(Shirleen Guerra, The Center Square) As the debate over a potential Jan. 19 TikTok ban in the United States intensifies, millions of users are preemptively flocking to another Chinese-owned app, sparking fresh concerns over data privacy and national security.
Meanwhile, lawmakers have urged a pause on the proposed ban to...
(Casey Harper, The Center Square) The U.S. Congressional Budget Office released new data showing that in the last calendar year, the federal deficit has risen over $2 trillion.
The CBO released its monthly report on federal spending and revenue to show the increase, which is more than double the deficit...
(Money Metals News Service) The monetary metals pulled back sharply yesterday but have entered Tuesday on stable footing. Silver is trading at $29.90 –and gold is $2,674.
The ongoing volatility is a reflection of uncertainty in the gold and silver markets globally, including fears of import tariffs from the incoming Trump administration.
If Trump slaps...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) It looks like Great Britain sold its gold too soon. And are some lessons to be learned from this British experiment with reserve diversification.
Between 1999 and 2001, the British government sold about 395 tonnes of gold in a bid to diversify the UK’s...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) China announced an increase in its official gold reserves in November. It was the first reported increase after a 6-month pause, and it appears it wasn't a one-off event.
And by the way, the Chinese have a lot more gold than they admit.
The People's Bank of...
(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) The Washington Post continues losing its subscribers after the newspaper editors and owner Jeff Bezos decided not to endorse former Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris.
Semafor reported that traffic to the Post's website had tanked over the last four years. According to internal data...
(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) President-elect Donald Trump is open to raising the state and local tax cap, a tax code provision that affects wealthy households in Democrat-run states, but the move could prove costly.
U.S. lawmakers are considering changes to the $10,000 SALT deduction cap as part of their...
(Jp Cortez, Money Metals News Service) After a multi-year effort backed by Money Metals, the Sound Money Defense League, and other in-state allies, the Kentucky legislature approved a bill that included ending the sales tax on purchases of precious metals in 2024.
However, Gov. Beshear used an unconstitutional line-item veto on the...
(Clint Siegner, Money Metals News Service) Many Americans are rooting for Donald Trump and his appointees to succeed in their herculean task of slowing or reversing government growth.
Along with the ad hoc working group dubbed the “Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE),” there is much discussion about how runaway big...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Based on preliminary data, the silver market ran its fourth consecutive record market deficit last year.
This was one of several silver-related stories highlighted in the latest issue of the Silver Institute’s Silver News.
Record industrial demand and a recovery in the jewelry and silverware markets...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) President Donald Trump hasn’t even been sworn into office yet and he’s already locking horns with Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.
During the December Fed meeting, Powell & Company indicated that the pace of interest rate cuts will need to move more slowly than...
(Money Metals Exchange) In a recent episode of the Money Metals Podcast, host Mike Maharrey interviewed Brien Lundin, a renowned expert in precious metals markets, publisher of Gold Newsletter, and organizer of the prestigious New Orleans Investment Conference.
The two discussed the state of gold and silver markets, the influence of geopolitical...