(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Silver jewelry demand is on the rise globally, another factor pushing the silver market to its fourth straight supply deficit in 2024.
The U.S. market is playing an important role in this trend.
Industrial silver demand set a record last year, but despite the increase in...
(Money Metals News Service) In this week’s episode of the Money Metals Midweek Memo, host Mike Maharrey delivers a compelling explanation of what money really is—and why sound money, such as gold and silver, remains the superior store of value compared to fiat currency issued by governments.
What Money Really Is
Most people think of...
(Headline USA) Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has accepted a gifted Boeing 747 aircraft from Qatar for President Donald Trump to use as Air Force One, the Pentagon said Wednesday.
The Defense Department will “work to ensure proper security measures” on the aircraft to make it safe for use by the president,...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The Justice Department announced Monday that Stephen Paul Edmund Sutton, 53, a United Kingdom citizen, pleaded guilty and was sentenced for his participation in a fraud scheme.
Sutton is presumably already back on a plane to the UK. He was extradited to the U.S. and sentenced...
(Headline USA) The U.S. government no longer recommends the COVID-19 vaccine for healthy babies thanks to new guidelines from the Trump administration, which said Tuesday it will limit approval for seasonal COVID-19 shots to seniors and others at high risk pending more data on everyone else.
Top officials for the Food...
(José Niño, Headline USA) The Arkansas state government has thrown its weight behind Israel, investing millions and reinforcing a growing trend among U.S. states.
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, R-AR, announced a plan to invest up to $50 million in Israel Bonds in the middle of May. According to the Arkansas...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Trump’s plan to develop a new massive missile defense system for the US, dubbed the “Golden Dome” or the “Iron Dome for America,” is expected to cost $500 billion over the next 20 years, CNN reported on Monday, citing an estimate from the Congressional Budget...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Poland now holds more gold than the European Central Bank.
National Bank of Poland (NBP) governor Adam Glapiński noted this fact during a recent press conference, saying he views gold as a shield against global instability and a cornerstone of economic sovereignty.
“This shows the...
(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) The Republican multitrillion-dollar budget reconciliation package may undergo significant edits before reaching the House floor after party leaders conceded to holdouts’ demands.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., wants the 1,116-page policy bill to pass the House before Memorial Day next Monday, but fiscal hawks on...
(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) Moody's knocked down the U.S. credit rating to AA1 on Friday, projecting Congress won't be able to reduce the nation's growing debt.
Moody's was the last credit-rating agency to keep the U.S. at a top AAA rating. That changed Friday, with Moody's joining S&P Global...
(Headline USA) Many crew members on the Mexican navy tall ship that suffered a deadly collision with the Brooklyn Bridge have flown home from New York, officials said Monday.
Seven officers and 172 cadets who were aboard the Cuauhtemoc training vessel arrived early Monday at the port of Veracruz, where...
(Headline USA) Biotechnology company Regeneron Pharmaceuticals is buying 23andMe for $256 million, two months after the genetic testing company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
In March 23andMe said that it was looking to sell “substantially all of its assets” through a court-approved reorganization plan. Its co-founder and CEO Anne...