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2:23p ET Tuesday, November 24, 2020

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

With gold and silver due to rebound from their latest smashdown inspired by the U.S. government, you might be getting the impression that the monetary metals are going to have the last laugh on infinite government money and that mining company profit margins, already getting strong, will get stronger.

New York Sun: Janet Yellen to Treasury? So much for Fed independence

Section: Daily Dispatches

From The New York Sun
Monday, November 23 2020

News that Vice President Biden intends to nominate the former chairman of the Federal Reserve, Janet Yellen, to be treasury secretary certainly has its ironies.

Morgan's profit from gold business this year more than covers $920 million fine for market rigging

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JPMorgan Dominates Gold Market with Record $1 Billion Precious Metals Revenue

By Peter Hobson
Reuters
Monday, November 23, 2020

LONDON -- JPMorgan has earned record revenue of around $1 billion so far this year from trading, storing, and financing precious metals, vastly outperforming rival banks, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Dollar falls to 2018 lows as vaccine optimism damps haven demand

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Ruth Carson and Greg Ritchie
Bloomberg News
Monday, November 23, 2020

The dollar dropped to a 2 1/2-year low as the prospect of vaccine rollouts added to headwinds for the world's reserve currency.

Brian Chappatta: The Fed put is here to stay

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Fed's ETF Purchases Have Changed Markets Forever

By Brian Chappatta
Bloomberg News
Monday, November 23, 2020

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Section: Daily Dispatches

12:54p ET Sunday, November 22, 2020

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

With gold and silver rebounding strongly from their latest smashdown inspired by the U.S. government, you might be getting the impression that the monetary metals are going to have the last laugh on infinite government money and that mining company profit margins, already getting strong, will get stronger.

A professor's mistaken disparagement of the gold standard

Section: Daily Dispatches

12:38p ET Sunday, November 22, 2020

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GATA does not advocate returning currency systems to a gold standard. This organization advocates free and transparent markets for the monetary metals and keeping government out of them.

China's central bank officials see bigger global role for yuan as dollar wanes

Section: Daily Dispatches

By He Huifeng and Guo Rui
South China Morning Post, Hong Kong
Sunday, November 22, 2020

The Chinese currency is set to play a bigger role in global trade and investment in the wake of the pandemic, with the dominance of the U.S. dollar in the international monetary system expected to decline, two Chinese central bank officials said on the weekend.

Dave Kranzler: Delivery demands won't break Comex but metal removal from vaults will

Section: Daily Dispatches

6:43p ET Friday, November 20, 2020

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Dave Kranzler of Investment Research Dynamics in Denver writes today that "the price management team" in gold is striving to shake out gold futures longs before what are shaping up to be huge delivery demands on the December Comex contract.

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