(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Do you feel like you spend more and more money every month but get less and less for it? That’s because you are.
As talking heads on mainstream financial networks point to ever-increasing retail sales (May data notwithstanding) and gush about the “health of...
(Sound Money Defense League, Money Metals News Service) Today, Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D) signed House Bill 7287 into law, which includes a provision removing the last remaining tax on purchases of gold, silver, platinum, and palladium bullion.
The Connecticut General Assembly originally considered a standalone sound money bill, carried...
(Dan McCaleb, The Center Square) Final debate began in the U.S. Senate Sunday afternoon on President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act, with a vote coming as soon as Monday.
The package of continuing resolutions cleared a Senate hurdle late Saturday. The procedural vote was 51-49, with two Senate...
(Nicolas Cachanosky, Money Metals News Service) Politicians might prefer lower interest rates, but the Fed must protect its fragile post-pandemic progress on prices. Credibility is hard-earned and easily lost.
The tension between President Donald Trump and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has reignited, following the Fed’s recent decision to hold interest rates...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Every once in a while, you’ll hear somebody claim that gold is “a useless metal.” You may think I’m exaggerating, but I assure you, I’m not. I heard a commentator on MSNBC say it with my own two ears a few years ago.
Warren...
(Money Metals News Service) Money Metals Midweek Memo host Mike Maharrey isn’t buying the recent bearish turn in gold forecasts from Wall Street.
In this week’s podcast, he pushes back against the prevailing optimism in financial markets and lays out a compelling, data-backed case for why gold and silver still...
(Jesse Colombo, Money Metals News Service) While silver has been relatively quiet in recent weeks following its encouraging breakout, this doesn’t signal failure—rather, it looks like a healthy pause typical of low-volume summer trading.
On June 5th, silver finally broke above both the $32–$33 and $34–$35 resistance zones that had capped its...
(Brien Lundin, Money Metals News Service) “War, what is it good for? Absolutely nothin’!” — I’ve had the classic Edwin Starr song running in my head ever since news of the U.S. bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities broke Saturday evening.
I was actually alerted to the news by my friend Brent Johnson,...
(José Niño, Headline USA) Call it a Qatari Occupied Government?
Tucker Carlson faces accusations of acting as a Qatari propagandist as he pushes against U.S. support for Israel's war in Iran. Carlson vehemently denies the allegations, and his supporters have noted that there's no proof to them.
The accusations were amplified...
(Peter St Onge, Money Metals News Service) Bidenflation is over. But if you feel like prices still aren’t falling, you’re not alone.
Since Donald Trump took office, inflation has plunged from a Biden-era 5 percent to just 1.4%.
This is actually below the Fed's target of 2%. Normally, at this point,...
(Headline USA) A SpaceX rocket being tested in Texas exploded Wednesday night, sending a dramatic fireball high into the sky.
The company said the Starship “experienced a major anomaly” at about 11 p.m. while on the test stand preparing for the tenth flight test at Starbase, SpaceX’s launch site at the...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Powell & Company at the Federal Reserve sees an elevated stagflation threat. In response, they decided to do nothing.
The Fed held interest rates steady between 4.25 and 4.5 percent. Rates have remained at that level since last December.
The official FOMC statement was little changed from...