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Big banks settle Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac bond-rigging litigation
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2019-12-17 11:04 Section: Daily DispatchesRound up the usual suspects, slap them on the wrist, and send them on their merry way to their next fraud.
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By Jonathan Stempel
Reuters
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
U.S. government seeks complete delay of civil action against precious metals traders
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2019-12-17 09:20 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Maria Nikolova
Finance Feeds, Avon, England, U.K.
Saturday, December 14, 2019
https://financefeeds.com/doj-cftc-push-complete-stay-civil-action-precio...
Cases of fine American wine await three GATA supporters -- maybe you?
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2019-12-16 11:30 Section: Daily DispatchesBut you must reply by December 31.
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11:32a ET Monday, December 16, 2019
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Can the chance of winning a great prize induce you to support a great cause?
Two thoughtful friends of GATA -- one a leading bullion U.S. dealer, the other a well-regarded U.S. winery -- have joined forces to bring our supporters a juicy year-end offer:
Dave Kranzler: Junior exploration gold and silver stocks are generationally undervalued
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2019-12-16 10:16 Section: Daily Dispatches10:17a ET Monday, December 16, 2019
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Equinox Gold to acquire Leagold for $578 million
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2019-12-16 09:52 Section: Daily DispatchesFrom Reuters
Monday, December 16, 2019
Canada's Equinox Gold Corp. will buy rival Leagold Mining Corp. for C$769.3 million ($578.38 million), the company said today, the latest addition to the increasing number of mergers in the gold mining industry. ...
... For the remainder of the report:
Ex-Fed governor who admitted gold swaps, market rigging is candidate for Bank of England governor
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2019-12-15 19:08 Section: Daily DispatchesFormer Federal Reserve Board of Governors member Kevin Warsh acknowledged to GATA in 2009 that the Fed has secret gold swap arrangements with foreign banks --
-- and in an essay in The Wall Street Journal in 2016 admitted that the central bank manipulates markets:
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Daniel Amerman: Fed is monetizing 90% of U.S. deficit to keep interest rates from rising and crashing markets
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2019-12-15 11:51 Section: Daily Dispatches11:50a ET Sunday,December 15, 2019
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Financial analyst Daniel Amerman calculates this week that in the last three months the Federal Reserve has been monetizing 90 percent of the U.S. government's exploding budget deficit in the hope of preventing interest rates from rising and thereby crashing the stock, bond, and housing markets.
Salvation Army has no trouble understanding gold as money
Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2019-12-14 14:23 Section: Daily DispatchesThree Krugerrands, 1899 Gold Piece Among Special Coins Put in Salvation Army Kettles This Year
By Matt Trotter
Public Radio Tulsa
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Saturday, December 14, 2019
It's a holiday tradition in Tulsa.
Special coins from anonymous donors have been found in Salvation Army red kettles, including three South African krugerrands and an 1899 U.S. gold piece.
U.S. isn't weaponizing dollar, treasury secretary claims, but adds that sanctions are alternative to war
Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2019-12-14 14:09 Section: Daily DispatchesBut by definition sanctions weaponize the dollar, so what's the difference here?
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By Natasha Tarak
CNBC, New York
Saturday, December 14, 2019
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Saturday rejected the suggestion that the Trump administration is weaponizing the dollar through its trade-restricting policies with other countries.
Dollar has been strong but 8 major currencies have been stronger this year
Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2019-12-14 12:29 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Ben Winck
Business Insider, New York
Saturday, December 14, 2019
President Trump railed against the U.S. dollar's relative strength through much of 2019, but eight major currencies are on track to outperform the dollar this year.