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Fears Over Rising Food Costs, Stagnant Wages Slam Markets

2022-09-16

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🔔 SUBSCRIBE TO MONEY METALS EXCHANGE ON YOUTUBE ➤ http://bit.ly/mmx-youtube Worse than expected inflation data has put a 75 basis-point rate increase firmly back on the table. Futures markets are now pricing in the possibility that the Federal Reserve will move by a full percentage point, though a three-quarters of a percent move is currently viewed as more likely. Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get...

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Russia to Open Global Gold Exchange; Western Sanctions Backfiring?

2022-09-12

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As Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell vows to keep fighting the high inflation he helped unleash, investors are also weighing evidence of a weakening jobs market. Gathering signs of a recession could cause the Fed to dial down future rate hikes.

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Fed Admits It CAN’T Tame Inflation, Promises More Economic Pain Anyway

2022-09-03

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2022-09-03

Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell is talking tough and warning of more interest rate pain to come. At the same time, Fed officials are now admitting that their sized-up rate hikes won't even be sufficient to tame the price inflation they have helped create.

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Biden Pours Gasoline on the Inflation Bonfire

2022-08-26

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🔔 SUBSCRIBE TO MONEY METALS EXCHANGE ON YOUTUBE ➤ http://bit.ly/mmx-youtube As central bankers from around the world gather in Jackson Hole, investors are bracing for more rate hikes to come. The Federal Reserve is poised to hike again in September to try to cool inflation. Read the Full Transcript Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/podcasts/2022/08/26/biden-pours-gasoline-on-the-inflation-bonfire-002582 Do you own precious metals you would...

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Mixed Messaging from the Fed Causing Confusion in Markets

2022-08-19

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Precious metals markets are giving up ground this week as investors react to the latest musings from the Federal Reserve. Officials acknowledged some of the warning signs of a weakening economy.

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Biden Crows About the Latest 8.5 percent Annual Inflation Rate

2022-08-16

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2022-08-16

Precious metals markets continued rallying this week. Investors weighed new inflation data showing price pressures in the economy are finally slowing. Wednesday’s Consumer Price Index report came in slightly lower than expected for a change. The CPI rose 8.5% on an annualized basis in July. Normally such a reading would be nothing to cheer about. But the fact that the inflation rate finally came down a tad after months and months of relentless...

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Biden Crows About the Latest 8.5% Annual Inflation Number

2022-08-15

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🔔 SUBSCRIBE TO MONEY METALS EXCHANGE ON YOUTUBE ➤ http://bit.ly/mmx-youtube Precious metals markets continued rallying early this week. They gave back some of their gains on Thursday. The fact that the inflation rate finally came down a tad after months and months of relentless increases gave Joe Biden an opportunity to gloat. Read the full Transcript Here:...

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Is Zimbabwe’s New Gold Coin Evidence of a Broader Global Trend?

2022-08-08

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🔔 SUBSCRIBE TO MONEY METALS EXCHANGE ON YOUTUBE ➤ http://bit.ly/mmx-youtube Saber rattling by the Chinese Communist Party stoked investor fears early in the week. CCP officials felt aggrieved by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, which China claims as part of its territory. Read the Full Transcript here: https://www.moneymetals.com/podcasts/2022/08/05/is-zimbabwes-new-gold-coin-evidence-of-a-broader-global-trend-002572 Do you own...

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The ‘Wishful Thinking’ Fed Is Anything But ‘Neutral’

2022-08-02

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2022-08-02

With last week’s second 75 basis-point rate hike, the Federal Reserve now claims it has achieved a “neutral” monetary policy stance. That would mean, in theory, that interest rates are neither stimulating nor restraining the economy.

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Metals Rebound as Federal Officials Float More Lies about Economy

2022-07-29

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As the economy heads into what looks an awful lot like a recession, gold and silver markets are making a comeback.Chairman Jerome Powell admitted that the economy is slowing but continued to insist it isn’t in recession.

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Bargain Hunters Jump on Recent Silver & Gold Pullback

2022-07-22

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After several brutal weeks of selling in precious metals markets, bulls are seeking a catalyst for a potential turning point. They may have gotten one via currency markets.

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Fed-Induced Recession Looms as Rate Fears Roil All Markets

2022-07-15

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🔔 SUBSCRIBE TO MONEY METALS EXCHANGE ON YOUTUBE ➤ http://bit.ly/mmx-youtube Another pair of alarming inflation reports jolted markets this week. There are major warning signs for the economy. As both businesses and consumers are forced to tighten their belts, a slowdown looms. Read the Full Transcript Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/podcasts/2022/07/15/fed-induced-recession-looms-as-rate-fears-roil-all-markets-002560 Do you own precious metals...

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Fed Tightening Fears Continue to Weigh on Metals Markets

2022-07-08

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The Fed has abruptly pivoted from insisting inflation is transitory to scrambling to prevent it from becoming entrenched. But worsening economic conditions may force it to pivot abruptly again to try to stave off a recession.

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New Signs Economic Turmoil Will Prompt Fed to Lose Its Nerve

2022-07-01

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As trading kicks off for the month of July and the second half of the year, investors are hoping for a third quarter rebound. It’s been a brutal year so far in financial markets.

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Fed Chairman Admits Missteps but Not Fundamental Flaws

2022-06-24

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🔔 SUBSCRIBE TO MONEY METALS EXCHANGE ON YOUTUBE ➤ http://bit.ly/mmx-youtube As Congress sought answers from Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell this week, investors are seeking buying opportunities in oversold markets. Read the Full Transcript Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/podcasts/2022/06/24/fed-chairman-admits-missteps-but-not-fundamental-flaws-002549 Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get...

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Slightly Higher Interest Rates Cause Panic in Stocks, Housing

2022-06-20

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🔔 SUBSCRIBE TO MONEY METALS EXCHANGE ON YOUTUBE ➤ http://bit.ly/mmx-youtube Metals markets fared relatively well compared to stocks following the Federal Reserve’s big rate hike. On Wednesday, the Fed raised its benchmark interest rate by a full 75 basis points. That represents the central bank’s biggest hike in decades. It also indicates policymakers have become increasingly desperate to contain the inflation pressures they helped unleash. Read...

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Speaker Boehner Readies Final Sellout As Debt Ceiling Debacle Looms

2022-06-12

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2022-06-12

It's campaign season, and that means non-stop media coverage of candidate polls, quips, gaffes, tweets, emails, controversies, lies, and scandals. It all makes for a good soap opera. Unfortunately, it's almost all irrelevant in the big picture. The media prefer to focus on the sideshow rather than the 800-pound gorilla in the room: the looming debt crisis.

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Businesses Nationwide Shrink Staff, Products, and Services

2022-06-10

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🔔 SUBSCRIBE TO MONEY METALS EXCHANGE ON YOUTUBE ➤ http://bit.ly/mmx-youtube Precious metals markets enter summer trading with investors looking for signs of a directional move. Gold and silver prices consolidated this spring with silver showing more of a downside bias... Read the Full Transcript Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/podcasts/2022/06/10/businesses-nationwide-shrink-staff-products-and-services-002543 Do you own precious metals you...

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How Citizens and States are Restoring Sound Money With JP Cortez

2022-06-07

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JP Cortez of the Sound Money Defense League makes the case for gold and silver being more accessible to the citizens in the Unites States. He states that the American dollar is dying, while the government simultaneously discourages the purchase of precious metals through unnecessary taxation.

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White House Panicking over Tanking Poll Numbers from Inflation

2022-06-06

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🔔 SUBSCRIBE TO MONEY METALS EXCHANGE ON YOUTUBE ➤ http://bit.ly/mmx-youtube As the Biden administration scrambles to try to contain inflation – or at least make a public relations show of it – precious metals investors are wondering how much longer gold and silver prices will remain contained. Read the Full Transcript Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/podcasts/2022/06/03/white-house-scapegoat-inflation-002538 Do you own precious metals you would...

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