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There's No Pain-Free Cure for Recession: Peter Schiff's Editorial in The Wall Street Journal
Monday, December 29, 2008
As recession fears cause the nation to embrace greater state control of the economy and unimaginable federal deficits, one searches in vain for debate worthy of the moment. Where there should be an historic clash of ideas,


In Madoff We Trust
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
As the multi-billion dollar Ponzi scheme orchestrated by Wall Street insider Bernard Madoff unravels in the media spotlight, the nation is being presented with a rare opportunity to understand the true nature of many of our most cherished financial structures.


A Nightmare Before Christmas
Friday, December 12, 2008
Like many pragmatic economists I have always warned that rapid expansions of government debt would result in inflation and higher interest rates. The explanation was always simple:


Low Rates, Big Problems
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Government and mainstream economists have erroneously concluded that the key to reversing the financial free fall can be found in stopping the plunge in home prices.




1/5/2009
U.S. Debt Expected To Soar This Year
- Washington Post
1/5/2009
Officials Endorse ‘Big Stimulus’ to Battle Recession
- Bloomberg
1/5/2009
Governors Call for $1T to Offset Budget Cuts
- Washington Post
1/5/2009
Investors Dump $89B in U.S. Sec's in Historic Fire Sale
- USA Today
1/5/2009
Chrysler Gets $4 Billion U.S. Government Loan
- Reuters
1/5/2009
Vacancies in Office Buildings May Imperil Lenders
- Dallas Morning News
1/5/2009
Desperate Retailers Try Discounts and Giveaways
- New York Times
1/5/2009
Auto Industry Coming to Grips With the Damage of 2008
- New York Times
1/5/2009
The Year Hedge Funds Got Hit
- Washington Post
1/5/2009
Investment Fears in Venture Capital Shake-Out
- Financial Times
1/5/2009
2008 Job Losses Probably Worst Since 1945
- Bloomberg
News Archives






Bonds in 2009: A Tough Call
Friday, January 2, 2009
The second half of 2008 will be remembered as the era in which justifiably panicked investors fled the global equity markets and flooded into the bond markets, particularly the U.S. Treasury market.

Commentary Archives
James Turk, January 5, 2009
Gold Climbs Again - Eight Years in a Row
The numbers for 2008 are in. Gold has done it again. Gold is up for the eighth year in a row against the US dollar.


In this column, we present commentary for the benefit of our readers from opinion makers and writers not associated with Euro Pacific. Opinions expressed are those of the writer, and may or may not reflect those held by Euro Pacific, or its president, Peter Schiff.


Axel Merk, December 19, 2008
Fed Fights to Weaken Dollar
Faced with the threat of deflation, the Federal Reserve (Fed) may be trying to drive the dollar lower to spur inflation. As policy makers don't want home prices to deteriorate further, an alternative is to inflate the prices of all other goods and services: as a result, the relative prices of homes would be less expensive.