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Can Russia sell its huge gold pile, or put ruble on a gold standard?
Submitted by admin on Thu, 2022-03-17 11:54 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Eddie Spence
Bloomberg News
Wednesday, March 16, 2022
Russia spent years building a giant stash of gold, an asset that central banks can turn to during a crisis. But any attempt to sell it will now be a challenge just when it's needed most.
U.S. Mint suspends production of two silver coins, claims blanks aren't available
Submitted by admin on Wed, 2022-03-16 23:45 Section: Daily DispatchesThe virus epidemic supposedly is responsible. But the Comex claims to have plenty of metal, so why not just pay up to get it?
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United States Mint Announces Pause in Production and Sales of Morgan and Peace Dollars for 2022
From the United States Mint, Washington
Monday, March 14, 2022
LME failure with nickel puts Shanghai in charge of price discovery, trader says
Submitted by admin on Wed, 2022-03-16 12:44 Section: Daily DispatchesLondon Metal Exchange Suffers Fresh Glitch as It Attempts to Restart Nickel Trading
Neil Hume and Philip Stafford
Financial Times, London
Wednesday, March 16, 2022
The London Metal Exchange suspended electronic trading in nickel on Wednesday, just moments after the world’s main market for the metal reopened for business following a week-long shutdown.
Russian central bank leaves banking system's gold for household demand
Submitted by admin on Tue, 2022-03-15 21:27 Section: Daily DispatchesFrom Reuters
Tuesday, March 15, 2022
The Russian central bank said it will suspend the buying of gold from banks from today to meet increased demand for the precious metal from households, its latest attempt to weather the storm on Russian markets in the face of Western sanctions.
"Currently, households' demand for buying physical gold in bars has increased -- driven, in particular, by the abolition of value-added tax on these operations," the central bank said in a statement.
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Craig Hemke: How 'spread' trades are used to knock gold down ahead of option expiration
Submitted by admin on Tue, 2022-03-15 16:17 Section: Daily Dispatches4:25p ET Tuesday, March 15, 2022
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
The TF Metals Report's Craig Hemke, writing today at Sprott Money, details how the "trade at settlement" mechanism appears to be heavily used by "spread" traders to knock the gold price down ahead of option expirations and contract rolls, as has just happened, to discourage traders from taking delivery of actual metal.
Hemke surmises that a similarly engineered smash will be unleashed around March 28.
GATA's Steer discusses default in London Metals Exchange nickel contract
Submitted by admin on Tue, 2022-03-15 16:01 Section: Daily Dispatches4p ET Tuesday, March 15, 2022
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
GATA board member Ed Steer, interviewed by Jim Goddard for "This Week in Money" at HoweStreet.com, discusses the default of the nickel contract on the London Metals Exchange, as well as the action in the monetary metals. The interview starts at the 10:35 mark at HoweStreet.com here:
Saudi Arabia considers accepting yuan instead of dollars for Chinese oil sales
Submitted by admin on Tue, 2022-03-15 10:08 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Summer Said and Stephen Kalin
The Wall Street Journal
Tuesday, March 15, 2022
Gold demand surges across the world as Ukraine war flares
Submitted by admin on Sun, 2022-03-13 23:32 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Eddie Spence and Yvonne Yue Li
Bloomberg News
via the Irish Examiner, Cork, Ireland
Sunday, March 13, 2022
Gold is playing its age-old role as a safe haven in times of wars and crises, and people all over the world are piling in.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has sent the price of everything from oil and gas to wheat and metals skyrocketing, sparking inflation fears and threatening global growth.
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'Soviet Metals Exchange': LME irks traders by freezing nickel market, reversing $4 billion in trades
Submitted by admin on Sun, 2022-03-13 12:07 Section: Daily DispatchesAre idiot Comex gold and silver futures traders paying attention?
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Philip Stafford and Robin Wigglesworth
Financial Times, London
Saturday, March 12, 2022
The London Metal Exchange has enraged some of the world's most influential electronic traders after it shut down its nickel market and unwound thousands of deals in response to a spike in the price of the metal.
Russia says sanctions have frozen nearly half its financial reserves
Submitted by admin on Sun, 2022-03-13 11:42 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Mark Trevelyan
Reuters
Sunday, March 13, 2022
LONDON -- Russia said today it was counting on China to help it withstand the blow to its economy from Western sanctions, which it said had frozen nearly half of its gold and foreign currency reserves.
“We have part of our gold and foreign exchange reserves in the Chinese currency, in yuan. And we see what pressure is being exerted by Western countries on China in order to limit mutual trade with China. Of course, there is pressure to limit access to those reserves," Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said.
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