Robust Employment Numbers Keep Gold Rally in Check
Gold prices remained nearly flat after robust US employment data reinforced the Fed’s cautious stance on rate cuts. December’s stronger-than-expected job growth and lower unemployment rate suggest persistent labor market strength, potentially delaying anticipated interest rate reductions. Gold traded at $2,670.84 per ounce, trimming earlier gains as Treasury yields and the dollar strengthened.
Supreme Court Rejects Trump’s Request To Stop Sentencing In Hush Money Case After Justice Barrett Sides With Liberals
Supreme Court Rejects Trump’s Request To Stop Sentencing In Hush Money Case After Justice Barrett Sides With Liberals The Supreme Court on Jan. 9 rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s request to halt proceedings in his New York business records case, removing a potential barrier to sentencing scheduled for Jan. 10, The Epoch Times reports. The brief […]
New York Court Denies Trump’s Bid To Halt Friday’s ‘Hush Money’ Case Sentencing
New York Court Denies Trump’s Bid To Halt Friday’s ‘Hush Money’ Case Sentencing Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, New York’s top appeals court on Thursday denied President-elect Donald Trump’s request to halt Friday’s sentencing for his conviction last year on falsified business records. One judge of the New York Court of Appeals […]
"I Believe Triple Digit Silver Is An Absolute" – Mike Maloney w/Alan Hibbard
In this episode of The Gold & Silver Show, Mike Maloney and Alan Hibbard break down the facts behind silver’s ongoing supply deficits and the surging
United Airlines Accelerates Rollout Of Free Starlink WiFi Service
United Airlines Accelerates Rollout Of Free Starlink WiFi Service Great news for air travelers who’ve long endured spotty WiFi and dreamed of a better future: United Airlines will start rolling out super-fast WiFi service powered by Elon Musk’s Starlink this spring, the company revealed on Sunday. That’s a significant acceleration of the original timetable in September’s announcement […]
Trump Inherits A Deeply Damaged Economy
Trump Inherits A Deeply Damaged Economy Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, There is finally some optimism in the land. Unfortunately, good vibes are not enough to fix the deep structural problems that now afflict the U.S. economy, from inflation to a weak job market to a small-business sector that is barely hanging […]
Why Are Fertility Rates Not Rising?
Why Are Fertility Rates Not Rising? Authored by Russell Clark via ‘Capital Flows and Asset Markets’, It is always hard to get back into writing in the new year – this year in particular. As a family we stayed in London – and over the last few years, with my oldest doing motorsport and my youngest at […]
Goldman’s CES 2025 Takeaway: Chinese Firms Unveil New AI PCs, Mixed Reality Headsets, EV Tech & Panels
Goldman’s CES 2025 Takeaway: Chinese Firms Unveil New AI PCs, Mixed Reality Headsets, EV Tech & Panels Analysts at Goldman Sachs working on the Greater China Tech Research desk in Hong Kong released a client note Thursday highlighting key product launches and demonstrations by Chinese companies at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2025 in Las Vegas. Goldman’s […]
Klarnageddon: Consumer Credit Card Debt Unexpectedly Plummets At Rate Signaling Deep Recession
Klarnageddon: Consumer Credit Card Debt Unexpectedly Plummets At Rate Signaling Deep Recession We have repeatedly warned that with their savings – and especially “emergency covid savings” – gone or nearly gone, Biden admin savings data manipulation notwithstanding… … US consumers had no choice but to max out their credit cards in order to “extend and […]
Rates Jump After 30Y Auction Prices At Highest Yield Since August 2007
Rates Jump After 30Y Auction Prices At Highest Yield Since August 2007 After two dismal coupon auctions to start the week, and the year, the final sale of Treasury paper in the funeral-shortened week took place shortly after 1pm when the Treasury sold $22BN in a 29 Year, 10 Month reopening, in what was the […]