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Poll Suggests Rich Families Are Pulling Cash Out of the Market

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Tweet The world economy is in a fragile state. The Federal Reserve’s planned unwinding of its quantitative easing program has essentially been postponed indefinitely and may, in fact, be impossible to pull off. Experts worry that, if quantitative easing goes … Continue reading

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Ron Paul on Stossel: ‘Bitcoin Offers Competition’ Against the Fed

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Tweet Last night, John Stossel dedicated an episode of his show on Fox Business to exposing the flaws of the Federal Reserve System. Just a few years ago, virtually no news programs would have aired content critical of the Fed. … Continue reading

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Federal Reserve Examiner Fired for Refusing to Lie About Goldman Sachs

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Tweet In the movie Silver Circle, Federal Reserve investigator Jay Nelson is assigned to an arson case and discovers evidence of corruption that causes him to reconsider his allegiance to his employer. Since the film went into production, a wide … Continue reading

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The Seal of the Federal Reserve Looks Like The Punisher Logo

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Tweet Thursday is Easter egg day on the Silver Circle Silver Underground blog, when we discuss some of the film’s hidden allusions and pop culture references, which are waiting to be discovered by observant viewers. Watch for them while you … Continue reading

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The Fed: The Gang That Can’t Print Straight

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Tweet by Doug French The speculation about whether the new Fed Chair will be either Janet Yellen or Larry Summers has the financial press all atwitter.  The stakes are very high we’re told. The Fed’s influence is greater than ever. … Continue reading

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What Will Happen If Interest Rates Rise from Record Lows?

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Tweet The Federal Reserve has held interest rates at zero (or arguably below) through its aggressive, risky, and untested quantitative easing program, which has been in place now for years. Home prices have also been held at unsustainable levels, as … Continue reading

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Bernanke Plans to Quit Before the Fed’s House of Cards Falls

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Tweet For years now, the Federal Reserve has been juicing the economy with quantitative easing, and Bernanke and his cohorts are now toying with the idea of ending the program if a set of arbitrary economic indicators are met, a … Continue reading

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Gold Price Manipulator Bernanke Admits He Doesn’t Understand Gold

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Tweet Forbes is reporting on Bernanke’s comments before Congress today in which he admitted that he doesn’t understand gold prices. This comes right after an announcement that the Federal Reserve may delay its plan to taper off of its quantitative … Continue reading

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Federal Reserve May Not Sell Mortgage-Backed Securities After QE

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Tweet The Federal Reserve has been attempting in vain to prop up the housing market ever since it crashed in 2007. Ben Bernanke and his cronies have engaged in some of the most radical experiments ever conducted on the world’s … Continue reading

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AZ House Passes Bill to Make Gold, Silver Legal Tender

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Tweet All across the US, state legislatures are taking up measures that challenge the authority of the Federal Reserve system. Utah, for example, passed a bill making gold and silver legal tender in 2012. Other legislatures are still weighing similar … Continue reading

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