What Is Purchasing Power — and Why Every Dollar You Save Is Slowly Being Taxed Away

The dollar has lost 87% of its purchasing power since 1971. Learn what purchasing power actually is, why fiat currency erodes it, and why gold doesn’t.
Gold Falls as Retail Sales Confirm the Fed Has No Reason to Cut

Gold fell to $4,016 and silver dropped 2.6% Thursday after June retail sales printed +0.2%. Strip out gasoline stations — down 5.3% on the month — and the consumer is actually holding up. That’s the problem for gold: a resilient consumer keeps the Fed parked, real yields elevated, and non-yielding metals under pressure.
