With mother's day around the corner, gold is up almost $60 on the week after bad jobs numbers and terribe consumer sentiment sours economic expectations. The Fed is more likely to lower interest rates sooner, but it's too late to save the economy from the inflation to come.
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-Gold is trading at $2,360 (up $58 since this time last week)
-Silver is trading at $28.14 (up $1.60 since this time last week)
-Jobless claims rise 22,000 to 231,000, well above expectations
-UMich consumer sentiment dips to 67.4, a one-month decline of 12.7%
Quote of the week from Mises:
The classical or orthodox gold standard alone is a truly effective check on the power of the government to inflate the currency. Without such a check all other constitutional safeguards can be rendered vain.
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