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Indonesia plans taxes of up to 15% on gold exports next year
Submitted by admin on Mon, 2025-11-17 08:29 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Gayatri Suroyo
Reuters
Monday, November 17, 2025
JAKARTA -- Indonesia will charge taxes on exports of gold of between 7.5% and 15% in a plan that will be implemented some time next year, a senior finance ministry official said today.
The tax policy, currently being finalised, is being designed so that lower rates are applied to processed goods to help encourage domestic processing, Febrio Kacaribu, the ministry's director general of fiscal strategy, told a parliamentary hearing.
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GATA secretary discusses many gold topics in interview with Soar Financially
Submitted by admin on Sun, 2025-11-16 19:01 Section: Daily Dispatches7:05p ET Sunday, November 16, 2025
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Your secretary/treasurer was interviewed at the New Orleans Investment Conference by Soar Financially's Kai Hoffman, discussing the continuing intervention against gold by central banks in the London and New York markets, the steady transfer of physical gold from West to East, and the realization by many governments and central banks that gold remains the ultimate money and that the United States no longer can be trusted as the custodian of foreign assets.
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Mike Maharrey: They shot the penny, killing the messenger
Submitted by admin on Sun, 2025-11-16 11:03 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Mike Maharrey
Money Metals Exchange, Eagle, Idado
Thursday, November 13, 2025
The government killed the penny.
RIP.
It was tantamount to shooting the messenger.
On Wednesday, the Philadelphia Mint produced the final five circulating pennies. ...
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https://www.moneymetals.com/news/2025/11/13/they-shot-the-penny-killing-the-messenger-004478
Ed Steer: Yet another Friday bear raid by 'Da Boyz'
Submitted by admin on Sun, 2025-11-16 10:54 Section: Daily Dispatches10:54a ET Sunday, November 16, 2025
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
The weekend edition of GATA board member Ed Steer's Gold and Silver Digest is headlined "Yet Another Friday Bear Raid by 'Da Boyz'" and is posted in the clear at SilverSeek here:
https://silverseek.com/article/yet-another-friday-bear-raid-da-boyz
Alasdair Macleod: Supply squeeze continues in gold and silver
Submitted by admin on Sat, 2025-11-15 11:02 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Alasdair Macleod
GoldMoney, Toronto
Thursday, November 13, 2025
It's now China's vaults running short on gold and silver. But European exchange-traded fund profit-taking is providing some minor supply, giving the London market temporary relief.
Washington state coin and bullion shops prepare to be driven out by taxes
Submitted by admin on Fri, 2025-11-14 14:46 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Victor Whitman
Seattle Times
Friday, September 14, 2025
A year ago, Kerry Rogers, a Seattle-area leasing agent, didn't know much about gold and silver. But that's changed.
Worried about the economy, inflation and the weak dollar, she recently started buying bullion.
"If the economy crashes or something, you have something to stand on," she said while shopping at Geoff Minor's The Metal Shop Gold & Silver in Redmond late last month. "It's kind of a good foundation, especially since the dollar seems to not be worth anything."
Raids on gold and silver in London and New York just fuel Chinese demand, Maguire tells LFTV
Submitted by admin on Fri, 2025-11-14 14:25 Section: Daily Dispatches2:25p ET Friday, November 14, 2025
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):
Outflows from the silver exchange-traded fund SLV are bullish, not bearish, for silver prices, London metals trader Andrew Maguire says on this week's episode of Kinesis Money's "Live from the Vault" program, because the metal is being used to cover short positions elsewhere.
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Italian government eyes family gold in hunt for budget funds
Submitted by admin on Fri, 2025-11-14 11:23 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Amy Kazmin
Financial Times, London
Friday, November 14, 2025
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's government is looking to gold -- and its soaring value -- to raise more money for the public coffers, as members of her right-wing coalition squabble over other elements of next year's budget.
China's secretive gold purchases help fuel record rally
Submitted by admin on Fri, 2025-11-14 09:27 Section: Daily DispatchesPeople don't believe official gold data anymore, Japan Bullion Market Association director says.
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By Leslie Hook
Financial Times, London
via The Business Times, Singapore
Friday, November 14, 2025
China's unreported gold purchases could be more than 10 times its official figures as it quietly tries to diversify away from the US dollar, say analysts, highlighting the increasingly opaque sources of demand behind bullion's record-breaking rally.
Mike Maharrey: What if you had bought gold or silver with your pandemic stimulus money?
Submitted by admin on Thu, 2025-11-13 19:21 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Mike Maharrey
Money Metals Exchange, Eagle, Idaho
Thursday, November 13, 2025
There has been a lot of talk about $2,000 tariff rebate checks. If they materialize, you should consider using them to buy gold or silver.
It appears the Trump administration is serious about this proposal, although there are plenty of question marks. On Wednesday White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the administration is "committed to making it happen."
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