Record Percentage Of Central Banks Expect Gold Reserves To Increase In Next 12 Months

“National security” has become the government’s all-purpose permission slip to behave badly. They have become the magic words that can make constitutional restraints disappear—especially when the courts defer to claims of national security. Call something a matter of national security and the normal rules start disappearing: Courts defer. Congress retreats. Secrecy expands. Executive power grows. That […]

US Services Surveys Show Continued Expansion In June: Jobs Up, Inflation Down Following US manufacturing small dip in June (though still expanding), the US Services sector PMI surveys are a little more mixed but both still solidly in expansion in June: S&P Global US Services PMI ticking up on the month from 50.7 to 51.2 (but a smidge below the 51.3 flash print) ISM US Services PMI dipped from 54.5 to 54 (in line with expectations) “A slight acceleration of business growth in the services economy takes the expansion to the strongest since...

USDA Says Crackdown On SNAP Fraud Prevented $5.8 Billion In Taxpayer Losses Authored by Savannah Hulsey Pointer via The Epoch Times, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced nearly $6 billion in total savings tied to efforts to eliminate fraud in the government's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). A 'We Accept Food Stamps' sign hangs in the window of a grocery store in Miami, Fla., on October 31, 2025. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Rollins outlined the wins in a Sept. 15 post to X, saying that $5.8 billion in taxpayer losses have been prevented by the...