Mike Maharrey
Mike Maharrey is a journalist and market analyst for MoneyMetals.com with over a decade of experience in precious metals. He holds a BS in accounting from the University of Kentucky and a BA in journalism from the University of South Florida.
Articles by Mike Maharrey
The Federal Reserve may finally have another scapegoat for the inflation it created – tariffs.Two Fed officials recently warned about the possible inflationary consequences of President Trump’s aggressive tariff policies.Of broad-based...
The silver market is forecast to record a fifth straight market deficit in 2025, with demand once again outstripping supply.Analysts at the Silver Institute call the projected market deficit “sizeable.” The Silver Institute projects...
Silver demand has been red hot, driven by a rapid increase in industrial offtake. However, mine production has been flat for nearly a decade.Can silver producers ramp up and meet demand?According to analysis by Metals Focus, the...
As we enter the Trump era, there seems to be considerable optimism about the economy's trajectory.If you’re a free market person, it’s reasonable to feel optimistic. We will likely see deregulation. We saw that impulse during Trump’s first...
The gold-silver ratio has surged to over 90-1.This indicates that silver is extremely underpriced from a historical perspective.In other words, silver is on sale.The last time we saw a gold-silver ratio over 90-1 was in the early...
Where does the world get its silver?In 2023, silver mines produced 830.5 million ounces of silver. That total is projected to decline by about 1 percent to 823.5 million ounces in 2024.Silver mine output has been declining for nearly...
The budget deficit continues to balloon, with the Q1 2025 budget shortfall running 39.4 percent higher than the same period in fiscal 2024.The Biden administration ran an $86.7 billion budget deficit in December, according to the latest...
President Donald Trump hasn’t even been sworn into office yet and he’s already locking horns with Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.During the December Fed meeting, Powell & Company indicated that the pace of interest rate cuts...
Based on preliminary data, the silver market ran its fourth consecutive record market deficit last year.This was one of several silver-related stories highlighted in the latest issue of the Silver Institute’s Silver News.Record...
With American consumers using credit cards to make ends meet month after month, and interest rates well over 20 percent, it’s only a matter of time before the spending spree comes to an end. After all, credit cards have this inconvenient...
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