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To function, a gold standard would require a far higher price than today. Will Donald Trump, willingly or not, help China and Russia rebuild the international monetary system? The answer could come within weeks — or months at most.

The situation in the US labor market now highlights its profound fragility, after two years of embellished statistics. In September, the Bureau of Labor Statistics made the largest negative revision in the history of payrolls.

The start of the new school year promises to be eventful in the United States. The Fed is expected to cut interest rates for the first time in five years. With the job market remaining fragile, the spectre of recession still looming, and the trade war adding to uncertainty, this decision shows ab...

Mitch Vexler, a real estate developer turned whistleblower, detailed what he considers to be a ticking time bomb at the heart of the US financial system: the way property taxes fuel public school funding and school bonds.

Arnaud du Plessis and John Reade share their perspectives from London and Paris, highlighting the differences between Western and Asian countries, the importance of cultural factors, and the decisive influence of the BRICS countries on the gold market.

On September 8, the French government will face a decisive confidence vote. The risk is clear: if the government fails and the general strike brings the country to a standstill, France could plunge into a systemic bond and banking crisis within a matter of days, with no credible political support...

We are at a turning point. Markets are behaving as if the liquidity party could last forever, even though the hidden reserve that supported it has disappeared. And it is precisely this kind of configuration that paves the way for the most brutal reversals.

For various reasons, whether social, cultural, political, or financial, gold is still not widely discussed among the general public. However, this trend could change.

The obvious loss of effectiveness of the Bank of Japan's interventions is reflected in the immediate reaction of assets deemed to be barometers of confidence, foremost among them gold in local currency.

Japan is said to have agreed, in return for tariff cuts, to use part of its sovereign wealth funds to finance US strategic projects. Confidence is crumbling. Gold is becoming the last credible refuge for Japanese households and institutions.