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Europe's financial watchdogs question safe-haven status of U.S. Treasuries
Submitted by admin on Thu, 2025-04-17 12:04 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Jorge Valero and Laura Noonan
Bloomberg News
Thursday, April 17, 2025
The head of Europe's insurance watchdog said the U.S. Treasury market's recent volatility is bringing into question its status as a safe haven.
Petra Hielkema, the chair of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority, made the comments last week as part of a presentation on behalf of European Union financial supervisors, according to people familiar with the matter.
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U.S. 'strong dollar' policy increasingly rings hollow
Submitted by admin on Wed, 2025-04-16 22:33 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Jamie McGeever
Reuters
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
ORLANDO, Florida -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday repeated the mantra we've heard from his nine predecessors:
"We have a strong dollar policy."
While the words are familiar, the conviction behind them may have softened.
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India considers gold, silver imports from U.S. to bridge trade deficit
Submitted by admin on Tue, 2025-04-15 11:27 Section: Daily DispatchesHow generous of them!
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By Rajeev Yahaswal
Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Friday, April 11, 2025
NEW DELHI -- India is considering importing gold and other high-value items, including silver, platinum, and precious stones, from the United States to address Washington's concern about a significant trade deficit with India, two people aware of the matter said.
Ghana takes more control of domestic gold export market
Submitted by admin on Tue, 2025-04-15 10:44 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Christian Akorlie and Anait Miridzhanian
Reuters
Monday, April 14, 2025
ACCRA -- Ghana has ordered foreigners to exit its gold trading market by the end of the month, a new government body said Monday, as the West African country looks to streamline gold purchases from small-scale miners, increase earnings, and reduce smuggling.
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Gold-trading frenzy erupts in China as tensions with U.S. rise
Submitted by admin on Tue, 2025-04-15 09:23 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Yihui Xie
Bloomberg News
via Yahoo News, Sunnyvale, California
Monday, April 14, 2025
China saw an explosive surge in gold trading last week as the metal hit successive records and Sino-U.S. trade tensions rose.
The Shanghai Futures Exchange saw trading volumes of the precious metal hit the highest level in a year last week. That was thanks to investors and industry players -- refineries, traders and retailers -- who have ramped up hedging activities as global markets gyrate in response to trade policy changes in the United States and China.
Paul Brownstein: Risk signals are everywhere and show money systems are changing
Submitted by admin on Tue, 2025-04-15 09:12 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Paul Brownstein
Charts and Parts, Substack
Monday, April 14, 2025
The system isn't just flashing warnings -- it's sending up flares from every corner of the map.
These are not random data points. They are structural fractures. And they all point to the same truth: Money systems are changing. The always have, and they always will.
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GATA needs your help, and there's silver in it for you
Submitted by admin on Mon, 2025-04-14 15:29 Section: Daily Dispatches3:28p ET Monday, April 14, 2025
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
We are so close to victory now. Gold is all over mainstream financial news organizations now even as they strive not to expose the real reasons for the monetary metal's spectacular rise: the collapse of the derivatives-based gold price suppression system.
Brien Lundin: The world is selling America
Submitted by admin on Mon, 2025-04-14 15:08 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Brien Lundin
Gold Newsletter / Golden Opportunities
Metairie, Louisiana
Monday, April 14, 2025
The world is worried. And typically in such an environment, investors across the globe rush to three safe havens: the U.S. dollar, U.S. Treasurys, and gold.
This time is different -- because they're dumping the greenback and Treasurys -- and buying gold hand over fist.
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Connecticut is urged to encourage gold ownership, exempt monetary metals from taxation
Submitted by admin on Mon, 2025-04-14 14:59 Section: Daily Dispatches2:58p ET Monday, April 14, 2024
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Legislation to encourage gold ownership, create a state gold depository, and exempt the monetary metals from sales and capital gains taxes remarkably got a hearing today before the Connecticut General Assembly's Finance, Revenue, and Bonding Committee.
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Bad hedges devastate Australian gold miner Bellevue
Submitted by admin on Mon, 2025-04-14 10:34 Section: Daily DispatchesBellevue Gold Flags Takeover Talk After Bad Hedges Force A$156 Million Raise
By Mark Wembridge
Australian Financial Review, Sydney
Monday, April 14, 2025
Bellevue Gold has been targeted by several unsolicited takeover approaches and has appointed a team to review future bids, the struggling miner said, after tapping shareholders for A$156 million following another production downgrade.
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