(Brien Lundin, Money Metals News Service) It isn’t often that you check the markets over your first cup of coffee and find gold up over $100.
But that’s precisely what greeted me as I switched on CNBC this morning.
Shades of October 2008... and March 2020!
Over the past week, we’ve seen similarities...
(Headline USA) U.S. inflation declined last month as the cost of gas, airline fares, and hotel rooms fell, a sign that price growth was cooling even as President Donald Trump ramped up his tariff threats.
Consumer prices rose just 2.4% in March from a year earlier, the Labor Department said Thursday,...
(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) Republicans in the House narrowly cleared a procedural hurdle to tee up a final vote on the Senate's amended budget.
The House passed the first version of the budget in February, which extended President Donald Trump's tax cuts for ten years, and then sent it...
(Morgan Sweeney, The Center Square) As the U.S. and China escalate their tariff rates in an all-out trade war, two congressional committees held a joint hearing Wednesday on the problem of the Chinese Community Party’s influence on American investment and possible solutions.
The Chinese Communist Party is embedded in Chinese...
(Joshua D Glawson, Money Metals News Service) The Money Metals quarterly bar chart race on the evolution of global international reserves is out. Recently, gold overtook the euro, and soon will be challenging the dollar!
In the video by world-renowned gold analyst at Money Metals, Jan Nieuwenhuijs, we explore world...
(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) The White House said Tuesday that President Donald Trump remains willing to make deals with other nations, but only if doing so will help American workers and address U.S. trade deficits.
"America does not need other countries as much as other countries need us and...
(José Niño, Headline USA) New data reveals a steep drop in international student enrollment at American universities, a trend that that could see universities lose billions in tuition revenue.
Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) data from August 2024 shows a 5% drop in international student enrollment, driven largely...
(Dan McCaleb, The Center Square) The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that the Trump administration can keep thousands of probationary workers off of the federal payroll as lawsuits challenging the administration's plan to fire them play out in court.
In an unsigned, two-page decision, the Supreme Court stayed a...
(Doug Horning, Money Metals News Service) In order to determine why it isn’t too late to buy gold, we need to consider why many people might be inclined to think that it is too late.
First and foremost, gold has been on an explosive bull run, as you can see in the...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) There is growing evidence that Americans may be edging close to the credit limit.
That’s bad news for an economy that has run on credit cards for the last few years and adds to worries that the U.S. could be barreling toward a recession.
After...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) If you wonder why so many central banks continue to load up on gold, Russia’s experience with the yellow metal provides the answer.
Russia launched a gold buying spree beginning in 2014. Over the next six years, the Bank of Russia increased its reserves...
(Clint Siegner, Money Metals News Service) Silver prices dropped 12% in the final two trading days of last week. Gold lost 2.6%.
While gold has held up relatively well, silver fell in tandem with the general stock market after President Trump announced reciprocal tariffs against nations that impose a levy...