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Everyday Economics: CPI Takes Center Stage as Tariff-Driven Price Pressures Mount

(Orphe Divounguy, The Center Square) The economy was already slowing, and that was before higher tariffs kicked in last week, raising import taxes to the highest level since the Great Depression. The latest jobs report showed only 73,000 jobs added in July, falling well short of expectations. But the bigger...

While Eastern Investors Gobble Up Gold, Americans Sit on the Sidelines

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Would you trade fiat dollars for common bottle caps? Probably not, right? Not unless they were some pretty special bottle caps. After all, you’d be trading money for a worthless scrap of metal you can find along the shoulder of pretty much any road. But...

Iran Using Gold to Support Its Economy in the Midst of Sanctions

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Gold represents financial security – even when the world is against you. Russia has used its extensive gold holdings to keep its economy afloat in the midst of aggressive Western sanctions after it invaded Ukraine. Recent reports indicate Iran is doing the same. Through the first...

ChatGPT is Telling Kids to Get High and Kill Themselves

(Headline USA) ChatGPT will tell 13-year-olds how to get drunk and high, instruct them on how to conceal eating disorders and even compose a heartbreaking suicide letter to their parents if asked, according to new research from a watchdog group. Researchers reviewed more than three hours of interactions between ChatGPT and...

Why Gold May Soon Surge to $4,400

(Jesse Colombo, Money Metals News Service) Although gold has been relatively quiet in recent months following a strong start to the year, many investors have lost interest or assumed the rally has run its course. However, I believe gold may be setting up for another powerful advance, with the potential to...

China Pushes Back at US Demands to Stop Buying Russian and Iranian Oil

U.S. and Chinese officials may be able to settle many of their differences to reach a trade deal and avert punishing tariffs, but they remain far apart on one issue: the U.S. demand that China stop purchasing oil from Iran and Russia. “China will always ensure its energy supply in...

TikTok Appoints Israeli Army Instructor to Manage ‘Hate Speech’ Policy

(José Niño, Headline USA)  The video-sharing app TikTok has appointed Erica Mindel, a former Israeli army instructor and former U.S. State Department contractor, to manage its so-called “hate speech” policy, according to a report by The New Arab.  The appointment, confirmed last week, is drawing allegations that the platform is...

Strong Physical Investment in Asia Drives Overall Gold Demand Higher

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) The strongest physical investment gold demand since 2013 helped push overall demand up a healthy 3 percent through the first half of 2025, but American investors, by and large, sat on the sidelines. Including over-the-counter investment (OTC), gold demand totaled 1,249 tonnes in H1,...

Platinum Surge and the Gold Repatriation Revolution: Why the World Is Rethinking Precious Metals

(Money Metals News Service) In this week's Money Metals Midweek Memo, host Mike Maharrey returned from a cross-country hockey tournament to dig into two massive stories shaping the precious metals landscape: platinum’s under-the-radar explosion in value and the growing trend of nations demanding their gold be brought home. Together, these shifts...

Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern to Create First Transcontinental Railroad

(Dan McCaleb, The Center Square) Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern plan to create America’s first transcontinental railroad through a merger, connecting over 50,000 route miles across 43 states from the East Coast to the West Coast, the companies announced Tuesday. The effort will link about 100 ports across North America,...

Trump Approves a Series of Arms Deals for Ukraine Totaling $652 Million

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The State Department has approved a series of potential arms deals for Ukraine totaling $652 million as the Trump administration continues to take steps to fuel the proxy war with Russia. The Pentagon’s Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced on Wednesday that two potential Foreign Military Sales...

Can Ammon Bundy Escape a $52 Million Judgment w/ Bankruptcy?

(José Niño, Headline USA) As rancher Ammon Bundy’s legal battles mount, a federal judge prepares to rule on whether his bankruptcy can erase a massive judgment stemming from a high-profile hospital defamation case. Bundy's bankruptcy stems from a protest Bundy organized at St. Luke’s Health System in March 2022, after...
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