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Global banks, funds call for more capital from derivatives clearinghouses
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2019-10-24 10:53 Section: Daily DispatchesBy David Henry
Reuters
Thursday, October 24, 2019
NEW YORK -- Four global banks and five big fund managers today called on international regulators to require for-profit derivatives clearinghouses to put up more of their own capital to protect against cascading losses that could rock the world financial system.
The deadly cities of gold beneath Johannesburg
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2019-10-24 10:37 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Christopher Clark
The Guardian, London
Thursday, October 24, 2019
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- As he prepares to descend an abandoned mineshaft in Roodeport, a Johannesburg suburb, Fix, a sinewy informal goldminer from Lesotho, recounts stories of subterranean gun battles and unearthing the scattered bones of those who came before him.
Pam and Russ Martens: New York Fed's repo loan data disappears
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2019-10-23 12:34 Section: Daily Dispatches12:30p ET Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Gold's rally drives a rush to one of metal's final frontiers
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2019-10-23 10:17 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Felix Njini
Bloomberg News
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Step aside, Canada, Australia, and South Africa: West Africa is fast becoming the hottest ticket in gold mining.
Craig Hemke at Sprott Money: Central banks begin to panic
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2019-10-23 10:13 Section: Daily Dispatches10:15a ET Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Something about the world economy is panicking central banks, the TF Metals Report's Craig Hemke writes today at Sprott Money.
Industry groups defend former Deutsche Bank traders charged with spoofing
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2019-10-21 19:38 Section: Daily DispatchesEx-Deutsche Bank Traders Must Face Spoofing Case, Judge Says
By Janan Hanna
Bloomberg News
Monday, October 21, 2019
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-21/ex-deutsche-bank-trad...
Were Fed chairman's August calls just 'conspiracy theory'?
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2019-10-21 11:55 Section: Daily Dispatches11:54a ET Monday, October 21, 2019
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
JPMorgan warns U.S. money-market stress to get much worse
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2019-10-21 10:07 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Tracy Alloway and Stephen Spratt
Bloomberg News
Monday, October 21, 2019
JPMorgan Chase & Co. says the money-market stress that sent short-term borrowing rates surging last month is likely to get much worse despite the Federal Reserve's attempts to inject billions of dollars into the financial system.
Barrick agrees to pay $300 mllion to end Tanzania dispute
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2019-10-20 11:26 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Felix Njini
Bloomberg News
Sunday, October 20, 2019
Barrick Gold Corp. has agreed to pay $300 million to the Tanzanian government to end a long-running dispute that it says destroyed the value of its subsidiary Acacia Mining's assets.
Ted Butler: More unanswered questions
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2019-10-18 22:42 Section: Daily Dispatches10:45p ET Friday, October 18, 2019
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
In his new essay, "More Unanswered Questions," silver market analyst Ted Butler wonders why so much silver seems to be moving in and out of New York Commodities Exchange vaults and ending up in the possession of JPMorganChase.