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Ted Butler: No letup yet in silver price suppression
Submitted by admin on Fri, 2023-12-29 09:41 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Ted Butler
SilverSeek.com
Friday, December 29, 2023
It seems to me that the forces at play in silver, both working for and against sharply higher prices, show no signs of letting up. However, common sense and logic dictate that such diametrically-opposed forces point to an eventual end to the stalemate -- with the only real question being when. Since these opposing forces have been in play for 40 years, they have taken on a life of their own and the purpose of this review is a brief overview and summary.
Alasdair Macleod: Gold in 2024
Submitted by admin on Thu, 2023-12-28 12:16 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Alasdair Macleod
GoldMoney, Toronto
Thursday, December 28, 2023
To market observers, gold appears ready to break into new high ground measured in all the major currencies. In fact, it is the currencies’ collapse in their values, rather than gold rising. Appreciating this distinction is vital for understanding the future of the gold/currency relationship.
London gold price benchmark breaks all-time high, LBMA says
Submitted by admin on Wed, 2023-12-27 16:46 Section: Daily DispatchesFrom Reuters
Wednesday, December 27, 2023
London's gold price benchmark hit an all-time high of $2,069.40 per troy ounce at an afternoon auction today, surpassing the previous record of $2,067.15 set in August 2020, the London Bullion Market Association said.
"I can think of no clearer demonstration of gold's role as a store of value than the enthusiasm with which investors across the world have turned to the metal during the recent economic and geopolitical turmoils," said LMBA's chief executive officer Ruth Crowell. ...
No takers for Indian rupees as payment for oil imports
Submitted by admin on Mon, 2023-12-25 18:29 Section: Daily DispatchesFrom the Press Trust of India
via The Times of India, Mumbai
Monday, December 25, 2023
India's push for the rupee to be used to pay for import of crude oil has not found any takers as suppliers have expressed concern on repatriation of funds and high transactional costs, the oil ministry told a parliamentary standing committee.
China sidelines its once-venerated central bank
Submitted by admin on Mon, 2023-12-25 18:01 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Cheng Leng and Sun Yu
Financial Times, London
Monday, December 25, 2023
The influence of China's once-powerful central bank has diminished as Beijing steps up a drive to centralise Communist party control over financial regulation.
Rare Edward VIII gold medal to go up for auction
Submitted by admin on Sun, 2023-12-24 21:30 Section: Daily DispatchesBy India McTaggart
The Telegraph, London
Monday, December 25, 2023
A rare gold medal featuring Edward VIII has emerged after an unsuspecting owner handed it to a pawnbroker.
The medal, thought to be one of just 26 in existence, bears the official Royal Mint effigy of the former king, whose reign lasted under a year before he abdicated the throne.
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Another government-sanctioned market manipulation that has enriched the very few?
Submitted by admin on Sat, 2023-12-23 09:39 Section: Daily DispatchesGold and silver advocate Eric Sprott reviews 2023 with Craig Hemke
Submitted by admin on Sat, 2023-12-23 00:54 Section: Daily Dispatches12:54a Saturday, December 23, 2023
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Canadian mining entrepreneur and gold and silver advocate Eric Sprott was interviewed this week by financial letter writer Craig Hemke, providing a review of 2023 from a hard-money perspective. Sprott laments the increasing dishonesty in financial and political affairs, the underreporting of inflation, the naked shorting of the shares of mining exploration companies, gold price suppression by bullion banks, exploding government debt, and currency devaluation.
Police probe whether gold seized in Montreal is linked to Toronto heist
Submitted by admin on Fri, 2023-12-22 23:32 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Aaron Derfel
Montreal Gazette
Friday, December 22, 2023
Montreal and Toronto-area police are investigating whether the surprise seizure of hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of gold during a firearms raid in the east end of the city on Tuesday is connected to last April's daring $20 million gold heist at Toronto's Pearson Airport, the Gazette has learned.
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Merryn Somerset Webb: How much damage have central bankers done? A lot
Submitted by admin on Fri, 2023-12-22 11:06 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Merryn Somerset Webb
Bloomberg News
Friday, December 22, 2023
What's Christmas without a fight about money, a lunch-table villain and a really good book? For those who haven't yet finished their present shopping I have some suggestions that will give you all three in one happy package.
First up, someone must have a copy of "You Always Hurt the One You Love: Central Bankers and the Murder of Capitalism" by Bernard Connolly.
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