Has The Fed Lost Control: Matthew Piepenburg on 5% Yields and the Debt Trap
Has The Fed Lost Control: Matthew Piepenburg on 5% Yields and the Debt Trap
Kitco News: 5-13-2026
Is the latest 3.8% CPI print just another energy-driven inflation scare, or is the $40 trillion U.S. debt trap finally springing?
Matthew Piepenburg, Partner at Von Greyerz, joins Jeremy Szafron, Senior Anchor at Kitco News, to break down the massive disconnect between Main Street reality and Wall Street fantasy.
As 30-year U.S. Treasury yields hover near 5% and real wages fall, Piepenburg explains why the bond market has taken control away from the Federal Reserve. They discuss the immediate spot price disconnect in precious metals, why physical gold is migrating East, and the "invisible tax" of inflation that is actively destroying the middle class.
Finally, Piepenburg reveals the hard math behind a $20,000 gold target—arguing that gold is not in a bubble, but rather paper currency is in a terminal decline. Recorded May 12 2026
CHAPTERS
00:00 Energy Shock Or Debt Trap
02:02 Bond Market Warning Signs
06:06 Ten Year Sets The Rules
09:08 Recession Versus Stagflation
12:08 Cantillon Effect And Inequality
14:57 Hidden QE And Data Games
18:30 End Of Dollar Privilege
22:54 COMEX Delivery Breakdown
26:13 Physical Gold Moves East
30:31 Gold vs Money Supply
34:11 Silver Deficit Debate
37:41 Main Street Inflation Reality
42:27 Fed Driven Markets
49:21 Wealth Preservation Playbook
53:11 How High Can Gold Go?
55:59 Closing Thoughts