Monday, June 23, 2025

FINANCE

Powell Set to Testify amid Trump’s ‘Nasty’ Pressure Campaign

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell will appear before Congress on Tuesday as President Donald Trump continues to push the independent central bank to lower interest rates. Powell will present the Fed's Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the U.S. House Financial Services Committee at 10 a.m....

Dollar’s Decline Meets Rising Dedollarization: The Threat Comes from Within

(Peter C. Earle, Money Metals News Service) The recent weakness in the US dollar has reignited the debate over the durability of the dollar’s dominance in global finance. Over the first half of the year, the Bloomberg Dollar Index has fallen nearly 8.5 percent, marking one of the sharpest declines since...

Complicated Price Discovery In Metals

(Clint Siegner, Money Metals News Service) Price discovery for precious metals is complicated. There are several different markets for gold and silver. These markets include the retail bullion market, the London spot market, and the COMEX futures market. Another market is called Exchange of Futures for Physical (EFP). The EFP process was...

Three Macro Factors Supporting a Bullish Outlook for Gold

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) After setting a record just over $3,500 an ounce in April, gold has consolidated and traded sideways since, and there is some bearish sentiment seeping into the market. Last week, Citigroup lowered its gold forecast, projecting the yellow metal would fall below $3,000 by...

Trump May Allow Illegal Migrant Farmers to Stay amid ICE Crackdown

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) President Donald Trump may soon throw a lifeline to farmers affected by his aggressive illegal immigration crackdowns.  Speaking to reporters on Friday, Trump said he is open to shielding farmers from ICE raids, as some workers are deported or fail to show up for fear of being...

Iran’s Parliament Votes To Close Strait of Hormuz in Response to U.S. Attack

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Iranian media reported on Sunday that Iran’s parliament has voted to close the Strait of Hormuz in response to the US bombing of three Iranian nuclear facilities, a step that could significantly impact the global oil markets and economy. Esmaeil Kowsari, a senior Iranian lawmaker, said it was...

Your Timeshare Broker Could be Working for a Mexican Cartel

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) A retired law enforcement officer and veteran lost $900,000 after he answered a call from a company that told him they could help sell his Lake Tahoe timeshare property. The call came from a call center in Mexico run by the Jalisco New Generation Cartel,...

Here’s How American Taxpayers Will be Impacted if the ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Fails

(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) The Republican budget resolution, which among other things would extend the expiring 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, has sparked concerns over the resulting trillions of dollars in federal revenue loss. But if the One Big Beautiful Bill Act fails to pass, the average taxpayer...

Tucker Carlson Smeared w/ Unfounded Accusations of Taking Money from Qatar

(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...

Utah Senator Mike Lee Proposes Largest Public Land Sale in U.S. History

(José Niño, Headline USA) A Utah senator's plan to sell millions of acres of western public lands has united an unlikely coalition of conservative environmentalists, Trump administration veterans, and Democratic lawmakers in fierce opposition to what they view as an unprecedented threat to America's natural heritage. In the middle of...

Gold Holds, Silver Surges, and the East Takes Lead

(Money Metals News Service) In a wide-ranging interview on the Money Metals podcast, host Mike Maharrey spoke with Philip Newman, Managing Director and founding partner of Metals Focus, one of the most trusted independent research firms in the global precious metals space. Founded in 2013, Metals Focus provides data and analysis...

Billions of Login Credentials Have Been Leaked Online

(Headline USA) Researchers at cybersecurity outlet Cybernews say that billions of login credentials have been leaked and compiled into datasets online, giving criminals “unprecedented access” to accounts consumers use each day. According to a report published this week, Cybernews researchers have recently discovered 30 exposed datasets that each contain a vast...
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