(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) A new labor market survey shows Americans have rarely felt more in need of new job opportunities, indicating that over 28% are currently looking for a new job.
The New York Federal Reserve's latest consumer poll found that 28.4% of respondents were looking for a job—the highest...
(Money Metals News Service) In a recent episode of the Money Metals podcast, host Mike Maharrey sat down with economist Daniel Lacalle to discuss pressing economic issues, including inflation, government policy, and the future of the U.S. dollar. Lacalle, a professor of global economy at IE Business School in...
(Headline USA)The average rate on a 30-year mortgage eased this week to its lowest level in 15 months, welcome relief for home shoppers navigating a housing market that remains out of reach for many Americans.
The rate fell to 6.46% from 6.49% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday....
(Mike Gleason, Money Metals News Service) As central bankers from around the world gather in Jackson Hole to foist their agendas into the media spotlight, investors are counting down the days until the Federal Reserve starts cutting rates.
Minutes from the Fed’s last meeting showed several officials were sympathetic toward...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Many investors put gold and Bitcoin in the same category. Some people even call Bitcoin "digital gold."
Is this a fair comparison?
There are certainly similarities between the two assets, but there are some significant differences as well.
Gold and Bitcoin have both provided solid returns...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) For a brief moment after the July jobs data came out worse than expected, everybody suddenly worried that the U.S. economy was heading toward a recession. That lasted about two days. Now, the soft landing narrative is back in play, according to mainstream...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) According to Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, “The Federal Reserve's monetary policy independence is an important and broadly supported institutional arrangement that has served the American public well.”
According to Professor Thomas J. Weber at Pace University Lubin School of Business, this is nothing...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) The Bureau of Labor Statistics just zapped 818,000 jobs out of existence. That's one heck of an eraser.
Month after month, we've been regaled with headlines extolling the strength of the U.S. job market. Virtually every month, the mainstream has enthusiastically reported "better than...
(Money Metals News Service) In the latest episode of the Money Metals Midweek Memo podcast, host Mike Maharrey dove into the ongoing impacts of inflation, Federal Reserve policies, and the latest developments in the gold and silver markets.
Maharrey opened the discussion with an analogy comparing the Federal Reserve’s denial of responsibility...
(Casey Harper, The Center Square) New federal economic data showed that previous data significantly overestimated the health of the U.S. economy.
The Department of Labor released revised jobs data that showed they overestimated the number of jobs created in the U.S. economy by 818,000, a whopping revision that set off...
(Jp Cortez, Sound Money Defense League) In a powerful display of grassroots pressure, Nebraska politicians beat a hasty retreat this week after attempting a brazen tax grab that would have reimposed sales taxes on purchases of gold and silver in the Cornhusker State.
The Sound Money Defense League and Money...
(Headline USA) Harley--Davidson announced this week that it would end several woke company initiatives after outrage from conservatives and longtime bikers, the New York Post reported.
The classic motorcycle brand came under fire this summer after conservative influencer Robby Starbuck exposed several left-wing policies Harley--Davidson had implemented, including diversity, equity,...