Economics and Investing:

Mark Skousen: Gold Surge Points to Higher Inflation

Reader Isaac S. sent this: Greenspan Says US May Soon Reach Borrowing Limits

The latest bank casualty in the FDIC’s Friday Follies: Nevada Security Bank. (It is notable that the pace of bank failures is more than double last year’s.)

Items from The Economatrix:

Fannie-Freddie to Delist Shares from NYSE

Coffee Prices Jump 20% in One Week

Deficit Terrorists Strike in the UK

Job Woes Persist as Jobless Claims Rise

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard: The Euro Mutiny Begins