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Clint Siegner: Like Jeffrey Epstein, bullion banks get sweet deals from the Justice Dept.

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Like Jeffrey Epstein, bullion banks get sweet deals from the Justice Department

By Clint Siegner
Money Metals Exchange, Eagle, Idaho
Monday, July 29, 2019

First, a bank’s commodities trading department takes metals investors for a ride like unwitting victims in the back of Jeffrey Epstein’s “Lolita Express.”

Michael Hudson: After negative rates, devaluation and a savings meltdown

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11:08a ET Monday, July 29, 2019

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Economics professor Michael Hudson's latest essay, copied below from his internet site, acknowledges that the Federal Reserve is manipulating both equity prices and gold prices by using the futures markets.

Five banks face civil lawsuit in London over forex dealing

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By Eva Szalay and Jane Croft
Financial Times, London
Monday, July 29, 2019

Trump Fed pick's push for gold troubles lawmakers

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By Victoria Guida
Politico, Arlington, Virginia
Sunday, July 28, 2019

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/28/judy-shelton-fed-gold-standard...

Decades after the U.S. abandoned its policy of tying the dollar's value to gold, President Donald Trump's latest pick for the Federal Reserve, Judy Shelton, wants to bring it back into style.

Even the Financial Times starts to notice how crazy central banking has gotten

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ECB Purchases of Equity Would Be a Dangerous Step

BlackRock Proposal Is Anti-Free Markets and Based on Naked Self-Interest

By Merryn Somerset Webb
Financial Times, London
Friday, July 26, 2019

https://www.ft.com/content/9a6295f6-aefa-11e9-8030-530adfa879c2

Trump says he could still take steps to weaken dollar, fueling confusion

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By Damian Paletta
Washington Post
Friday, July 26, 2019

President Trump gave mixed signals this week as to whether he would intervene and try to weaken the U.S. dollar, telling aides Tuesday he had ruled out the idea but telling reporters on Friday he was still open to it.

Ronan Manly: End of gold agreement liberates central banks to start buying

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3:41p ET Friday, July 26, 2019

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Maybe the BIS has recovered some swapped gold

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Armed Men Steal $40 Million of Gold, Metals from Brazil Airport

By Leonardo Benassatto and Marcelo Rochabrun
Reuters
Friday, July 26, 2019

SAO PAULO, Brazil -- Armed men stole $40 million of gold and other precious metals Thursday from a Sao Paulo cargo terminal at South America's busiest airport, taking two hostages, police said.

London bullion trader Maguire prods Parliament, UK regulators to stop gold rigging

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3p ET Friday, July 26, 2019

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Interviewed this week by the TF Metal's Report's Craig Hemke, London bullion trader Andrew Maguire discloses that he has been working with members of Parliament to expose gold market rigging engineered by U.S. financial interests in the United Kingdom.

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Here's a start: AP acknowledges central banks have 'immense pricing power' with gold

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Gold Deal Ends Among European Central Banks

By David McHugh
Associated Press, New York
Friday, July 26, 2019

https://www.apnews.com/7080c56efead48c5a98410c4f63029f5

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