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Gold Prices Poised to Skyrocket as Expert Predicts Fourfold Increase in Demand

Although gold has been trading below the $2K range since May 16, 2023, Rick Rule, the founder of Rule Investment Media, is confident that the struggling U.S. economy will cause demand for precious metals like gold to skyrocket. In an interview published on May 18, Rule emphasized that people’s anxiety about the purchasing power of…
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Economist Peter Schiff Warns About a New, Incoming Great Depression Crisis, Criticizes Misleading Inflation Numbers

Peter Schiff, best-selling author and chief economist of Europac, has warned about the coming of a new great depression period in America. In an interview, Schiff stated that official Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers were designed to mislead the public and that the country was going to face a depression worse than the one it…
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Biden Appoints New Fed Vice Chair as Fedwatch Tool Shows Slim Chance of Rate Hike at June Meeting

Investors believe it is highly likely that the target rate will remain unchanged at the June 14 Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, following the U.S. Federal Reserve’s decision to increase the federal funds rate by 25 basis points on May 3. As the battle against inflation in the U.S. rages on, the Biden administration…
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How will lower interest rates benefit Bitcoin?

Cointelegraph analyst and writer Marcel Pechman explains how lowering the interest rates in the U.S. will ultimately benefit Bitcoin and the cryptocurrency market. Macro Markets, hosted by crypto analyst Marcel Pechman, airs every Friday on the Cointelegraph Markets & Research YouTube channel and explains complex concepts in layperson’s terms, focusing on the cause and effect…
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Inflation Expectations of Eurozone Consumers ‘Increased Significantly,’ ECB Says

Consumers in the euro area have sharply raised their expectations about inflation in the coming months, the European Central Bank revealed. Survey data showing this comes after the monetary authority slowed the pace of its rate hikes last week while indicating that it’s still early for a pause. ECB Registers Heightened Consumer Expectations About Inflation…
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Ron Paul States Federal Reserve’s ‘Decade of Near 0% Rates’ Caused Today’s Financial Crisis

Former House Representative Ron Paul has presented his stance when it comes to the financial crisis that the U.S. is currently facing. Paul stated that the continued application of quantitative easing (QE), a policy used to increase the money supply, and the decades of almost null interest rates, are what nurtured the current financial crisis…
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ECB Raises Interest Rates by 25bps Amid ‘Too High’ Inflation, ‘No Pause,’ Lagarde Says

The European Central Bank (ECB) raised its key interest rates by 25 basis points, slowing the pace from previous increases. However, as inflation in the euro area remains persistently high, future rate hikes may still be expected with the regulator insisting it will continue to seek a “timely return” to its 2% inflation target and…
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Federal Reserve Raises Interest Rate by 25bps, Insists ‘US Banking System Is Sound and Resilient’

The U.S. Federal Reserve, in conjunction with the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), announced on Wednesday that the central bank would raise the federal funds rate by 25 basis points (bps), as was widely expected by the market. This marks the tenth consecutive occasion in which the Fed has raised interest rates since the initial…
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Morgan Stanley Strategist Warns of Equities Sell-Off in Response to ‘Hawkish’ Fed Message

On Monday, Morgan Stanley’s equity strategist, Michael Wilson, shared his thoughts on the state of Wall Street. He expressed his belief that a sell-off could be imminent, and that this could occur as a result of U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell’s upcoming remarks on Wednesday. Furthermore, there has been a great deal of conjecture…
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Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: BTC Moves Below $28,000 Ahead of FOMC Decision

Bitcoin fell below the $28,000 level on Tuesday, as markets continued to prepare for tomorrow’s Federal Reserve interest rate decision. The Fed is expected to increase rates by 0.25%, despite the U.S. economy slowing down. Ethereum also remained lower, moving close to a breakout below $1,800. Bitcoin Bitcoin (BTC) dropped below $28,000 on Tuesday, as…
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