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As you prepare for retirement, there are countless factors to take into consideration, such as expected inflation, what you can expect from Social Security and where you think your investments will be headed. Now, many Americans are finding a recent surge in health costs as yet another obstacle. Here are the challenges that they’re facing, and what can be done about it.

Home buyers are working more for less home buying power, and it appears the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy could be the culprit.

The markets are currently facing punches from the trade war with China and Fed monetary policy. If they make the right punch, it could trigger a market correction.

Gold purchases by Central Banks and other institutions have increased by a whopping 68% year-over-year from 1Q2018. Here are 4 reasons why central banks are in a gold-buying frenzy.

The first quarter of 2019 saw a 7% increase in global gold demand compared to the previous year. See what this could mean for gold in the coming months in this week’s News to Know.

On Tuesday, POTUS called for the Fed to cut rates amongst other requests. The Federal Reserve decided to stay steady, but there may still be some policy “reinvention” in the future.

Effective January of this year, Social Security benefits will get a raise of 2.8%. This cost-of-living-adjustment sounds good, but real inflation will take a huge bite out of your Social Security check.

The U.S. dollar’s status as reserve currency is dipping to levels not seen since 2013. If the dollar keeps dropping, it could severely impact purchasing power and possibly drive inflation out of control.

According to the Fed, inflation appears to be under control. But their target may be off, which means we could have inflation levels seen during the 1980s once again.

The Federal Reserve is in no hurry to raise rates. But this “wait-and-see” approach could let inflation run hot, causing rate hikes to boil over.