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What happened to central banking forum's essay on currency market intervention?

Section: Daily Dispatches

1p ET Tuesday, July 6, 2021

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

On Monday the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum, which is based in London and describes itself as "an independent think tank for central banking, economic policy, and public investment, providing a neutral platform for public- and private-sector engagement worldwide," posted and publicized an essay about currency market intervention by central banks.

The publicity for the essay said:

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Commentary: Currency intervention can help counter Covid crisis

Russian finance ministry plans to buy $4 billion worth of gold, foreign currency in July

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Andrey Ostroukh
Reuters
via Nasdaq.com, New York
Monday, July 5, 2021

MOSCOW -- Russia's finance ministry said today it would buy 13.5 billion roubles ($184.25 million) worth of foreign currency a day between July 7 and Aug. 5, an increase in the amount of daily operations from the previous month.

The finance ministry said its regular foreign exchange and gold purchases on the market will total 296 billion roubles ($4.04 billion) over the next month. A Reuters survey of analysts predicted that FX buying would total 250 billion roubles.

Kitco responds to Journal de Montreal report about Quebec tax settlement

Section: Daily Dispatches

5:04p ET Sunday, July 4, 2021

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

In response to the April 2018 report from the Journal de Montreal about Kitco Metals' settlement of its dispute with the Quebec tax agency, a report GATA dispatched to you a year ago --:

https://www.gata.org/node/20254

-- company President Bart Kitner asks GATA to call your attention to this statement:

Brien Lundin: The blockbuster return of the New Orleans conference

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Brien Lundin
Gold Newsletter
Thursday, July 1, 2021

You waited for it, and here it is: Registration has just opened for New Orleans 2021.

Mark my words: This is going to be the most spectacular investment gathering held anywhere, by anyone, in many years.

For one, it will be the first in-person event of its kind held post-Covid.

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Even gold-obsessed Indians are pouring into crypto

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Suvashree Ghosh and Ronojoy Mazumdar
Bloomberg News
via Yahoo News, Sunnyvale, California
Friday, July 2, 2021

The cryptocurrency aficionados' mantra that Bitcoin is equivalent to digital gold is winning converts among the world's biggest holders of the precious metal.

Ted Butler: Cheaters run the silver market

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Ted Butler
Friday, July 2, 2021

Silver is manipulated and suppressed in price and has been for decades because large traders on one side of the Comex -- traders labeled as "commercials" on the short side -- are cheaters. 

Cheating is a deliberate attempt to evade the rules of the game to achieve an unfair advantage. 

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The silver-backed Liberty Dollar is back

Section: Daily Dispatches

Company Announcement
via PR Newswire, Chicago
Thursday, July 1, 2021

CHARLESTON, South Carolina -- Are you concerned about the U.S. government's announcement that it has suspended minting of some silver coins because of the silver shortage? 

This news was devastating for many who consider silver to be a safe hedge against inflation, but a new startup is ready to ease the shock.

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Alasdair Macleod: Banking faces seismic changes

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Alasdair Macleod
GoldMoney, Toronto
Thursday, July 1, 2021

The role of commercial banks in the global economy is changing, with lending to governments and their agencies now more important than lending to goods and services industries. It is a trend due to continue.

The new Basel 3 regulations seem set to encourage this trend, despite retail depositors being accorded a stable funding status. Central bank digital currencies are anticipated to augment and perhaps replace non-financial business credit over the next five to 10 years.

Venezuela to cut six zeroes off bolivar to simplify transactions

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Patricia Laya and Alex Vasquez
Bloomberg News
Thursday, July 1, 2021

Venezuela is preparing to once again lop off zeroes from the national currency in an attempt to simplify daily transactions which sometimes barely fit on a calculator or require swiping cards multiple times to complete a purchase.

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Ohio becomes 41st state to end sales taxes on gold and silver

Section: Daily Dispatches

From Money Metals News Service
Eagle, Idaho
Thursday, July 1, 2021

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- By signing legislation last night, Gov. Mike DeWine has officially ended Ohio's sales taxation of gold, silver, platinum, and palladium bullion and coins, enabling the Buckeye State to join Arkansas as the two states having canceled taxation of the monetary metals so far this year.

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