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Half a trillion dollars is sitting at the Fed earning nothing
Submitted by admin on Thu, 2021-05-27 21:02 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Benjamin Purvis and Alex Harris
Bloomberg News
Thursday, May 27, 2021
There's so much spare cash sloshing around U.S. funding markets that investors are choosing to park almost half a trillion dollars at the central bank -- earning absolutely nothing.
Matthew Piepenburg: Comex is rigged against gold but reset won't be
Submitted by admin on Thu, 2021-05-27 17:10 Section: Daily Dispatches5:08p ET Thursday, May 27, 2021
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
At King World News, Matthew Piepenburg of Matterhorn Asset Management in Switzerland writes that the Comex gold market is rigged for price suppression but that gold will be part of the international currency reset just ahead.
Piepenburg's essay is headlined "Yes, the Comex Is Rigged to Keep the Price of Gold Artificially Low. I Know. I Was There" and it's posted at KWN here:
Bolivia's central bank will buy domestically mined gold
Submitted by admin on Thu, 2021-05-27 16:56 Section: Daily DispatchesA rich country perhaps insisting a little less on being poor.
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By Ben Margulies
Central Banking, London
Thursday, May 27, 2021
The Bolivian state mining company Comibol announced the country's central bank had signed a three-year contract on May 19 to purchase gold from it.
Crypto vs. gold debate rages on Wall Street as flows reverse
Submitted by admin on Thu, 2021-05-27 16:37 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Lynn Thomasson and Cecile Gutscher
Bloomberg News
Thursday, May 27, 2021
Gold is back with a vengeance this month just as the crypto rally falls apart, refueling the Wall Street debate over the link between the two putative hedging assets.
Bullion funds have seen the biggest two weeks of inflows since October and prices are edging closer to $1,900 an ounce.
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Alasdair Macleod: Suffering a sea change
Submitted by admin on Thu, 2021-05-27 12:26 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Alasdair Macleod
GoldMoney, St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands
Thursday, May 27, 2021
There is an established theoretical relationship between bonds and equities tha provides a framework for the future performance of financial assets. It would be a mistake to ignore it, ahead of the forthcoming rise in global interest rates.
Price inflation is roaring, and so far central banks are in denial. But it is increasingly difficult to see how monetary policy planners can extend the suppression of interest rates much longer. There can be only one outcome.
Incrementum's 2021 'In Gold We Trust' report: Monetary Climate Change
Submitted by admin on Thu, 2021-05-27 11:48 Section: Daily DispatchesFrom Incrementum AG
via Cision / PR Newswire
Thursday, May 27, 2021
SCHAAN, Liechtenstein, and VIENNA -- On May 27, 2021, this year's "In Gold We Trust" report was presented at an international press conference, broadcast live on the Internet. The authors of the report are fund managers Ronald-Peter Stoeferle and Mark Valek from the Liechtenstein-based asset management firm Incrementum AG.
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Swiss gold exports to China explode after coronavirus slump
Submitted by admin on Thu, 2021-05-27 11:40 Section: Daily DispatchesFrom Reuters
Thursday, May 27, 2021
LONDON -- Swiss exports of gold to mainland China surged in April to their highest since December 2019, customs data showed today, as demand for gold in the world's biggest bullion-consuming nation rebounded from a slump during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Ronan Manly: Russia lines up new gold buying through its sovereign wealth fund
Submitted by admin on Wed, 2021-05-26 21:49 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Ronan Manly
Bullion Star, Singapore
Wednesday, May 26, 2021
In a significant and strategic development for monetary metals, the government of the Russian Federation has just introduced legislation that will allow Russia's giant National Wealth Fund to invest in gold and other precious metals. The fund is Russia's de-facto sovereign wealth fund, and has assets of US$185 billion.
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Legislation from Rep. Mooney seeks U.S. gold audit and would probe swaps and leases
Submitted by admin on Wed, 2021-05-26 11:43 Section: Daily DispatchesFrom Money Metals News Service, Eagle, Idaho
Wednesday, May 26, 2021
WASHINGTON -- America's gold reserves would be audited for the first time in more than 60 years if a measure introduced yesterday by U.S. Rep. Alex Mooney, R-West Virginia, becomes law.
The Gold Reserve Transparency Act of 2021 -- H.R. 3526 -- backed by the Sound Money Defense League, Money Metals Exchange, and free-market activists -- calls for the first true audit of United States gold reserves since the Eisenhower administration.
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Ted Butler: Short subject
Submitted by admin on Wed, 2021-05-26 00:20 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Ted Butler
Tuesday, May 25, 2021
Again and again, I have stressed that silver has been suppressed in price for decades by the concentrated short position of the four and eight largest traders in Comex futures. Many have come to accept this, but my findings do not have universal acceptance.
That's too bad because it's all that matters in determining price. It would be better if we were all on the same page.
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