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Alasdair Macleod: Drifting into fascism

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By Alasdair Macleod
GoldMoney, St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands
Thursday, December 29, 2016

Most people regard governments and their central banks as forces for the good. Financial crises and suchlike are therefore blamed on capitalism, and people believe our leaders do their best to pick up the pieces from market failures, because they are elected to promote the public good.

Avery Goodman: JPM's gold buy hints at changes in world financial system

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8a ET Friday, December 30, 2016

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Getting gold back into the system with a market-based interest rate on gold

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By Valentin Schmid
The Epoch Times, New York
Thursday, December 29, 2016

There are people who think the financial system based on the dollar will collapse sooner rather than later. For this event, they are hoarding gold, silver, and sometimes guns and canned food.

Gold lures investors worried about trade wars and Trump tweets

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By Eddie Van Der Walt, Luzi-Ann Javier, and Ranjeetha Pakiam
Bloomberg News
Thursday, December 29, 2016

The Donald J. Trump era is marking a new age for gold as an investor safe haven.

China expands forex basket to dilute role of dollar

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From Agence France-Presse
via The Times of India, Mumbai
Thursday, December 29, 2016

BEIJING -- China said Thursday it would almost double the number of foreign currencies it uses to determine the official value of the yuan, thereby diluting the role of the dollar.

Trump's pick for budget chief liked gold, had dim view of dollar

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It will be a rare politician who still likes gold AFTER coming to power.

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By Noah Buhayar
Bloomberg News
Thursday, December 29, 2016

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for budget chief, Mick Mulvaney, has been an active investor in gold and gold-mining stocks, often seen as a hedge against collapsing currency.

Paul Brodsky: Fed gooses dollar to gain control over worldwide monetary reset

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9:30p ET Wednesday, December 28, 2016

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Shanghai Gold Exchange limits transaction size to curb manipulation

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Shanghai Gold Exchange Cuts Transaction Size to Limit Price Moves

By Josephine Mason and Muyu Xu
Reuters
Wednesday, December 28, 2016

Shanghai Gold Exchange, the world's biggest physical bullion exchange, said Wednesday it will curb the amount of gold investors can trade at one time, a move analysts said would limit institutional investors' influence on prices.

EU to boost border checks on cash, gold to tackle 'terrorism financing'

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How about just not admitting so many people from Religious Crazy Land?

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By Francesco Guarascio
Reuters
Wednesday, December 21, 2016

BRUSSELS, Belgium -- The European Commission proposed on Wednesday tightening controls on cash and precious metals transfers from outside the European Union in a bid to shut down one route for funding of militant attacks on the continent.

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