Market veteran Lawrence McDonald has a stark warning regarding a recent GOP proposal spearheaded by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) that calls for nixing federal interest payments to banks. The post shared by ...

When it comes to financing our $37 trillion national debt, a dose of financial repression could be just what the doctor ordered. The Trump administration wants lower interest rates to make paying down ...

Financial repression is what happens when the government needs to make its $37 trillion debt disappear without actually paying it back. I've been telling MarketWatch readers to buy gold, silver and ...

The debasement trade started in 2025 with the spike in precious metals after the Fed's Jackson Hole symposium due to the fears of financial repression. In 2026, the debasement trade could spread to ...

A cautious Federal Reserve kept policy rates unchanged during the first half of 2025. It was trying to ascertain whether the Trump administration’s protectionist measures would result in a one-time ...

The US faces a $39T debt burden, with interest payments set to reach $1T by 2026, echoing post-WWII debt levels. Historical precedent suggests financial repression—periods of negative real interest ...

As a person living in today’s world we have to keep expanding our lexicon of terms since there appears to be a new one created every single day. Some of the terms are manufactured out of “Political ...

The federal government, financial markets and most Americans are all in a state of denial about interest rates. Whenever someone goes on business TV, gets a mortgage or makes a long-term debt ...

Gold’s surge signals global doubts about debt sustainability and fiat stability. Central banks increasingly buy gold, diversifying away from traditional currencies. Financial repression and currency ...