Inflation in the US fell to 2.4% against forecasts for a slowdown to 2.3%. On the other hand, “core” inflation recovered to 3.3%, against forecasts that it would remain unchanged. At the core, services inflation rebounded from 4.3% to 4.4% and accelerated strongly from 0.1% to 0.6% month-on-month (this is the part of the core …
Russia will spend $535.5 million to replenish its reserves of precious metals – dedollarization
The question is whether a central bank – systematically indulging in unprecedented purchases of gold – can have the same strategy in other precious metals. The Russian government is considering spending 51 billion rubles ($535.5 million) over the next three years to replenish its reserves of precious metals. The figures come from figures in the …
Russia’s unknown movements in metals
Last week an article by the Russian news agency Interfax reported that the State Fund of Russia plans to acquire gold, silver, platinum, palladium and precious stones. Russia’s decision to add silver to its reserves sets it apart from most other central banks, which have focused heavily on hoarding gold while neglecting silver. Along with …
BRICS: US dollar reserves below 60% for first time in thirty years
This news, combined with the unreal US debt that exceeds 33 trillion, is the most important indicator for geopolitical events and their projection in the immediate future. Note that every day that passes the beast called “US debt” grows by 100 million dollars(!) and most American economists agree that it is now impossible to service. …
Global economic turmoil and geopolitical crisis since the Chinese recession
China is teetering on the brink of recession — excluding the Covid era, for the first time since 2008 — as new data showed industrial production shrank for a fourth straight month while new orders data was particularly weak. The above data are indications that China’s economic model, which was based on Simply put, weak …
Cutting interest rates early will cause hyperinflation
The Federal Reserve’s recent decision to cut the federal funds rate by 50 basis points to a range of 4.75% to 5%, despite inflation still above its 2% target, apparently politically targeted, has disturbing similarities to the monetary policy mistakes of the late 1970s. Then, under pressure to stimulate economic activity, the Fed eased monetary …
Guide to protecting your Wealth in case of State Bankruptcy or War
“History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes,” is a popular quote attributed to Mark Twain, and it’s an important idea to think about the current state of the world amid rising geopolitical tensions and worsening economic conditions. About 100 years ago, circumstances were setting the stage for the Great Depression and World War II, …
The price of Gold outperformed stocks in annual return (+27.1%)
Spot gold prices closed Friday 9/20 at a new record high of $2,622 an ounce in New York, extending annual gains for the precious metal to 27.1%. It beat the weak performance of the US S&P 500 index, including dividend reinvestment. Gold is on track for its best performance since 2010, even outpacing 2020’s 25.1% …
Cutting Interest rates is a path full of Landmines
In a reduction in policy interest rates – for the first time in 4 years – by 50 bp. in the range of 4.75% to 5%, the Federal Reserve (Fed) advanced, in an attempt to stimulate the growth of the US economy, to satisfy investors and to raise the morale of the Democrats, especially the …
Why ‘easy money’ caused a bubble in tech companies?
From the beginning of 2022, it is known that the main trend in the technology industry was “artificial intelligence”. While the concept isn’t new — AI is the term many believe has been used to describe the way computers work since at least the 1980s — it has once again captured the imagination of the …