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Restoring Sound Money: The Bob Murphy Show Interviews Jp Cortez

(Money Metals News Service) In an enlightening episode of The Bob Murphy Show, host Bob Murphy delves into the world of sound money with Jp Cortez, the passionate Executive Director of The Sound Money Defense League. The episode unfolds the narrative of Cortez's journey from a student intrigued by Austrian economics at...

Janet Yellen Regrets Dismissing Inflation As ‘Transitory’

(Headline USA) Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen admitted this week that she regrets dismissing inflation as “transitory” back in 2021. “I regret saying it was transitory ," Janet Yellen told Fox Business correspondent Edward Lawrence. "It has come down," she continued, before launching into some Clintonesque semantic wordplay to qualify her mea culpa....

Bernie Berates Fox Reporter for Asking about Proposed 4-Day Work Week

(Headline USA) Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., lashed out at a Fox Business reporter who questioned him about a proposal to cut the work week by an entire business day while forcing companies to pay the difference. "I can yell as loud as you," Sanders said, while repeatedly interrupting correspondent Hillary Vaughn. It...

Menendez Receiving Donations from Iranian Marxist ‘Ex-Terror Group’

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Responsible Statecraft published an analysis Wednesday showing that New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez’s legal defense fund is receiving donations from contributors linked to an Iranian group that used to be listed as a terror organization by the State Department. Menendez and his wife face multiple charges...

The Federal Budget Deficit Was Back to Normal in February — Massive

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Thanks to record tax receipts, the January budget deficit was "only" $21.93 billion in January.  In February, government receipts fell back to normal. Spending was normal too - normally high. As a result, the February budget deficit was back to normal - massive. The Biden...

Will Silver Steal the Spotlight?

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Gold has garnered a lot of attention in the last few weeks with its record-setting run. Since the end of February, gold is up nearly 7 percent and set an all-time record of $2,195 an ounce along the way. This is really good news...

Oakland Businesses Threaten to Cut Off Taxes Until City Fixes Crime

(Headline USA) Business owners in Oakland, Calif., threatened this week to stop paying taxes until the city takes action to combat rising crime rates. José Ortiz, owner of La Perla Puerto Rican cuisine, said he and several other local entrepreneurs were rallying businesses in the area to agree to stop paying...

Trump, Biden Both Change Tunes on TikTok Ban

(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) As Congress this week mulled the possibility of a nationwide ban on the China-owned social-media platform TikTok, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump simultaneously flip-flopped their stances, with Biden endorsing plans to ban the platform and Trump coming out against it. On Wednesday, in a...

Five Traps to Avoid When Buying and Holding Precious Metals

(Joshua D Glawson, Money Metals News Service) Average investors may find their first purchase of physical gold and silver a little intimidating. To be sure, bad actors have sold metals with lower purity or less precious metal content than claimed. Sometimes it requires special equipment or knowledge to detect such...

MAHARREY: The Recent Gold and Silver Rally Was Just the Beginning

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Gold just had quite a bull run, setting a new all-time high along the way. But Money Metals’ Midweek Memo host Mike Maharrey says this is just the opening act. If you enjoyed that, you’re really going to like the feature. In this episode,...

Boomeranging Bidenflation Derails Campaign’s Economic Talking Points

(Casey Harper, The Center Square) Consumer prices jumped again in February, in part driven by a significant rise in gasoline prices, according to newly released federal inflation data. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released its Consumer Price Index Tuesday, a leading marker of inflation, which showed prices rose 0.4%...

Price Inflation Is Sticky and That’s a Problem

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Price inflation is like the gum on the bottom of your shoe that you just can't scrape off. Or maybe it’s like a movie theater floor after a big premiere. It’s sticky. And that's a problem. The CPI data for February wasn’t anything to panic about....
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