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Powell’s so-called “war against inflation” will fail, but not before crushing everything from risk asset, precious metal and currency pricing to the USD. As importantly, Powell is accelerating global...

Matthew Piepenburg / September 6, 2022

The circumstances now are considerably more dire than in the 1970s. And the consequences will be exponentially worse. Everything is more serious today, debts, deficits, size of asset bubbles in stock...

Egon von Greyerz / September 2, 2022

In an interview with USA Watch Dog's Greg Hunter, Egon von Greyerz discusses his outlook for the world economy: "It appears clear to me we are going to see a 30% or so fall in the markets in the next...

Egon von Greyerz / August 31, 2022

Despite Western attempts to flex its currency muscle via USD-driven sanctions, nations like Russia and China are now leading the charge from a one-currency world to a multi-currency world of import pa...

Matthew Piepenburg / August 23, 2022

As generally is the case before major turns in markets, optimism is still high. But this autumn is likely to change all that as the unfortunate realities of our situation finally hit the world.

Egon von Greyerz / August 17, 2022

Is DC creating an intentional class of American lords and serfs, in which the former hand out stimulus checks to prevent the later from reaching for pitch forks? As we learned in the Europe of the 19...

Matthew Piepenburg / August 10, 2022

Given the evidence, the US is heading straight into a recession and will be forced to confront that reality (however downplayed or officially postponed) by cranking out the mouse-click money in a way...

Matthew Piepenburg / August 3, 2022

Hawkish and dovish language is coming out of the Fed. The central bank is stuck between a rock and hard place. Even though the Fed has been relatively aggressive in its rate hikes, it will not be enou...

Egon von Greyerz / August 1, 2022

Current market forces collectively, historically, empirically and common-sensically point toward new highs for gold, whose bull market, which began to stretch its legs after the 2016 bottom of $1050,...

Matthew Piepenburg / July 26, 2022

Given the record high inflation, real interest rates are still clearly negative, giving the impression that the current global cycle of interest rate hikes is far from reaching its end. But this con...

Ronnie Stoeferle / July 21, 2022