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Report: Cleveland among Best in Nation for Taxpayers

(The Center Square) The news keeps getting better for Cleveland taxpayers, but it’s a different story for those in Ohio’s other major cities. Truth in Accounting on Thursday released its annual Financial State of Cities report that measures individual tax burdens and the ability of 75 cities across the country...

Elon: Audit the Fed

(Peter St Onge, Money Metals News Service) Last week Elon Musk suggested DOGE could audit the Mother of Slush Funds, the Federal Reserve. He even suggested Ron Paul could lead the team. DOGE has already found at least $55 billion in waste and fraud. The Fed could ramp that up ten-fold. “Less Oversight than the CIA” Economist...

Golden Hiccups in our Modern Financial System

(Joakim Book, Money Metals News Service) Last time this much gold crossed the Atlantic, the French were repatriating their gold reserves from New York — in the 1960s, a few years before the gold-based Bretton Woods monetary system collapsed. The time before then, in July 1940, Operation Fish had the Brits shuffle away...

Patriot Front Settles another Lawsuit w/ Leftist Non-Profits

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Two North Dakota nonprofits have settled their lawsuit against the white nationalist group Patriot Front, which allegedly vandalized local businesses and public property in recent years. Terms of the settlement weren’t disclosed. The settlement, which was docketed in federal court on Feb. 7, appears to cover...

Report: Ukraine Agrees to Minerals Deal With the US

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Ukraine and the US have reached an agreement on a minerals deal after the US backed off on one of its more contentious demands, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday. The report said that the US had dropped the demand for it to have the right to $500 billion in...

Inflation’s Hidden Toll: How Money Printing Strains Families

(Samuel Peterson, Money Metals News Service) Inflation. This word strikes fear among most readers. Thoughts of grocery bills and gas prices might be what the average American attaches to this word. However, price increases are not inflation itself. Rather, they are a consequence of inflation. Inflation simply means an artificial increase in the money supply. In...

Interest Rates Matter: Housing Market Edition

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) The Federal Reserve has put interest rate cuts on pause due to sticky price inflation. The move makes sense, but why did the Fed start slashing interest rates in the first place? It was clear that the inflation monster wasn't dead when it surprised markets with a super-sized...

ETF Inflows Indicate North American Investors Jumping on Gold Bandwagon

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) If gold flows into ETFs are any indication, North American investors are finally hopping on the gold bandwagon. Last week, 48.8 tonnes of gold flowed into North American-based gold-backed funds. The last time we saw weekly flows at that level was April 2020 as...

Wyoming Enacts Law to Establish Strategic Gold Reserve

(Jp Cortez, Money Metals News Service) A groundbreaking bill to establish a strategic gold reserve has just become law in Wyoming. Senate File 96 - also known as the Wyoming Gold Act - requires the Wyoming Treasurer to diversify the state's holdings by acquiring no less than $10 million in "specie...

There Are Some Bullish Indicators in the Silver Market

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Silver has quietly had a strong start to 2025, with the price up 12.6 percent. However, it remains significantly underpriced compared to gold from a historical perspective with the gold-silver ratio still above 90-1. The gold-silver ratio tells you how many ounces of silver it takes...

Audit the Fed, Audit Fort Knox, Audit Everything

(Clint Siegner, Money Metals News Service) Americans have to wonder, based on revelations coming out of Washington DC, whether government waste, fraud, and abuse is happening on an industrial scale. The need to perform audits and implement controls is obvious, despite wailing from people who somehow aren’t happy with the...

India Gold Price Sets Records; Impacts Jewelry and Investment Demand

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) After moderating in November and December, the price of gold has surged to new all-time highs in India to kick off 2025. Higher prices have weighed on gold jewelry demand but continue to support investment demand. India ranks as the world's second-largest gold market. Despite...
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