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October 8, 2024
2024.10.02 US stocks ripped higher on Monday, with all three indexes closing at […]
September 21, 2024
The Economist Between early 2022 and mid-2023 the Federal Reserve tightened monetary policy at […]
April 30, 2024
2024.04.27 Investors in stocks, bonds and commodities should be aware of the rate […]
April 25, 2024
2024.04.21 What if the worst in interest rates is yet to come? Until […]
April 20, 2024
By Felix Richter – Statista Mortgage rates in the United States climbed to […]
February 27, 2024
2024.02.27 The question of whether the Federal Reserve lowers interest rates at its […]
February 24, 2024
From The Economist Has inflation been vanquished, or is it bouncing back? The […]
February 3, 2024
2024.02.03 The probability of interest rate cuts has many market participants pondering whether […]
December 13, 2023
By Marcus Lu According to the IMF, the most indebted poor countries in […]
November 30, 2023
By Business Insider Incentive to cut? $7.6 trillion of US government debt will […]
November 30, 2023
By SchiffGold During a recent interview at the 2023 Precious Metals Summit Zurich […]
November 29, 2023
2023.11.29 For over a year now the main topic of discussion has been […]
November 16, 2023
2023.11.16 At Ahead of the Herd, we pride ourselves on being right, when […]
November 15, 2023
By Citizen Watch Report The interest payments on the national debt alone used […]
November 5, 2023
By Martin Armstrong Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey said in a press conference: […]
September 13, 2023
2023.09.13 It was exactly six months ago when the US regional banking crisis […]
August 30, 2023
2023.08.30 The US officially has a debt problem, in the present and in […]
August 30, 2023
2023.08.30 美国目前以及未来都正式存在债务问题。截止到目前，美国的国债总额略低于 33 万亿美元，占国内生产总值（GDP）的 122％！然而，更大的问题在于其增长速度，导致利息支付不断膨胀。 根据国会预算办公室（CBO）的预测，未来 30 年的利息支付将达到约 71 万亿美元，并在 2053 年占据所有联邦收入的 35％。 […]
May 25, 2023
By Goehring & Rozencwajg What are the impacts of rising interest rates on […]
May 18, 2023
By Dorothy Neufeld Every few years the debt ceiling standoff puts the credit […]
May 8, 2023
By Felix Richter Coming off historically low interest rates in the wake of […]
April 3, 2023
By Alasdair Macleod How likely is it that the downturn in broad money […]
March 31, 2023
By Nouriel Roubini In the face of high and persistent inflation, recession risks, […]
March 28, 2023
By Felix Richter If there has been one consistent theme in Jerome Powell’s […]
March 23, 2023
By Wolf Richter This is the beginning of spring selling season. So let’s […]
March 23, 2023
By macromon Interest payments on the national debt during the current fiscal year (October […]
March 8, 2023
2023.03.08 Has anybody noticed there is something strange going on in commodities? Whether […]
March 2, 2023
By Alasdair Macleod Central banks were happy to suppress interest rates, even into […]
February 11, 2023
By Quoth the Raven 2023.03.11 It would be a situation where we are […]
February 1, 2023
By Wolf Richter 2023.02.01 The Bank of Canada hiked its policy rates by […]
February 1, 2023
By Quoth the Raven 2023.02.01 It’s not the time to celebrate the S&P’s […]
January 31, 2023
BY SCHIFFGOLD 2023.01.31 The mainstream is optimistic about both the economy and the Fed’s […]
January 14, 2023
2023.01.14 US inflation cooled in December, putting the US Federal Reserve on track […]
December 31, 2022
It seems fitting that the year we are expecting to see an unprecedented rise in US government spending and money-printing to spur an economic recovery, marks the 50th anniversary of the end of the gold standard.
Done at the time to fight an economic crisis, we are still feeling the effects of this disastrous decision, five decades on.
In this article, we explain why President Nixon did what he did, and why every promise that unshackling the US government from the requirement of maintaining the dollar's value in terms of gold would mean for the United States, has been broken.
Done at the time to fight an economic crisis, we are still feeling the effects of this disastrous decision, five decades on.
In this article, we explain why President Nixon did what he did, and why every promise that unshackling the US government from the requirement of maintaining the dollar's value in terms of gold would mean for the United States, has been broken.
December 4, 2022
2022.12.04 Economist Nouriel Roubini believes the world economy is lurching toward an unprecedented […]
December 1, 2022
2022.12.01 The US Federal Reserve continues to grapple with inflation, which at 7.7% […]
November 11, 2022
2022.11.11 Gold and silver prices jumped on Thursday following the release of October’s […]
September 17, 2022
2022.09.17 This year has seen a correction in the gold price, commensurate with […]
August 6, 2022
2022.08.05 The US Federal Reserve started off declaring that historically high levels of […]
July 27, 2022
2022.07.27 Gold is a commodity with limited supply, therefore it cannot be “created” […]
June 17, 2022
2022.06.17 We call ourselves Ahead of the Herd because we see things before […]
April 27, 2022
2022.04.27 Modern Monetary Theory, or MMT, posits that rather than obsessing about how […]
April 22, 2022
2022.04.22 A recession is what results when an economy stops growing. The National […]
February 8, 2022
2022.02.08 Someone born in 1979 is 43 years old this year. No doubt […]
January 15, 2022
2022.01.05 Inflation is one of the best determinants of gold price movements, because […]
December 18, 2021
2021.12.18 Several months after the US Federal Reserve began describing the country’s inflation […]
May 3, 2021
Climbing yields, as investors rotate funds out of bonds into stocks, on increasing confidence in the economy, is the primary reason why the prices of precious metals gold and silver have pulled back in recent weeks. For now.
April 29, 2021
While precious metals have somewhat been subdued over recent weeks, there’s a storm brewing that could set gold, and by extension silver, on an upward trajectory once again.
April 21, 2021
There’s an old saying on Wall Street: “Six percent interest will draw money from the moon.” And it’s true, but what is also true is, 1/ As long as real interest rates are below 2% gold is in a bull market and 2/ Real interest rates below 2% draw investors to gold.
Central banks know this, so do educated gold buyers.
With Treasury notes paying such low net yields, gold becomes an attractive investment.
Central banks know this, so do educated gold buyers.
With Treasury notes paying such low net yields, gold becomes an attractive investment.
April 14, 2021
Gold prices ticked higher on Tuesday after inflation data showed US consumer prices rose in March for the fourth straight month and inflation hit its highest level in 2.5 years.
The US Federal Reserve, whose dual mandate is to keep inflation in the “Goldilocks zone” of around 2% and to control unemployment, has been downplaying inflation, telling the public that even if prices rise, it will only be temporary.
The US Federal Reserve, whose dual mandate is to keep inflation in the “Goldilocks zone” of around 2% and to control unemployment, has been downplaying inflation, telling the public that even if prices rise, it will only be temporary.
March 23, 2021
Goldman Sachs says that the next structural bull market for commodities will be driven by spending on green energy.
The fossil-fueled based transportation system needs to be electrified, and the switch must be made from oil, gas, and coal-powered power plants to those which run on solar, wind and thorium-produced nuclear energy. If we have any hope of cleaning up the planet, before the point of no return, a massive decarbonization needs to take place.
In a recent report, commodities consultancy Wood Mackenzie said an investment of over $1 trillion will be required in key energy transition metals over the next 15 years, just to meet the growing needs of decarbonization.
The fossil-fueled based transportation system needs to be electrified, and the switch must be made from oil, gas, and coal-powered power plants to those which run on solar, wind and thorium-produced nuclear energy. If we have any hope of cleaning up the planet, before the point of no return, a massive decarbonization needs to take place.
In a recent report, commodities consultancy Wood Mackenzie said an investment of over $1 trillion will be required in key energy transition metals over the next 15 years, just to meet the growing needs of decarbonization.
March 10, 2021
The sell-off in bonds that has been tripping up gold prices may be over, with some investors anticipating the bond market will calm down, as appetite for US government debt revives following the sharp rise in yields.
“We think a big part of the bond-yield move has played out,” Wall Street Journal quoted a portfolio manager at PineBridge Investments. “At this level of yields, we do expect additional buyers to come in. That tends to stabilize the yield level.”
Gold bugs are closely watching what happens with Treasuries
“We think a big part of the bond-yield move has played out,” Wall Street Journal quoted a portfolio manager at PineBridge Investments. “At this level of yields, we do expect additional buyers to come in. That tends to stabilize the yield level.”
Gold bugs are closely watching what happens with Treasuries
March 5, 2021
Several factors influence gold prices (mainly the US dollar, gold ETF inflows/ outflows, inflation rate, bond yields, safe haven demand, physical gold demand, gold supply) but none is more reliable than real interest rates.
The demand for gold moves inversely to interest rates — the higher the rate of interest, the lower the demand for gold, the lower the rate of interest the higher the demand for gold.
The demand for gold moves inversely to interest rates — the higher the rate of interest, the lower the demand for gold, the lower the rate of interest the higher the demand for gold.
February 25, 2021
2021.02.25 Gold has been taking a beating in recent weeks, the sell-off prompted […]
February 23, 2021
2021.02.23 Gold and copper are up, the dollar is down, and bond yields […]
March 14, 2020
2020.03.14 One of the worst weeks on Wall Street mercifully ended on Friday. […]
October 19, 2019
2019.10.19 In the first quarter of 2019, global debt hit $246.5 trillion. Encouraged […]
July 30, 2019
2019.07.30 The slowdown in the United States, and throughout the world, has led […]
July 6, 2019
2019.07.06 Californication is a brilliant 1999 song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Many of […]
July 6, 2019
2019.07.06 Californication is a brilliant 1999 song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Many of […]
February 16, 2019
2019.02.16 Gold markets were rocking on Tuesday, lifted by a basket of factors […]