It’s Getting Hard to Hide All the Problems: Debt, Inflation, Empty Shelves, Etc.

Junk silver has a minimum premium over melt value. Demand for it growing.

Fed is considering tapering down to levels considered crazy 10 years ago.

Costs are going up with inflation, shipping problems with 72 container ships sitting off Long Beach, CA, oil spill, forecast of empty shelves at Christmas. Getting hard to hide the onslaught of problems.

“Transitory” inflation projected to last a year or two. GDP going up. Can’t raise interest rates until asset purchase program ends.

Fred projects looking at a 30% increase in costs in the next 2 years.

Caller Lance wants to know what happens to numismatic coins and bullion if the Fed introduces a central bank digital coin.

Reporting requirement of transactions $600 and over would mean total loss of financial privacy. Fred predicts the numismatic market would remain unregulated.

Fed doesn’t have a playbook to deal with the unprecedented level of current issues.

Would you ever let anyone else hold your gold and silver coins?

Canadian Shandra thinking of moving to US. Wants to know if she should buy a US or Canadian numismatic coin.

The selling point for a Fed digital coin will be convenience.

Control our money and you control our actions.