(The Center Square) Newly released federal pricing data shows that producer prices fell in the month of March, another federal report showing lower prices in the U.S.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday released its Producer Price Index, a key marker of inflation. The PPI declined 0.4% in...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Have you done your taxes yet? If you’re a procrastinator, like me, probably not. Especially if you owe money.
Well, I’ve got bad news. This is your last weekend to get it done.
The taxman cometh.
Next Tuesday, to be exact.
I’ve been dreading this day for...
(Sound Money Defense League, Money Metals News Service) Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has signed Senate Bill 130 into law, reaffirming gold and silver as legal tender. This symbolic victory marks Alabama’s latest step toward promoting constitutional sound money in the state.
Sponsored by Sen. Tim Melson and Rep. Jamie Kiel,...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) The Federal Reserve just got the green light to crank up the inflation machine.
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) moderated in February and turned downright cool in March. Prices fell month-on-month, driven by much lower energy costs.
That cracks the door for the Fed to...
(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) President Donald Trump’s tax cuts are set for permanent extension after the House narrowly passed a $5.8 trillion over ten years concurrent budget resolution that seemed poised to fail.
If the Trump tax cuts expire, as they are set to do at the end of...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The DOJ allegedly continues to stonewall the Jeffrey Epstein files — even after President Trump ordered them released. Now, a GOP congresswoman wants answers.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., said in a Monday interview with former Rep. Matt Gaetz on his eponymous OANN show that the DOJ...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Significant amounts of gold flowed into gold ETFs for the fourth straight month in March, driving assets under management (AUM) to a new month-end record.
Funds in every region reported inflows of gold, with North American ETFs leading the way.
Globally, gold-backed funds added 92...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Talk about a roller coaster. After plunging for several days, stocks soared Wednesday afternoon after President Trump announced a tariff pause. The S&P 500 rocketed 9 percent, charting its third-largest single-day gain since World War II.
Gold also whipsawed, having dipped below $3,000 an ounce,...
(Jesse Colombo, Money Metals News Service) As the wild ride continues in all markets, let's take a look at COMEX gold futures to assess where things stand. I focus on COMEX futures because key support and resistance levels tend to form cleanly at $100 intervals—$3,000, $3,100, $3,200, and so...
(Money Metals News Service) As global markets react to trade tensions and tariff rumors, the real story may lie beneath the headlines.
In the latest Money Metals Midweek Memo, host Mike Maharrey argues that while tariffs dominate the financial news cycle, they’re just a subplot in a much deeper economic drama—one...
(Brien Lundin, Money Metals News Service) It isn’t often that you check the markets over your first cup of coffee and find gold up over $100.
But that’s precisely what greeted me as I switched on CNBC this morning.
Shades of October 2008... and March 2020!
Over the past week, we’ve seen similarities...
(Headline USA) U.S. inflation declined last month as the cost of gas, airline fares, and hotel rooms fell, a sign that price growth was cooling even as President Donald Trump ramped up his tariff threats.
Consumer prices rose just 2.4% in March from a year earlier, the Labor Department said Thursday,...