin that pops this bubble, but even if it isn’t, there is a pin out there with this bubble's...
(José Niño, Headline USA) Sen. John Fetterman, D-PA, is facing backlash from progressive and small-dollar donors over his increasingly pro-Israel and right-leaning positions since the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack
According to a report by The Intercept, Darwin Leuba, who serves as vice-chair of the O’Hara Township Democratic Committee and...
(Headline USA) Democrats are quick to say that President Donald Trump’s tariffs are horrible, awful, terrible. But Democrats are also stressing that they are not inherently anti-tariff.
What Trump's political opponents say they really dislike is the “chaos” he has unleashed.
“Tariffs are an important tool in our economic toolbox,” said Sen. Elizabeth Warren,...
(Money Metals News Service) Mike Maharrey, a reporter and analyst at Money Metals Exchange, recently spoke with Jp Cortez, executive director of the Sound Money Defense League, about the major strides being made in sound money policy across the United States.
As of early April 2025, five states have already passed...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Talk about a roller coaster. After plunging for several days, stocks soared Wednesday afternoon after President Trump announced a tariff pause. The S&P 500 rocketed 9 percent, charting its third-largest single-day gain since World War II.
Gold also whipsawed, having dipped below $3,000 an ounce,...
(Brien Lundin, Money Metals News Service) It isn’t often that you check the markets over your first cup of coffee and find gold up over $100.
But that’s precisely what greeted me as I switched on CNBC this morning.
Shades of October 2008... and March 2020!
Over the past week, we’ve seen similarities...
(Dan McCaleb, The Center Square) The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that the Trump administration can keep thousands of probationary workers off of the federal payroll as lawsuits challenging the administration's plan to fire them play out in court.
In an unsigned, two-page decision, the Supreme Court stayed a...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) If you wonder why so many central banks continue to load up on gold, Russia’s experience with the yellow metal provides the answer.
Russia launched a gold buying spree beginning in 2014. Over the next six years, the Bank of Russia increased its reserves...
(Money Metals News Service) In the latest episode of the Money Metals podcast, host Mike Maharrey welcomes Peter Krauth—veteran resource market analyst, publisher of Silver Stock Investor and Silver Advisor, and author of The Great Silver Bull.
Together, they explore the rapid acceleration in gold prices, silver’s current lag, and why both metals may be poised for...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Is a dollar worthless? No. Well, not quite. Dollars make good wallpaper.
If you visit Charleston, S.C., stop by The Griffon - English Style Pub. You’ll find the inside wallpapered with dollar bills.
There are dollar bills on the walls. There are dollar bills on...