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Ed Steer: How soon for gold above $2,000 and silver above $100?
Submitted by admin on Mon, 2022-03-07 20:00 Section: Daily Dispatches7:58p ET Monday, March 7, 2022
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
GATA board member Ed Steer's Monday edition of Ed Steer's Gold and Silver Digest, headlined "How Soon $2,000+ Gold -- and $100+ Silver?," is posted in the clear at GoldSeek here:
https://goldseek.com/article/how-soon-2000-gold-and-100-silver
CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer
Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc.
CPowell@GATA.org
Pam and Russ Martens: Which banks owe billions on Russian credit default swaps?
Submitted by admin on Mon, 2022-03-07 10:22 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Pam and Russ Martens
Wall Street on Parade
Monday, March 7, 2022
There are a known $41 billion in credit default swaps on Russian debt. There are likely many billions more in unknown amounts.
There are also billions more in credit default swaps on state-owned Russian corporate debt and non state-owned Russian corporate debt.
If it's likely to go up, The Calandra Report has an angle on it
Submitted by admin on Fri, 2022-03-04 23:09 Section: Daily DispatchesAnd if you take the special subscription offer, you help GATA.
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11:11p ET Friday, March 5, 2022
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard: Putin's energy shock is broadening into a world food crisis
Submitted by admin on Fri, 2022-03-04 22:53 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The Telegraph, London
Friday, March 4, 2022
The world was facing a grain supply crunch even before Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
The United Nations food price index was already higher in real terms than at the height of the global hunger crisis a decade ago, when Tunisian bread protests set off the Arab Spring.
In new video interview, GATA Chairman Murphy reviews gold suppression policy
Submitted by admin on Fri, 2022-03-04 11:08 Section: Daily Dispatches11:08a ET Friday, March 4, 2022
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
GATA Chairman Bill Murphy, interviewed this week by financial vlogger Mario Innecco, reviewed central banking's gold price suppression policy and GATA's work to expose it.
Murphy says the potential for gains in monetary metals prices is huge.
The interview is 27 minutes long and can be viewed at YouTube here:
Alasdair Macleod: Financial war may crash euro system, end fiat Ponzi, exalt gold
Submitted by admin on Thu, 2022-03-03 14:09 Section: Daily DispatchesWhen Normality Is Exposed as a Ponzi
By Alasdair Macleod
GoldMoney, Toronto
Thursday, March 3, 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin's hubris, yes-men for generals, lack of fighting conviction among the men, poor logistics, and strong Ukrainian leadership and determination have combined to turn the Russian invasion of Ukraine into a military quagmire.
To lessen appeal of foreign currency, Russia prepares to end tax on gold bars
Submitted by admin on Thu, 2022-03-03 13:56 Section: Daily DispatchesWhat has taken Russia so long to get around to this?
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Ministry of Finance Supports Abolition of Value-Added Tax on Gold Bars for Individuals
By Anastasia Selivanova
Rossiyskaya Gazeta, Moscow
Wednesday, March 2, 2022
https://rg.ru/2022/03/02/minfin-podderzhal-otmenu-nds-na-zolotye-slitki-dlia-fizlic.html
How Putin prepared for sanctions with tonnes of African gold
Submitted by admin on Thu, 2022-03-03 13:41 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Tom Collins
The Telegraph, London
Thursday, March 3, 2022
Russia has smuggled hundreds of tonnes of illicit gold from Sudan over the last few years as part of wider efforts to build "fortress Russia" and ward against anticipated Ukraine-related sanctions.
The Kremlin has more than quadrupled the amount of gold held in Russia’s central bank since 2010, creating a "war chest" through a mix of foreign imports and vast domestic gold reserves as the third largest producer of the precious metal in the world.
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Harold James and Brendan Greeley: Gold fetishism has had its day
Submitted by admin on Thu, 2022-03-03 13:34 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Harold James and Brendan Greeley
Financial Times, London
Wednesday, March 2, 2022
https://www.ft.com/content/1de156dc-e4aa-4afb-accf-69c62193cbc6
Putin's war on Ukraine rested on two premises: that a massive show of force would demoralise Kyiv; and that Russia's $630 billion in financial reserves would deter anyone who might question the value of the rouble.
Kinross Gold suspending Russian mining operations amid Ukraine invasion
Submitted by admin on Thu, 2022-03-03 13:10 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Niall McGee
The Globe and Mail, Toronto
Thursday, March 3, 2022
Kinross Gold Corp. is suspending its mining operations and all development work in Russia's far east, amid the country's continuing military incursion into Ukraine.
Last year Russia accounted for 23% of Kinross' production, and the Kupol mine complex was its most profitable operation, generating US$443-million in income.
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