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U.S. dollar isn't the only currency making colonies of its users

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10a ET Saturday, April 8, 2023

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

The U.S. dollar isn't the only currency operating as a mechanism of imperialism. The Central African franc, administered by the French government, mostly in its former colonies in Africa, deprives them of sovereignty over their monetary policy and, it is argued, drains their wealth away to France. A video by an Azerbaijan-based organization, Caspian Report, titled "France Secretly Owns 14 Countries," explains it at YouTube here:

Chinese government view: U.S. plunders the world with dollar hegemony

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Dollar Hegemony Creates Chaos

From China Daily, Beijing
Saturday, April 8, 2023

https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202304/08/WS6430bfb2a31057c47ebb8fcc.html

The world is holding its breath for a simmering bank crisis in the United States triggered by the spectacular collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank.

Peter Hambro: He who has the gold makes the rules

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By Peter Hambro
Reaction, London
Thursday, April 6, 2023

Straws in the wind presage the oncoming storm, and not everyone notices in time. One such straw has just appeared in the gold market and only the most beady-eyed of your readers will have noticed that JPMorganChase did not, as is usual, roll over its maturing derivatives position in gold. Instead the bank delivered physical gold to those standing for delivery.  

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China reports fifth month of increasing gold reserves

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From Bloomberg News
Friday, April 7, 2023

The People’s Bank of China raised its holdings by about 18 tons in March, according to data on its website on Friday. Total stockpiles now sit at about 2,068 tons, after growing by about 102 tons in the four months before March.

Nations have been building up stockpiles of bullion amid heightened geopolitical risks and high inflation. Central-bank demand rose for a second year in 2022, and the biggest buyers in January of this year were Turkey, China and Kazakhstan, according to the World Gold Council.

Texas legislators propose a gold-backed digital currency for state

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By Jordan Finneseth
Kitco News, Montreal
Thursday, April 6, 2023

As lawmakers in the U.S. introduce bills pushing back against the creation of a U.S.-dollar-based central bank digital currency, Texas is opting to go a different route with the creation of a state-issued, gold-backed digital currency.

'Everything is being stripped and stolen' in South Africa's run-down city of gold

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By Joseph Cotterill
Financial Times, London
Friday, April 7, 2023

When Roesdien Hendricks warns that his community in the heart of Johannesburg is about to explode because of illegal gold miners who scare away the police, strip power cables, and divert water supplies, he is not exaggerating.

Alasdair Macleod: Time to trash Triffin

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By Alasdair Macleod
GoldMoney, Toronto
Thursday, April 6, 2023

The dollar-based credit bubble is imploding and emerging economies are seeking protection by accepting trade settlement in other currencies. The U.S. policy of threatening regime change, currency destabilisation, or other means of ensuring that nations remain in its sphere of influence are failing.

New York Sun: The Biden dollar

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From the New York Sun
Wednesday, April 5, 2023

https://www.nysun.com/article/the-biden-dollar

Three Republican congressmen introduce bill to restore gold standard

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By JP Cortez
Money Metals News Service, Eaglo, Idaho
Tuesday, April 4, 2023

As America faces the twin threats of inflation and bank failures, three U.S. congressmen have introduced a pivotal sound money bill that would enable the Federal Reserve note "dollar" to regain stable footing for the first time in more than half a century.

There is a chasm between the gold price and gold mining stock valuations

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By Frik Els
Mining.com, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Tuesday, April 4, 2023

Gold was off to the races today, easily clearing $2,000 an ounce with many pundits saying a new record high could be reached in weeks if not days.

A chartbook released on Tuesday (ahead of the day's action in New York) by Merk Investments, an investment advisor and manager of ASA Gold and Precious Metals (NYSE:ASA), a closed-end investment fund established in 1958, includes two long-term charts that show the disconnect between gold mining stocks and the bullion price. 

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