Friday, November 14, 2025

FINANCE

Not Enough Silver… or Just in the Wrong Location?

(Clint Siegner, Money Metals News Service) Early this year, high premiums developed for COMEX bars in the U.S. thanks to fears of tariffs on importing silver (and gold). In response, traders shipped an estimated 300 tons of silver from London to New York to alleviate that squeeze. Last month, the...

Americans Report Strain From Increasing Household Debt

(Elyse S. Apel, The Center Square) More than half of U.S. households say they’re struggling with debt, according to a new WalletHub survey. Total household debt increased to $18.59 trillion in the third quarter of 2025, which is $990 billion below the all-time 2008 high of $19.57 trillion. Still, consumer debt...

What Four Countries Dominate the Physical Silver Investment Market?

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Physical silver investment has become a significant driver of overall global silver demand, and four countries dominate the market. Between 50 and 60 percent of silver demand comes from industrial and tech sectors, with the remaining half split between investment and jewelry demand. Industrial demand...

India Speeds Up Efforts to Bring Its Gold Home

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) India has sped up efforts to bring its gold home. According to a Bloomberg report, the Reserve Bank of India repatriated 64 tonnes of gold through the first six months of its fiscal year, which began in April. The RBI now holds 65 percent of its gold reserves...

ETFs Globally Report Boost in Gold Holdings for Fifth Straight Month

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) After charting the highest level of gold inflows on record in September, the flow of gold into ETFs slowed modestly in October but remained comfortably above the year-to-date average. It was the fifth straight month of net gold inflows into ETFs globally. In total, 54.9...

Florida AG Targets JPMorgan over Trump Debanking, Jack Smith Collusion

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier launched a state investigation Monday into JP Morgan after the bank abruptly closed the accounts of President Donald Trump’s media company in 2024. Uthmeier announced the probe in a video statement on X and in a letter to JP Morgan CEO Jamie...

Senate Votes to Reopen Government, Sending Funding Bills to House

(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) After spending nearly seven weeks in a political deadlock, U.S. senators finally passed legislation to end the record-long government shutdown. Eight senators in the Democratic Caucus provided the filibuster-breaking votes for the legislation–--a Continuing Resolution paired with three full-year funding bills---to pass the chamber. The package...

Headline Geopolitics: Carl Zha Debunks Western Myths about China

(José Niño, Headline USA) In this Headline Geopolitics episode, José Niño interviews Carl Zha, host of the Silk & Steel Podcast and one of the most provocative voices dissecting U.S.–China relations. Zha breaks down the trade war, America’s pivot to Asia, Western myths about China, and whether the latest...

The Latest: Trump Hosts Former Terrorist, Now-Syrian President at the White House

(Headline USA) ​​ President Donald Trump welcomed Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa after lifting sanctions imposed on Syria, which had been a pariah state for decades before rebel forces toppled Syrian President Bashar Assad last December. Al-Sharaa — who once had ties to al-Qaida and had a $10 million U.S. bounty...

End to Government Shutdown in Sight After Senators Make Funding Deal

(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square)   U.S. senators finally broke the government funding impasse Sunday night, voting 60-40 to advance a bill ending the government shutdown. The Senate must hold a final vote on the legislation and then the House must approve the legislation before the government reopens. After Senate Majority Leader...

Trump Pardons 77 People Linked to 2020 Presidential Election Challenge

(Sarah Roderick-Fitch, The Center Square) President Donald Trump issued a proclamation providing pardons for a slew of people accused of trying to overturn the 2020 presidential elections, including Rudy Giuliani and Mark Meadows. The proclamation claims it “ends a grave national injustice perpetrated upon the American people” following the 2020 election,...

Trump Demands Air Traffic Controllers Return to Work

(Sarah Roderick-Fitch, The Center Square)  After a reduction of 10% of flights in and out of the nation’s top airports, causing major travel disruptions, President Donald Trump is calling for air traffic controllers to get back to work. Trump is demanding that air traffic controllers return to work, just as...
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