President Trump declined to rule out that the U.S. economy would contract this year and enter a recession, saying that his sweeping economic agenda could cause short-term turbulence that he believed would drive future prosperity. Asked in a “Sunday Morning Futures” interview on Fox News if he was expecting a recession this year, Trump replied: […]
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Ray Dalio is the founder of Bridgewater Associates. Reuters / Ruben Sprich© Reuters / Ruben Sprich Surging government debt could trigger a “heart attack” for the US financial system, Ray Dalio said. The Bridgewater founder said years of deficit spending were causing “plaque” to accumulate. The elite investor said a failure to act could spell trouble
Following Elon Musk’s announcement last week that he wants to personally audit the United States’ gold reserves at Fort Knox on behalf of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), President Trump now says that he intends to come along. Trump announced on Saturday during his appearance at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) that he would
With quickly rising debt levels in the U.S., dollar stability and America’s economy are facing an “existential threat,” warned Dr. Judy Shelton, Senior Fellow at Independent Institute and former economic advisor to President Donald Trump. She added that it is time to get back to sound money, and one historically proven option is linking gold
I have seen more than my fair share of financial crises during my time in the U.S. government. I was the assistant secretary of the U.S. Treasury for financial institutions during the 9/11 terrorist attacks and chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. during the 2007-2008 financial crisis. The U.S. government resorted to deficit-financed spending
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The gold market continues to consolidate near its record above $2,750 an ounce. Despite the precious metal’s 33% rally so far this year, one analyst says this is still the calm before the storm, and now is the time for investors to be overweight in commodities, specifically gold. In a recent interview with Kitco News,
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That’s because $7.6 trillion of US government debt is held by foreign entities in countries like Japan and China. Mounting US debt will eventually spark a “rebellion” in markets around the world, JPMorgan CEO said. “It is a cliff. We see the cliff. It’s about 10 years out. We’re going 60 miles an hour,” Dimon
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De-dollarization could lead to a vicious cycle of economic destruction, according to an Australian economic think tank. That’s because waning use of the dollar could bring on hyperinflation, researcher Michael Roach said. Hyperinflation could lead to higher interest rates, which will weigh on asset prices, according to Roach. This outlook is furthered by speculation that
The unemployment rate peaked at 14.7 percent, the highest in the post-World War II period. Inflation reached its highest rate in 40 years, prompting the Fed to raise short-term interest rates to their highest levels since 2007. Federal Reserve banks opened for business in November of 1914. Historical CPI data from MeasuringWorth show that the
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Ratings agency Fitch on Tuesday downgraded the U.S. government’s top credit rating to AA+ from AAA, citing an expected fiscal deterioration over the next three years as well as a high and growing general government debt burden. “In Fitch’s view, there has been a steady deterioration in standards of governance over the last 20 years,
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