(Money Metals News Service) Representatives in Vermont realize that their state has become a big outlier, and that it’s high time for the state to end their practice of taxing purchases of gold and silver.
House Bill 295, a measure that removes this taxation from gold and silver coins and...
(Eli Pacheco, Headline USA) A recent report from the International Monetary Fund revealed that artificial intelligence impacts 60% of jobs in nations with advanced economies and poses a threat to eliminating about half of those.
IMF, a lender of last resort to national governments, supports exchange-rate stability. It uses a quota...
(Money Metals News Service) A large bipartisan contingent of Wisconsin legislators have reintroduced legislation seeking to end Wisconsin’s outdated practice taxing purchases of gold and silver.
Assembly Bill 29 and Senate Bill 33, primarily sponsored by Rep. Shae Sortwell and Sen. Duey Strobel (R - Saukville), respectively, are cosponsored by almost two...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals Exchange) You know all about price inflation and how it squeezes your wallet. But there are also ninja price increases out there that you might not notice. It's called "shrinkflation."
Inflation robs you of purchasing power by driving up the price of everything you buy. The government...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals Exchange) Gold appears to have built solid support above $2,000 an ounce, but momentum to move higher in the short term has eased with uncertainty about the timing of Federal Reserve rate hikes.
But short-term sentiment aside, there are plenty of reasons to remain bullish on...
(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) Although it may have come at a considerable cost, I have fairly well insulated myself since the pandemic from the toxicity that is the woke world.
It became clear during COVID that there were two parallel Americas that co-existed, and I was neither willing nor welcome...
(Clint Siegner, Money Metals Exchange) With Bitcoin making the news last week when the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) finally approved exchange traded funds, it’s a good time to review the topic again.
Bitcoin still offers the potential to serve as a form of honest money and to end-run the...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals Exchange) At its December meeting, the Federal Reserve effectively declared victory over inflation. They didn’t didn’t use those words, but that was the signal given by the policy trajectory laid out by the FOMC.
Is this victory dance premature?
Financial analyst Jim Grant thinks so.
In an interview...
(Mike Gleason, Money Metals Exchange) As inflation comes in hotter than expected and the federal deficit comes in higher than ever, investors face rising risks in financial markets.
On Thursday, the Labor Department reported that the Consumer Price Index for December rose by 0.3%. That was a bigger increase than...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals Exchange) Just one quarter into fiscal 2024, the federal government has already run a budget deficit of over half a trillion dollars.
The December budget shortfall came in at $129.37 billion, according to the latest Monthly Treasury Statement. That drove the 2024 deficit to $509.94 billion....
(Headline USA) Online retailer eBay Inc. will pay a $3 million fine to resolve criminal charges over a harassment campaign waged by employees who sent live spiders, cockroaches and other disturbing items to the home of a Massachusetts couple, according to court papers filed Thursday.
The Justice Department charged eBay with stalking, witness tampering and...
(Casey Harper, The Center Square) Consumer costs increased at an elevated level again in December, according to newly released federal economic data, raising new concerns about spiking inflation.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on Thursday released the Consumer Price Index, a key marker of inflation, showing the cost of a...