Daily Dispatches

8p ET Thursday, January 5, 2023

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Writing at Sprott Money, Craig Hemke of the TF Metals Report gives his monetary metals forecast for 2023, predicting that the Federal Reserve will cause an economic recession in the United States by raising interest rates and then revert to "quantitative easing," sending the metals to record levels.

Hemke's analysis is headlined "One Step Beyond -- A Forecast for Gold and Silver in 2023" and it's posted at Sprott Money here:

From the Associated Press
via ABC News, New York
Tuesday, January 3, 2023

COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- For the first time in years, Denmark hasn't recorded a single bank robbery. There wouldn't have been much point.

Cash transactions in the Nordic country have become virtually obsolete, with Danes increasingly opting to use cards and smart phones for payments.

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By Ted Butler
SilverSeek.com
Monday, January 2, 2023

The last couple of years have been significant in silver (and gold), not particularly price-wise, but in other important ways. 

For instance, 2020 was particularly noteworthy in that JPMorgan was partially brought to justice for its many years of manipulating the price of precious metals on the Comex and agreeing to settle with the Justice Department and Commodity Futures Trading Commission for a reported $920 million.

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By Mark Burton
Bloomberg News
Friday, December 30, 2022

The London Metal Exchange will enter 2023 with the smallest available warehouse stockpiles in at least 25 years, setting the stage for future squeezes and spikes if demand turns out stronger than expected.