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Why the Fed Is Wrong about Inflation Being 'Transitory'

Structural supply deficits, climate change, the global trend to electrify and decarbonize, and resource nationalism are not temporary or transitory. The inescapable conclusion? Inflation compounds year after year and the purchasing power loss your currency has experienced will never be regained...

COVID Consumer Headache

By John Mauldin, Thoughts from the Frontline

For one thing, we’re only halfway through 2021. Much of this impressive growth derives from consumer spending, and much of the consumer spending was funded by government benefit programs and monetary stimulus money.

GoldSeek Radio Nugget: Dr. Marc Faber -- A speculative bubble in the precious metals sector..

By Chris Waltzek, GoldSeek Radio

Dr. Faber suggests that a speculative bubble in the precious metals sector may be inevitable, once faith in officials begins in earnest. His investment strategy includes accumulating gold ...

Big US Stocks’ Q2’21 Fundamentals

By Adam Hamilton, Zeal Research

Americans flush with free cash spent it like drunken sailors, driving record sales and profits. But with the pandemic winding down, that gravy train is ending.

Currency Emergency: When the Debt Comes Due

By Stefan Gleason, Money Metals

What happens when the debt comes due? It’s a question millions of Americans are grappling with in their personal finances. It’s also a multi-trillion dollar question facing..

GoldSeek Radio Nugget: Axel Merk -- Inflation leading to runaway prices..

By Chris Waltzek, GoldSeek Radio

On the domestic economic front, inflation remains a chief concern. Just a few years ago, few people would believe a hamburger priced at $50-$100 – today, the menus of several cities around the nation reflect these prices.

Stocks Wince Because the Stagflation Party Has Arrived

By David Haggith, The Daily Doom

The past week has been a story of stagflation infecting the US economy while the stock market grimaces as Fed officials express the need to start a gradual pullout from economic stimulus much sooner or face a rapid pull-out a little later.

Currency Debasement and Cultural Degradation

By Doug Casey, Casey Research

How instrumental do you think the debasement of their currency was to the eventual fall of the Roman Empire? How did it affect their culture?

BIS gold swaps fall in June by 46 tonnes to 471 tonnes

By Robert Lambourne

The BIS seemingly remains an active trader of significant amounts of gold swaps on a regular basis. So far there seems to be no definitive sign that the BIS is reducing its exposure to gold swaps.

Brazil’s Central Bank refuses to answer any questions about its Gold Reserves

By Ronan Manly, BullionStar

This year has been shaping up to be a strong one for central bank gold buying. This is despite the official absence from the buy side of central bank gold powerhouses such as Russia and China.

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