What Is ZIRP (Zero Interest Rate Policy) and How It Changed Gold Forever

A zero interest rate policy holds the central bank’s short-term target at or near zero. The Federal Reserve did it twice, for nine of fourteen years. But zero rates alone never moved gold. The real policy rate did, and it explains today’s market better than the headline number does.

Gold Isn’t Falling on a Hawkish Fed. Here’s Why.

Gold isn’t falling on a hawkish Fed because the market itself is split — CME, Kalshi, and Polymarket don’t agree on September’s rate hike odds.

What Is Financial Repression? The Four-Move Government Debt Playbook, Explained.

What is financial repression? It is one of four moves governments make when debt becomes unmanageable. As of mid-2026, it is the one already running. GoldSilver’s Maggie Lake and David Morgan of The Morgan Report explain the full playbook, the gold revaluation math, and why physical metal sits outside all four.

Gold Down 26%. Barclays’ $4,791 Target Never Moved.

Barclays held its $4,791 gold target through a 26% correction. Here’s the fair-value framework behind that call — and what it means for gold investors today.

Rate Hike Odds Just Hit 85%. Gold Is Up. Here’s Why.

Rate hike odds just hit 85%. Gold is up anyway. Most headlines won’t explain why — because the answer requires flipping the standard model upside down. The number that actually drives gold isn’t the fed funds rate. It’s the real yield. Here’s the mechanism.

Silver Has Two Engines. Stagflation Is the One Condition That Fires Both at Once.

Most assets have a simple relationship with stagflation. Silver doesn’t. It answers to two entirely separate demand pools — industrial and monetary — that in most macro environments pull against each other. Stagflation is the rare condition where both pull in the same direction at once. Here’s why that matters for investors holding physical silver today.

Gold Won’t Break. The Fed Just Told You Why.

The Fed just released its most hawkish minutes in over a decade. December rate hike odds hit 40%. The dollar surged. Gold barely moved. That non-reaction is not confusion — it’s the market pricing a structural ceiling on how far this Fed can actually tighten. Here’s the mechanism behind it.

Before the Fed Speaks, Watch This Number for Gold

The Atlanta Fed’s GDPNow model is tracking Q1 2026 growth at 1.24% — down from 3.1% in late February. With CPI at 3.3% and oil at $106, April 30 is the first hard data on whether stagflation is now confirmed.

The U.S. Government’s Own Numbers Show It’s Insolvent 

The U.S. government’s own financial statements show $6.06 trillion in assets against $47.78 trillion in liabilities. The media missed it. Here’s what it means.

The $20 Trillion Tipping Point for Gold & Silver

In the latest episode of The GoldSilver Show, Mike Maloney and Alan Hibbard unveil one of the most eye-opening charts they’ve ever presented. While most headlines focus on the $7 trillion parked in U.S. money market funds, Mike makes a case that more than $20 trillion in ultra-liquid capital could soon come flooding into safe-haven assets — gold and silver chief among them.  What makes this episode essential viewing is not just the number itself — it’s how it’s built, what it signals, and why this time truly is different.  More Than Money Markets: The Real Liquid Capital Pool  The […]