March 2017 • The Peter Schiff Show

Trump Needs To Lead Not Oppose The Freedom Caucus – Ep. 239

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Summary: President Trump needs to lead, not oppose. He is opposing the very forces who put him in office. By aligning with the mainstream Republican Party, he vacates the opportunity to lead the economy successfully through the inevitable consequences of the Obama Administration’s failed economic policies. Investors are jumping on the bandwagon of hype surrounding […]

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Over-Confident Republicans Poised For Disappointment – Ep. 238

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On Monday the market got its first opportunity to react to President Trump and the Republican Congress’ failure to repeal and replace Obamacare With something more palatable And as a result, the market declined At the lows, the Dow was down approximately 200 points Although the “Buy the Dippers” came out, and by the end

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Obamacare Lives To Die Of Natural Causes – Ep. 237

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Earlier I talked about the Trump honeymoon, and my belief that it wouldn’t last long, in fact I thought it might have ended before the marriage began with the inauguration It did carry on a bit after that, but it seems to me that the honeymoon is ending now Today, the attempt to repeal and

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Why A BAT Will Clobber The Dollar – Ep. 236

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U.S. stocks ended the week with marginal gains In fact, the Dow Jones was up only about 12 points on the week The real action happened overseas Foreign markets were strong, particularly emerging markets They continue to smoke the performance of the U.S. stock market, confounding the experts The experts thought making America Great Again

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Fed Hikes Rates To Feign Confidence – Ep. 235

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Today the Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the third time in 10 years Of course, the tightening cycle began with the first rate hike in December of 2015 Followed by the second rate hike in December of last year And now, breaking from tradition, rather than waiting an entire year for the third hike

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Trump Lauds Job Statistics He Once Impugned – Ep. 234

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I guess you could say a good jobs report is all in the eye of the beholder And when it comes to President Trump’s eyes, he is now beholding an excellent jobs report Whereas a candidate, similar reports were described by Trump as phony, a hoax I have a lot more sympathy for Candidate Trump

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Trumpcare: Different Plan, Same Problems

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By: Peter Schiff Friday, March 10, 2017 With his widely followed, and positively reviewed, address to Congress last week, President Trump showed how easy it could be to unite Washington around a big-budget centrist agenda on health care, immigration, taxes, infrastructure and the military. But the continued accusations surrounding his campaign’s alleged Russian connections, and

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Why TrumpCare Won’t Work, Either – Ep. 233

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It looks like the Republicans on Capitol Hill, with the blessing of Donald Trump, are trying to repeal one big healthcare program and replace it with another big government entitlement They’re calling it TrumpCare First they were calling it ObamaCare Lght, but now they’re embracing the term, “TrumpCare” Whatever it is, it is not going

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Rate Hike Odds Surge As GDP Forecasts Collapse – Ep. 232

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According to Goldman Sachs, the odds of a Fed rate hike coming up at the March meeting, which is less than 2 weeks away is now 95% It was 90% before Yellen spoke, that was looking at the Fed Fund futures, in fact the probability of a rate hike had been rising all week based

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Trump To Make Government Greater Again – Ep. 231

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Last night, following tradition, President Trump delivered his first State of the Union Address Although people are saying that it’s not technically a true State of the Union Address We’ll have to wait another year for that; that he has been President for too short a period So it’s just an address before the Joint

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