Haggith believes that despite initial perceptions, the Federal Reserve's tightening measures may ultimately bolster gold due to the economy's descent into stagflation.
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J. Powell has gone full bananatard. The financial hallmark of banana republics is to print money in order to finance their debts. The Fed isn't allowed to do that by law because all nations that take that path to financing government overspending turn to ash in the flames of hyperinflation.
Brickman says the East will be the ones to dictate what is money, not the West. The rise in precious metals prices will be fast, and it will become extremely difficult to invest in silver and gold.
Simply put, gold does well in stagflationary environments because it benefits from the elevated risk environment, high inflation and falling real interest rates (interest rate minus inflation).
Skousen underscores the record-breaking purchases of central banks in the gold market in recent years, and gold as strategic hedge against economic instability and inflation.
2024 looks poised for possible problems later in the year in that deep layer of interbank lending that keeps financial institutions running through the night to the next day.
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Murphy notes gold's recent breakout and suggests that silver, despite being held back at $30 for four years, is poised for significant gains once it breaks through.
