Tag Archive: Federal Reserve

Ep 50 – Brent Johnson: Has the Dollar Milkshake Spilled or Just Begun?

2022-12-06

Is the dollar heading to new heights or new lows? Brent Johnson of Santiago Capital joins the Gold Exchange Podcast LIVE in New Orleans! Listen to Brent discuss the historic rise of the DXY, the effects on (d)emerging markets, and how he sees a currency and sovereign debt crisis playing out. Will Powell be able to solve Triffin’s Dilemma?

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“It begins”: The rise of the digital dollar

2022-12-05

by Claudio Grass

2022-12-05

In mid-November, while the whole world was focused on the Ukraine crisis, the US midterms or whatever other “big story” the media decided was more important, a truly momentous shift took place in the global financial system. It might seem like a small step on the surface, but it has the potential to bring about a real and possibly irreversible sea change in the way we use money; or better said, the way it uses us. As Reuters reported on the...

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Is Central Banks’ License to Print Money About to Expire?

2022-10-29

by Stephen Flood

2022-10-29

One of the biggest reasons for people deciding to buy gold bars or to own silver coins is because of the folly of central banks and government. It seems bizarre to most people that we are all aware that money doesn’t grow on trees and yet those responsible for financial stability have forgotten this basic life-lesson.

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Rick Rule – Gold Helps Me Sleep at Night

2022-10-14

by Stephen Flood

2022-10-14

“The US dollar’s strength isn’t so much a function of the strength of the US economy or US political leadership, but rather, the fact that we’re competing in a horse race against a bunch of other horses that are completely lame.” Rick Rule – Rule Investment Media

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Ed Steer Gold And Silver – We Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet!

2022-10-05

by Stephen Flood

2022-10-05

Our guest this week is Ed Steer, expert gold and market analyst and author of the Gold & Silver Digest. We invited Ed onto GoldCore TV to get his take on what is concerning him most in financial markets, movements in SLV and sanctions against Russia. He also draws our attention to central bank purchases of gold.

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Ep 40 – Dan Oliver Jr: Markets Will Force the Fed to Balance

2022-09-08

by Monetary Metals

2022-09-08

Dan Oliver of Myrmikan Capital joins Keith and Dickson on the Gold Exchange Podcast to talk about the history of credit bubbles, the inevitability of central bank failings, and what history can tell us about the Fed’s current trajectory.

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A muddled message from The Fed

2022-07-29

by Stephen Flood

2022-07-29

If you have decided to buy gold bullion or to buy silver coins in the last few months then you may have been delighted with how last night’s Fed press conference went.

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Johnson Resigns, but Still not Clear if He Controls the Timing

2022-07-07

by Marc Chandler

2022-07-07

Overview: The resignation of a UK prime minister makes for high political drama, but the markets hardly moved on it. Sterling, like most of the major currencies, are recovering against the dollar today.

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No Turn Around Tuesday

2022-06-28

by Marc Chandler

2022-06-28

Overview: The global capital markets are calm today. Most of the large bourses in the Asia Pacific extended yesterday’s gain. Europe’s Stoxx 600 is advancing for the third consecutive session and is near two-and-a-half week highs.

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Johnson’s Ability to Lead Tories into Victory at Risk with Today’s By-Elections

2022-06-23

by Marc Chandler

2022-06-23

Overview: Asia Pacific equities were mixed. Gains were recorded in China, Hong Kong, Australia, and India, among the large markets, while Japan was mostly flat and South Korea and Taiwan shares fell.

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FX Daily, March 17: Investors are Skeptical that the Fed can Achieve a Soft-Landing. Can the BOE do Better?

2022-03-17

by Marc Chandler

2022-03-17

Overview: The markets continue to digest the implications of yesterday's Fed move and Beijing's signals of more economic supportive efforts as the Bank of England's move awaited. The US 5–10-year curve is straddling inversion and the 2-10 curve has flattened as the Fed moves from one horn of the dilemma (behind the inflation curve) to the other horn (recession fears). Asia Pacific equities extended yesterday's surge. The Hang Seng led the...

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Gold Price News: Gold Down 1% in Wake of More Hawkish Federal Reserve Meeting Minutes

2022-01-09

by Stephen Flood

2022-01-09

Gold price fell to $1,808 an ounce in the wake of the release of the minutes of the December Federal Reserve meeting, having hit an intra-day high of $1,829. Silver price fell to $22.72 an ounce from an intra-day high of $23.26.

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Central Bank Fest

2021-12-11

by Marc Chandler

2021-12-11

Next week is the last big week of the year, and what a week it will be: Five major central banks meet and at least nine from emerging market countries. Norway's Norges Bank is the most likely major central bank to hike its key (deposit) rate (December 16). It would be the second hike of the year. The economy is enjoying a solid recovery, and headline inflation rose to 4.6% in November, its fastest pace since 2008. The underlying rate, which...

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Covid Wave Knocks Euro Down and to new 6-year Lows Against the Swiss Franc

2021-11-19

by Marc Chandler

2021-11-19

Overview: Concerns about the virus surge in Europe cut short the euro's bounce and sent it back below $1.1300 and are also weighing on central European currencies, including the Hungarian forint, despite yesterday's aggressive hike of the one-week deposit rate. Austria has reintroduced a hard 20-day lockdown. Germany's health minister warned that the situation deteriorated and vaccines were not enough to break the wave. He was explicit that a...

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US Retail Sales and Industrial Output to Accelerate; China not so Much

2021-11-13

by Marc Chandler

2021-11-13

At the halfway point of Q4, the markets' focus is on three things: inflation, growth, and central banks' response. With US and Chinese October inflation readings behind us, the focus shifts to the real economy's performance, the world's two largest economies reporting retail sales and industrial production figures. Helped by stronger auto sales, the first increase in six months, US retail sales likely turned in another solid showing of around...

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FX Daily, November 9: Falling Yields Give the Yen a Boost

2021-11-09

by Marc Chandler

2021-11-09

Overview: Reports that the Fed's Brainard was interviewed for the Chair helped soften yields a bit, not that they needed extra pressure, on ideas she is more dovish than Powell. In turn, the lower yields saw the yen rise to its best level in nearly a month and led the major currencies higher against the dollar.

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The Inflation Tide is Turning!

2021-10-09

by Stephen Flood

2021-10-09

In our post on January 28, 2021 “Gold, The Tried-and-True Inflation Hedge for What’s Coming!” we outlined four reasons that we expect higher inflation over the next several years.

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US Employment Data is Important but for the Millionth Time, Don’t Exaggerate It

2021-08-06

by Marc Chandler

2021-08-06

Overview: Record high closes yesterday for the S&P 500 and NASDAQ have done little to help global equities today. Most of the Asia Pacific region markets, but Japan and Australia slipped ahead of the weekend while still holding on to gains for the week.

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Quantitative Easing: A Boon or Curse?

2021-07-24

by Stephen Flood

2021-07-24

Central banks’ massive Quantitative Easing (QE) programs have come under scrutiny many times since the central banks fired up the printing press and began quantitative easing programs en masse after the 2008-09 Great Financial Crisis. However, the increase in central bank assets due to quantitative easing programs during the crisis pale in comparison to the QE programs during the Covid pandemic. As economies recovered after the...

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