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Japan to keep intervening to defend 160-per-dollar level, ex-BOJ official says
Submitted by admin on Fri, 2026-05-08 09:56 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Leika Kihara
Reuters
Thursday, May 7, 2026
TOKYO -- Japan likely intervened during the Golden Week holidays and will step back into the market if the yen renews its slide below the psychologically key 160-per-dollar level, Atsushi Takeuchi, a former central bank official who took part in Tokyo's market forays a decade ago, told Reuters.
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Alasdair Macleod: Is the silver bull back?
Submitted by admin on Fri, 2026-05-08 09:48 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Alasdair Macleod
GoldMoney, Toronto
Friday, May 8, 2026
Notably in silver, bear squeeze conditions were evident this week. The likelihood of the bull market returning is now strengthened, particularly given gold's improving prospects.
The classic conditions for a bear squeeze are a combination of bearish trader consensus and an unexpected rise in the price, leading to shorts being squeezed into buying back their positions. That's a reasonable description of market developments this week. ...
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Real metal keeps moving to Shanghai, silver severely underpriced, Maguire tells LFTV
Submitted by admin on Thu, 2026-05-07 21:08 Section: Daily Dispatches9p ET Thursday, May 7, 2026
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):
Answering viewer questions on this week's edition of Kinesis Money's "Live from the Vault" program, London metals trader Andrew Maguire says physical gold and silver trading continues to move away from New York and London to Shanghai, Shanghai prices show silver is severely underpriced in the West, and a spike in silver prices is imminent.
The program is 41 minutes long and can be viewed at the Kinesis Money channel at YouTube here:
Hungary returns to Ukraine a seized cash and gold shipment worth $82 million
Submitted by admin on Wed, 2026-05-06 19:51 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Justin Spike
Associated Press
Wednesday, May 6, 2026
BUDAPEST, Hungary -- A shipment of Ukrainian cash and gold worth around $82 million that Hungary seized earlier this year has been returned to Ukraine's state Oschadbank, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said today.
Standstill in India's gold imports drags on, threatening supply
Submitted by admin on Wed, 2026-05-06 10:57 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Preeti Soni, Yihui Xie, and Vignesh Radhakrishnan
Bloomberg News
via The Times of India, Mumbai
Wednesday, May 6, 2026
Indian banks have been unable to import gold and silver for five weeks, an unusually long halt that’s pushing up domestic prices and threatening shortages in the world's second-biggest bullion market.
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David Fickling: China's defiance of sanctions heralds a post-dollar world
Submitted by admin on Wed, 2026-05-06 08:52 Section: Daily DispatchesBy David Fickling
Bloomberg News
Tuesday, May 5, 2026
The fight over U.S. sanctions on China's oil refining companies is being framed as a battle over high principles. In fact, it's about raw power.
Beijing on Saturday ordered five domestic refiners to ignore U.S. restrictions announced last month over their alleged connection to trade in Iranian oil. Those clashing legal mandates potentially create a damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don't situation for the firms, and for any banks, insurers, chemicals groups, and shipping lines that deal with them.
Alasdair Macleod: Why does gold fall as the world cracks up?
Submitted by admin on Wed, 2026-05-06 08:22 Section: Daily Dispatches8:23a ET Wednesday, May 6, 2026
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
In his financial newsletter yesterday, economist and monetary metals advocate Alasdair Macleod addressed a mystery recently haunting gold investors.
He begins: "Why goes the gold price fall when war risk increases, and rise when tension relieves? And if oil goes up, why is that bad for gold? This is the opposite of what should happen."
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Mozambique weighs swapping dollar debt for yuan debt
Submitted by admin on Tue, 2026-05-05 21:08 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Tavares Cebola
Bloomberg News
Tuesday, May 5, 2026
Mozambique is considering converting the $1.4 billion it owes China into renminbi loans as part of a debt restructuring with its biggest bilateral creditor, in line with similar moves by other African sovereign borrowers.
"This is usually a possibility that the cooperation partner raises," the finance ministry said in response to questions at the weekend. "In this specific case, it was a valid possibility that was put on the table."
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Ed Steer: How the London fix has suppressed gold prices since 1975
Submitted by admin on Tue, 2026-05-05 21:01 Section: Daily DispatchesFrom Sprott Money, Toronto
Tuesday, May 5, 2026
Originally published by [GATA board member] Ed Steer on November 4, 2024, this article examines longstanding distortions in gold pricing and the structural imbalance between paper and physical markets.
King Report: Trump's obsession with stock market prompts suspicion of intervention
Submitted by admin on Tue, 2026-05-05 11:28 Section: Daily DispatchesFrom The King Report, Burr Ridge, Illinois
Tuesday, May 5, 2026
https://thekingreport.com/
... On Friday, when confronted by a reporter about soaring energy prices, Trump said people are making a lot of money in their 401Ks and other stock market holdings. Obviously Trump is extremely, one might say overly, sensitive to the stock market.
Astute traders recognize this and wonder to what degree he and Bessant are rigging or intervening in the markets. 'Tis why dips are short-lived! ...
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