(Victor Lopez, Headline USA contributor) In an era where American competitiveness is under siege from nations like China, we cannot afford to let bureaucratic interference and political gamesmanship stifle economic opportunity.
The past administration’s opposition to Nippon Steel’s $15 billion acquisition of U.S. Steel was emblematic of a troubling trend:...
(Clint Siegner, Money Metals News Service) Americans got an eyeful of the waste and fraud which has been rampant in federal spending last week. A barrage of announcements by the Trump administration included putting the brakes on a $50 million program to buy and supply condoms to people in...
(Money Metals News Service) In a recent Money Metals podcast, Mike Maharrey interviewed Helen Viljoen, founder and CEO of Nebu Gold, a South African company that has pioneered the concept of “investment jewelry.”
The discussion highlighted how Nebu Gold combines high-purity gold and platinum with elegant design to create jewelry that serves...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Are we heading for a repeat performance of the resurrection of inflation that we saw in the mid-1970s?
It sure appears to be setting up that way.
The Federal Reserve declared victory over price inflation over the summer when it began rolling back its balance...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) The flow of physical gold and silver from London to New York continued last week, with JPMorgan announcing plans to move $4 billion in metal to deliver against futures contracts. Meanwhile, big players in the gold market are reportedly begging central banks to...
(Headline USA) The watchdog for U.S. assistance to Afghanistan said the Taliban have no legal right to billions of dollars in funding set aside for the country because they are not recognized as its government and are under sanctions.
In its latest report issued Friday, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, or SIGAR, also said...
(Headline USA) Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott issued a ban on Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek for government-issued devices, becoming the first state to restrict the popular chatbot in such a manner.
The upstart platform sent shockwaves through Wall Street after launching on the Apple app store last week with buzz over its...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The Justice Department announced Friday that a former senior adviser for the Federal Reserve Board of Governors has been indicted for allegedly conspiring to steal trade secrets for the People’s Republic of China.
The ex-Fed official, John Harold Rogers, 63, of Vienna, Virginia, was arrested on Friday,...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The UK Financial Conduct Authority filed explosive new records Friday in a dispute with former Barclays CEO Jes Staley, revealing that Staley’s relationship with deceased sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein ran deeper than he previously disclosed.
The UK FCA’s filings were made in a long-running dispute with...
(Chris Powell, Money Metals News Service) If reports this week are correct -- there is a severe shortage of gold -- the metallic kind rather than the paper kind -- in the London market, caused by the desire of bullion banks to ship a lot of metal to the United States...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) The silver market is forecast to record a fifth straight market deficit in 2025, with demand once again outstripping supply.
Analysts at the Silver Institute call the projected market deficit “sizeable.”
The Silver Institute projects record silver offtake this year, with overall demand coming in at...
(Jesse Colombo, Money Metals News Service) Amid a global scramble for physical gold and silver, both metals are breaking out, signaling the start of the next powerful phase in their bull markets.
Many investors dismissed gold and silver after President Donald Trump’s victory in the November election. However, his first...