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Chinese gold imports fell by almost two-thirds on high prices
Submitted by admin on Tue, 2024-07-23 10:29 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Sybilla Gross
Bloomberg News
Monday, July 22, 2024
China's gold imports plunged last month, a sign that the nation's buyers are deterred by the precious metal's elevated prices amid a sluggish economy.
Purchases from overseas by the biggest bullion consumer fell nearly 60% to 58.9 tons, the lowest since May 2022, according to official data released Sunday.
India slashes import tax on gold and silver to tackle smuggling
Submitted by admin on Tue, 2024-07-23 10:22 Section: Daily DispatchesOr maybe it's just more evidence that the Indian government is getting aboard the gold train after many years of trying to block it.
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By Rajendra Jadhav
Reuters
Tuesday, July 23, 2024
MUMBAI -- India today slashed import duties on gold and silver in a move industry officials said could lift retail demand and help cut smuggling in the world's second-biggest bullion consumer.
Suppressing silver prices has been official U.S. policy since 1965
Submitted by admin on Sun, 2024-07-21 15:27 Section: Daily Dispatches3:24p ET Sunday, July 21, 2024
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Trump's disdain for digital dollar risks 'Cold War era' in money
Submitted by admin on Sat, 2024-07-20 09:30 Section: Daily DispatchesBy María Paula Mijares Torres
Bloomberg News
Friday, July 19, 2024
Central bank digital currencies were once looked upon as nothing short of the future of money around the world. Yet at least in the United States, that sunny outlook for CBDCs is in serious doubt for one simple reason: Donald Trump and his Republican allies hate them.
GATA's Ed Steer talks silver price suppression with Money Metals' Mike Maharrey
Submitted by admin on Sat, 2024-07-20 09:15 Section: Daily Dispatches9:12a ET Saturday, July 20, 2024
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
GATA board member Ed Steer, proprietor of Ed Steer's Gold and Silver Digest, is interviewed today by Mike Maharrey of Money Metals Exchange about silver price suppression on the New York Commodities Exchange, where paper trading is still dominating physical trading despite signs of a big shortage of metal for the physical market.
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UK gold coin sales jump on concerns over Labour's fiscal plans
Submitted by admin on Thu, 2024-07-18 22:37 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Jack Wittels
Bloomberg News
Thursday, July 18, 2024
Sales of tax-exempt gold coins by the UK's Royal Mint jumped in the last quarter as investors fretted about potential changes to fiscal policy by an expected new Labour government.
The total value of gold coins that don’t attract capital gains sold on the Mint's website jumped by 9% during April-June from a year earlier, according to Stuart O’Reilly, market insight manager at the money producer.
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Why younger investors are drawn to gold
Submitted by admin on Thu, 2024-07-18 18:47 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Chris Taylor
Reuters
Thursday, July 18, 2024
NEW YORK -- What asset class do millennials and Gen Z investors both want to own?
Here is an answer you may not have guessed: Gold.
Among wealthy investors under the age of 43, 45% own gold as a physical asset, and another 45% are interested in holding it, according to a recent study by Bank of America Private Bank.
Those are far higher percentages than other age groups.
Gold jumps to record as traders increase bets on Fed rate pivot
Submitted by admin on Tue, 2024-07-16 15:29 Section: Daily DispatchesHow mistaken and tiresome is the assertion below that gold "bears no interest." Neither do government currencies, unless they are lent. Just like government currencies, gold pays interest when it is lent. So does silver.
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By Jack Wittels, Mark Burton, and Nick Bartlett
Bloomberg News
Tuesday, July 16, 2024
Gold hit a record high today as hopes for U.S. Federal Reserve rate cuts grow and some traders ramped up bets on a second Donald Trump presidency.
LBMA, World Gold Council urge BIS to list gold as 'high-quality liquid asset' under Basel III
Submitted by admin on Sat, 2024-07-13 13:11 Section: Daily DispatchesMaybe even the BIS considers gold to be the future of money as well as its past.
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From Solitaire
Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council, Mumbai
Thursday, July 11, 2024
Last week delegates from the London Bullion Market Association, including Paul Fisher, Ruth Crowell, David Gornall, and Edel Tully, joined Mike Oswin of the World Gold Council in Basel for a meeting with the Bank for International Settlements.
Uganda joins growing number of African countries turning to gold
Submitted by admin on Fri, 2024-07-12 20:11 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Mike Maharrey
Money Metals News Service, Eagle, Idaho
Friday, July 12, 2024
Uganda has joined the growing number of African countries turning to gold to support their currencies.
The Ugandan central bank has announced a domestic gold-buying program to buy gold directly from local artisanal miners.
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