(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) There is no government report more meaningless and yet more relied upon by policymakers than the monthly non-farm payroll report released every month by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Every month, the BLS releases data. Every month, we get breathless headlines about the “strength”...
(José Niño, Headline USA) Thousands of Oracle employees were told via email last Tuesday that the company had decided to eliminate their positions.
"After careful consideration of Oracle's current business needs, we have made the decision to eliminate your role as part of a broader organizational change," the email stated, as...
(Money Metals News Service) In this Money Metals podcast episode, host Mike Maharrey welcomed silver market specialist Peter Krauth, author of The Great Silver Bull and publisher of Silver Stock Investor, for a wide-ranging discussion on war, inflation, interest rates, debt, industrial demand, physical silver supply, and the long-term outlook for silver.
Krauth’s core...
(Headline USA) Most travelers flying with United Airlines will pay $10 more to check their luggage beginning on Friday, as higher jet fuel costs driven by the war in the Middle East push another major U.S. carrier to increase fees.
The first piece of checked luggage will now cost customers...
(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) The U.S. economy added 178,000 jobs in March, exceeding expectations, after one month of conflict between the United States and Iran. The unemployment rate dropped to 4.3%, according to a new report from the U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday.
The March job's report...
(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) The U.S. Treasury says the national debt is roughly $39 trillion, but a nonpartisan accounting group estimates that the true number is $170.3 trillion.
Unlike the Treasury’s calculations, Truth in Accounting included all of the federal government’s unfunded obligations in its debt assessment, including unfunded...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Who says gold doesn’t grow on trees?
OK, so it doesn’t. But there have been cases of gold discovered inside trees.
In Australia, researchers have found minute traces of gold in the leaves of eucalyptus trees.
Now, I don’t recommend heading to Australia and collecting leaves. It’s not...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump is expected to unveil his request for a $1.5 trillion military budget for the 2027 fiscal year on Friday, Reuters has reported, marking a 50% increase from this year’s already massive budget.
The 2026 military budget marked the first to officially exceed $1 trillion,...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) ActBlue, the Democratic Party’s fundraising arm, is in deep turmoil after a major legacy media outlet and its former law firm accused it of making potentially misleading or false statements to Congress.
The New York Times, a left-wing newspaper infamous for its favorable coverage of Democrats, reported...
(Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump ordered the Department of War to prepare for a potential ground operation to seize Iran’s stockpile of 60% enriched uranium.
According to two sources speaking with The Washington Post, the Pentagon developed a plan to land troops in Iran, build a runway, and leave...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Despite sales by Turkey and Russia, net central bank gold buying was positive in February, rebounding from a tepid January.
In total, central banks globally added a net 19 tonnes of gold to their reserves in February. That was up from just 5 tonnes...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) The Chinese gold market is a tale of two sectors.
The jewelry sector is struggling due to high prices, while gold investment has been red-hot.
According to Metals Focus, increasing safe-haven and wealth preservation demand have boosted gold investment. However, high prices and a reduced...