(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Could the commercial real estate market be the next thing to pop in this bubble economy? According to a recent working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, the answer is yes.
And that could kick off the next major financial crisis.
Based...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) How much would it cost to buy a pound of gold? It actually depends on what you mean by "pound." Yes. There is more than one kind of pound.
We typically talk about the price of gold in terms of ounces. As I write...
(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) It was recently reported that right now there are well over half a million Americans who are homeless due to surging rent prices.
The report that was released on Jan. 25, 2024, by Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies revealed that about 653,000 people reported being...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Donald Trump recently made it a part of his presidential platform to prevent financial institutions from arbitrarily closing the customers’ accounts over their political views—a process known as “de-banking.”
De-banking became a national issue when numerous critics of COVID-19 restrictions lost their accounts. Others, such as...
(Clint Siegner, Money Metals News Service) Texas Gov. Greg Abbott gave up on the Biden administration doing much to secure his state’s border with Mexico.
An estimated 6 million people, including large numbers of fighting age men, have been pouring illegally into border states over the past 3 years. Abbott...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) It appears more and more likely that the Federal Reserve is poised to completely abandon any pretense of fighting inflation, despite the fact CPI remains well above the 2% target.
The Fed has already paused interest rate hikes, and most analysts expect rate cuts...
(Headline USA) A dying thief who confessed to stealing a pair of ruby slippers that Judy Garland wore in The Wizard of Oz because he wanted to pull off “one last score” is expected to stay out of prison after he's sentenced Monday.
Terry Jon Martin, 76, stole the slippers in...
(Headline USA) Tesla is recalling nearly 200,000 vehicles in the U.S. because the backup camera may not function while the car is in reverse.
The recall covers certain Models Y, S and X from the 2023 model year. All are equipped with “Full Self-Driving” computer 4.0 and run software version...
(Headline USA) U.S. antitrust enforcers are opening an inquiry into the relationships between leading artificial intelligence startups such as ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and the tech giants that have invested billions of dollars into them.
The action targets Amazon, Google and Microsoft and their sway over the generative AI boom that’s fueled...
(Deroy Murdock, Headline USA) Are you better off than you were four years ago? Every voter should ask this while choosing America’s next president.
This oft-stated question is fairer to pose three years into Joe Biden’s presidency. Evaluating America now versus January 2020, on President Donald J. Trump’s watch, allows...
(Headline USA) When IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel met privately with senators recently, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee asked for his assessment of a startling report: A whistleblower estimated that 95% of claims now being made by businesses for a COVID-era tax break were fraudulent.
“He looked at his...
(Headline USA) More than 4,700 automobile dealerships across the United States urged President Joe Biden in a letter Thursday to halt the Environmental Protection Agency's efforts to enforce stricter vehicle-pollution standards.
The missive comes just weeks before the agency’s expected ruling on its tailpipe-emissions proposal, which addresses both climate change...