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Physical Silver (PSLV) Premium To NAV Surges To Record High
While rumors that certain banks and exchanges may or may not be experiencing a dramatic run on physical silver are propagating across the blogosphere, we won’t know for sure...
Fed Balance Sheet Hits New Record At $2.55 Trillion As Bank Reserves Hit $1.3 Trillion All Time High
The Fed’s insatiable desire to redo all the debt monetization mistakes of the Weimar republic continues. This week, the Fed’s balance sheet hit a fresh all time high of...
Visualizing The Government’s Massive Budget Deficit Forecasting Error
That government projections are not worth the price of the paper (especially not in today’s dis-disinflationary environment) they are printed on is no secret. As Zero Hedge recently demonstrated...
Treasury Announces $49.8 Billion January Deficit
$7.2 Billion Greater Than Year Prior, $21.1 Billion In Interest Payments...
Federal Reserve Balance Sheet Update: $1.129 Trillion In UST Holdings
The steady climb in Fed assets continues, with the left side of Bernanke’s balance sheet swelling to just under $2.5 trillion, as US Treasury holdings hit $1.13 trillion, implying...
CBO’s Revised Budget Sees 2011 Deficit Rising By $500 Billion To $1.5 Trillion
No surprise: the projected deficit just went up by another half a trillion: “For 2011, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projects that if current laws remain unchanged, the federal...
Fitch Finds US Worst Of The AAA-Rated Best, Sees QE2 As Stoking Inflation Expectations
Since by now it is all too clear that none of the rating agencies will dare to downgrade the US until well after its creditors realize they have all...
“Not Owning Gold Is A Form Of Insanity And May Even Show Unhealthy Masochistic Tendencies”
Whoever said CNBC does not have good content – the biased station’s European division actually has some very informed and interesting guests. Of particular note is yesterday’s interview with...
Charting The US Fiscal Catastrophe
With little fanfare, the November budget deficit of $150.4 billion was reported, which happened to be the worst fiscal November in the history of the US, and just out...
Silver Shortages Accelerate As Wholesale Supplies Plunge: Krieger/Keiser – 1; JP Morgan – 0
Is the Kriger/Keiser “Short Squeeze JPM to Oblivion” plan working? Judging by the wholesale availability of silver (or lack thereof) the answer is a resound yes. In Coin Updates...