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China's central bank keeps gold buying on hold for second month

Section: Daily Dispatches

Bloomberg doesn't really know what its headline says. What Bloomberg knows and should mean is that the People's Bank of China didn't report buying gold for a second month. Central bank gold data is often misleading or false -- https://www.gata.org/node/23251 -- just like mainstream financial journalism about gold and other topics that are inconvenient for central banking.

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From Bloomberg News
via Yahoo News, Sunnyvale, California
Saturday, July 6, 2024

Peter Grandich tells 'Live from the Vault' that developments keep favoring gold

Section: Daily Dispatches

10:23p ET Friday, July 5, 2024

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Kinesis Money's "Live from the Vault" program this week has London metals trader Andrew Maguire in a discussion with gold advocate and mining analyst Peter Grandich, who admits being surprised by the dichotomy between elevated metals prices and depressed prices for mining shares.

Tanzania starts buying domestic gold production to boost FX reserves

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Beatrice Materu
The East African, Nairobi, Kenya
via MSN.com, Redmond, Washington
Saturday, June 29, 2024

The Bank of Tanzania has started a large gold-buying initiative as part of a strategic drive to support the expansion of the mining industry and strengthen foreign exchange reserves.

The information was made public by Emmanuel Tutuba, the governor of the Bank of Tanzania, during his visit to the Geita Gold Refinery and the Mwanza Precious Metals Refinery Co. Ltd.

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Netherlands is ready to rebuild its financial system with gold

Section: Daily Dispatches

11:54a ET Wednesday, July 3, 2024

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Our friend the Dutch gold researcher Jaco Schipper today calls attention to a May 15 report from the public broadcasting service in the Netherlands, NOS, about the government's new fortress gold vault in the town of Zeist:

https://nos.nl/artikel/2475275-hoe-verplaats-je-in-het-geheim-15-miljard-aan-goudstaven-en-geld

Ross Norman: Gold is defying gravity

Section: Daily Dispatches

7:13p ET Tuesday, July 2, 2024

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Ross Norman, former proprietor of London bullion dealer Sharps Pixley, now CEO of Metals Daily, writes today that the price of gold has been rising not because of genuine physical demand but because of options buying on the Shanghai Futures Exchange. 

India, four Southeast Asia countries plan instant retail cross-border payments

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Jaspreet Kalra
Reuters
via Yahoo Finance, Sunnyvale, California
Monday, July 1, 2024

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/india-four-se-asia-countries-082944639.html

MUMBAI -- The central banks of India, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, and the Philippines are working together to start an instant cross-border retail payments platform by 2026, the Bank of International Settlements said today.

New Jersey legislature again votes unanimously to end taxes on gold and silver

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Jp Cortez
Money Metals News Service, Eagle, Idaho
Monday, July 1, 2024

For the second time in less than a year, the New Jersey legislature has voted to end the sales tax on purchases of gold and silver coins, bars, and rounds without a single dissenting vote.

A2812 and S721, carried by Sens. Steinhardt and Sarlo and Asms. Greenwald, Swain, and Egan, enjoyed overwhelming support, passing the Senate by a vote of 40-0 and the Assembly with a 71-0 vote.

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Nigeria plans to bring gold reserves home to minimize risk

Section: Daily Dispatches

... But has Nigeria actually gotten its metal back yet?

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By Mike Maharrey
Money Meals News Service, Eagle, Idaho
Monday, July 1, 2024

Even Nigeria is now bringing its gold reserves home to keep it safe from the West.

Gold-buying frenzy grips Vietnam and Thailand as economic fears mount

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Su-Lin Tan
South China Morning Post, Hong Kong
Monday, July 1, 2024

Anxious consumers in Vietnam and Thailand are rushing to buy gold -- a sign of Asia’s mounting alarm, analysts say, over currency devaluations against the US dollar, inflation, and geopolitical uncertainty.

Visible queues of buyers waiting to snap up chunks of the yellow metal have persisted outside banks in the Southeast Asian nations for months, in scenes that underscore a growing sense of economic and geopolitical instability rippling through the region.

Futures market's rigging of silver prices explained by Steer to Finance and Liberty

Section: Daily Dispatches

9:53p ET Friday, June 28, 2024

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

Dunagun Kaiser of the Liberty and Finance channel at YouTube today interviewed GATA board member Ed Steer, proprietor of Ed Steer's Gold and Silver Digest, to get an description of how the silver futures market in New York is used to control the monetary metal's price by trading banks working in collusion.

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