(Money Metals News Service) In a high-stakes showdown with Gov. Andy Beshear over a gold and silver sales tax exemption, the Kentucky legislature today deemed his attempted line-item veto as an illegal act -- and directed the Secretary of State to enroll the exemption into law.
This action makes the...
(Mike Gleason, Money Metals News Service) As inflation continues to come in hotter than expected, gold and silver markets continue to gain upside momentum. Gold busted through to a new record milestone above $2,400 an ounce on Friday while silver rocketed to $29.50.
On Wednesday, the government’s Consumer Price Index...
(Headline USA) President Javier Milei of Argentina kicked off a visit Wednesday to the United States, where he'll meet with tech billionaire Elon Musk to discuss possible collaborations between one of the world's leading lithium exporters and one of its leading producers of electric vehicles.
Such a collaboration could once again send Tesla...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) If you listen to mainstream punditry and government spinmeisters, you'll hear all kinds of reasons for inflation.
It was supply chain issues! It's because Putin invaded Ukraine! It's Trump's fault!
Recently, the "corporate greed is causing inflation" mantra has come back into vogue.
A meme circulating...
(Headline USA) The same make and model of car that entered into pop-culture lore following the notoriously iconic 1994 car chase to apprehend O.J. Simpson is now back in the spotlight, 30 years later, while facing a federal probe.
It may not be the actual 1993 white Ford Bronco XLT...
(Headline USA) Humanity has only two years left “to save the world” by making dramatic changes in the way it spews heat-trapping emissions---and it has even less time to act to get the finances behind such a massive shift, declared the head of the United Nations climate agency on...
(Headline USA) Ever since Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen ate mushrooms that can have psychedelic effects in Beijing last July, Chinese social-media users have been preoccupied with what she will eat next.
With Yellen was back in China this week, having stopped in Guangzhou and Beijing, many people were less interested...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Indians are known to have a love affair with gold. India ranks as the number two gold-consuming country in the world behind only China. But Indians are also pretty fond of silver. In fact, India is the world's biggest silver consumer.
And Indian silver...
(Headline USA) Former White House chief of staff Ron Klain blasted President Joe Biden over his handling of inflation and the economy, according to a leaked audio recording obtained by Politico.
The audio was recorded during a private event at which Klain was a speaker, hosted by the website Democracy: A...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) As he was ramping up his presidential campaign in December 2019, Joe Biden criticized Donald Trump over his calls for the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates.
“The president should not be trying to pressure the Fed,” Biden said in an interview with CNBC’s John Harwood.
“That’s supposed...
(Joshua D Glawson, Money Metals News Service) North Carolina is known for many wonderful things — being “First in Flight,” Carolina BBQ, Biltmore Estate (the largest private residence in the US), being the home of NASCAR, and much more.
But did you know North Carolina has a strong history of...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) It appears cooling price inflation was “transitory” to borrow a favorite Federal Reserve term from a bygone era.
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for March was hotter than expected by every metric.
The consensus was price inflation would show some resilience. As one analyst told...