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Kentucky Governor Vetoes Gold Bill, Legislature Expected to Override

2025-03-26

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2025-03-26

(Frankfort, Kentucky – March 25th, 2025) – Slapping smalltime savers in the face for the second time in 12 months, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has again vetoed a bill that would end sales taxes on purchases of precious metals.

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Idaho Reaffirms Gold and Silver As Legal Tender

2025-03-21

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2025-03-21

(Boise, Idaho) – For the second time this month, new sound money legislation has become law in Idaho. Faced with the overwhelming likelihood of a veto override from the legislature, Idaho Governor Brad Little signed the Idaho Constitutional Money Act of 2025 reaffirming gold and silver as legal tender and making a symbolic statement in favor of sound money principles.

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Government Money Incentivizes Debt

2025-02-27

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2025-02-27

In a monetary economy, the money layer “exists on top of” real economic decisions, actions, and processes.

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Jan Nieuwenhuijs: The Shocking History of the Fort Knox Gold Audits

2025-02-27

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2025-02-27

Now that President Trump and Elon Musk have said that they want to audit the Fort Knox gold, the next question is this -- will this be a proper audit or another PR stunt?

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Inflation’s Hidden Toll: How Money Printing Strains Families

2025-02-25

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2025-02-25

Inflation. This word strikes fear among most readers. Thoughts of grocery bills and gas prices might be what the average American attaches to this word.

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Open Letter to President Donald J. Trump: Don’t Be Fooled by the Fort Knox “Auditors”

2025-02-21

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2025-02-21

Dear Mr. President, Recently you have expressed an intention to do an audit of the gold at Fort Knox and presumably also the other vaults where the U.S. monetary gold is stored.

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Gold price retreats from over two-week top; bulls turn cautious ahead of US CPI

2024-12-11

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2024-12-11

Gold price advances to over a two-week high and draws support from a combination of factors. Geopolitical risks, trade war fears and rate cuts by major central banks underpin the XAU/USD. 

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Gold rallies higher, approaching $2,690 on higher demand for safe assets

2024-12-10

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2024-12-10

Gold rally maintains its positive momentum intact fuelled by buying from China and safe-haven flows.

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The Fed’s Gold Standard Confusion

2024-11-22

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2024-11-22

Why did the United States abandon the gold standard? In an article published recently by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Maria Hasenstab cites the international gold shortage during the Great Depression. “Countries around the world basically ran out of supply and were forced off the gold standard,” she writes.

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REPORT: 2025’s BEST and WORST U.S. States for Sound Money

2024-11-20

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2024-11-20

(Charlotte, NC – November 20th, 2024) – The newly released 2025 Sound Money Index has identified Wyoming, South Dakota, and Alaska as the states with the most favorable policies toward constitutional sound money, while Vermont, Maine, and California take the most hostile stances.

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Monetary Metals Welcomes Ronald-Peter Stöferle and Mark Valek to Advisory Board

2024-09-23

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2024-09-23

Scottsdale, AZ – September 23, 2024 – Monetary Metals® is pleased to announce the addition of gold investment experts Ronald-Peter Stöferle and Mark Valek to its Advisory Board. Both Ronald and Mark bring decades of experience in traditional asset management as well as precious metals investment and research.

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Abgedroschen: “Stärkung der Verteidigungsfähigkeit”

2024-09-03

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2024-09-03

Viele Medienmitteilungen des VBS enden mit dem Versprechen, dass die rapportierte Aktion der “Stärkung der Verteidigungsfähigkeit” dient (Beispiele unten) – als ob man es extra erwähnen müsste. Oder ist dies nicht ein permanenter Auftrag an die Armee?

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Monetary Metals Achieves SOC 2 Certification

2024-09-02

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2024-09-02

Scottsdale, AZ – September 3, 2024 – Monetary Metals® is proud to announce that it has achieved SOC 2 certification. This significant milestone demonstrates the company’s unwavering commitment to maintaining a secure environment for its innovative Gold Yield Marketplace® platform.

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Bryan Caplan: Why Housing Costs DOUBLED

2024-06-11

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2024-06-11

Best-selling author and economist Bryan Caplan joins the podcast to discuss why housing prices continue to rise, what we can do about it, and why everyone seems to hate markets.

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Gold continues bearish tone on outlook for US interest rates

2024-06-11

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2024-06-11

Gold rolls over after retesting key resistance as the outlook for US interest rates remains elevated. This keeps the opportunity cost of holding non-yielding Gold high, making it less attractive to investors. Gold (XAU/USD) trades a quarter of a percent lower on Tuesday after being rejected by key support-turned-resistance at $2,315 late Monday. 

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Gold extends decline after US Nonfarm Payrolls beats expectations

2024-06-07

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2024-06-07

Gold price declines after the release of US Nonfarm Payrolls data for May, shows a higher-than-expected change in employment and wages.

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The Anti-Concepts of Money: Conclusion

2024-04-15

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2024-04-15

The Anti-Concepts of Money. The cash-value of promoting each of these anti-concepts is that they lead people to think that the central bank should impose a monetary policy. To make our lives better. 

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Is gold an inflation hedge?

2024-04-12

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2024-04-12

Jeff Deist and Ben Nadelstein discuss narratives surrounding the merits of gold ownership. Is gold an inflation hedge, store of value, or a safe haven asset? The episode ends with questions regarding gold’s monetary premium and the different types of inflation.

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Gold Outlook 2024 Brief

2024-03-12

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2024-03-12

This is a brief preview of our annual Gold Outlook Report. Every year we take an in-depth look at the market dynamics and drivers and finally, give our predictions for gold and silver prices over the coming year.

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Monetary Metals Publishes Eighth Annual Gold Outlook Report

2024-03-12

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2024-03-12

Scottsdale, AZ – March 12, 2024 Monetary Metals has released its eighth annual Gold Outlook Report. The report features Monetary Metals’ award-winning economic analysis and their price forecasts for gold and silver in 2024.   The report makes a case against the mainstream notion that inflation continues to be the primary driver of the Federal Reserve’s interest rate policy.

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