Paul’s committee hearing will link monetary policy with rising prices

Paul Announces Hearing on Monetary Policy and Rising Prices Press Release from the Office of U.S. Rep. Ron Paul Friday, March 11, 2011 http://paul.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1836:… WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, chairman of the Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology Subcommittee, announced today that the subcommittee will hold a hearing to examine the relationship between monetary [...]

Bipolar Monetary Policy Dangerous Parallel

By Captain Hook, Treasure Chests It’s no surprise the developed Western economies continue to print money, albeit at increasing slower rates as rising prices are now becoming problematic. That is to say, the prices for food, energy, and all those other things are beginning to rise noticeably even for Westerners, with sirens going off in emerging markets [...]

How the Fed Lost Control of Monetary Policy

By Dr. Jeffrey Lewis, GoldSeek While investors contemplate the recent increase in the Federal Reserve Discount rate, astute investors realize this arbitrary figure means nothing in regards to fighting inflation or decreasing the money supply.  Although the Federal Discount rate may have made an impact in 2008, its impact on the market was lost after the [...]

The Golden Road Out of Financial Crisis

The Daily Reckoning “Who goes borrowing, goes sorrowing.” – Ben Franklin Today’s reckoning is going to be short. We’re on the road again…this time to Ireland where our Family office is headquartered. The quote above comes from one of America’s founding fathers. But it was recalled to us neither by America’s president, nor America’s secretary [...]

Gold edges higher as dollar weakens against euro

By Moming Zhou, MarketWatch NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Gold futures rose on Monday, as investors embraced more risk, pressuring the dollar, lifting stocks and helping crude-oil futures test new highs for the year above $79 a barrel. Copper also gained more than 4% before giving back some gains after China estimated that its economy grew [...]

Gold at $2,000 Becomes Inflation-Adjusted Bullseye for ‘80 High

By Pham-Duy Nguyen Oct. 19 (Bloomberg) — Gold’s rally to a record means prices are still 53 percent below the 1980 inflation-adjusted peak. While gold rose 19 percent this year to $1,072 an ounce on Oct. 14, consumer prices almost tripled in the past three decades, eroding the metal’s value. Bullion hasn’t kept pace with [...]

Capital Gold Group Report: DOLLAR DECLINE GAINING MOMENTUM: ‘Benign currency neglect’ could spell real danger for US economy – A Foreign News Perspective

What’s happening to the dollar? That’s the question dominating the world’s financial markets. Last week the US currency fell, on a trade-weighted basis, to a fresh 14-month low. The dollar’s decline is now gaining momentum. By Liam Halligan Published: 7:22PM BST 10 Oct 2009 Many American economists say the greenback is falling because the global [...]

Bullion & Business Weekend Report – Oct. 10

Gold, silver and platinum prices soared on the week as the US dollar showed weakness. The metals on Friday, however, fell slightly in New York after the dollar was boosted following Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s comments that the monetary policy would tighten eventually. In other markets, New York oil futures closed higher and surged [...]

Gold Is Just Getting Going

Melinda Peer10.06.09, 05:30 PM EDT Gold set a new record, and analysts expect it to set a few more as the dollar falters. Gold hit fresh highs on Tuesday as it continued to take its cues from a weak U.S. dollar. The greenback tumbled as uncertainty over its global strength was triggered by a report [...]

Fiscal and Monetary Policy Annoy Me

By Michael S. Rozeff, GoldSeek The terms “fiscal and monetary policy” annoy me. The fact that fiscal and monetary policy even exist annoys me. They are the terms that mean government control over the economy. That annoys me too. It is enough to have to live with my own stupidity and ignorance. It is terribly annoying [...]

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