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John Foley: America could actually shirk its debts to China

Section: Daily Dispatches

By John Foley
Reuters
Monday, May 4, 2020

NEW YORK -- With all the economic damage China wrought by covering up Covid-19's spread, why should Uncle Sam pay back the $1.1 trillion it owes the People's Republic?

Iran's parliament backs move to remove 4 zeros from its currency

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Najmeh Bozorgmehr
Financial Times, London
Monday, May 4, 2020

Iran's parliament has backed government plans to slash four zeros from the country's currency, the rial, which has been battered by a fall in value as a result of US sanctions.

India's gold imports fell by 99.5% in April

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Shruti Srivastava and Swansy Afonso
Bloomberg News
Monday, May 4, 2020

India, the world's biggest consumer of gold after China, imported its lowest monthly volumes in at least a decade after curbs to control the coronavirus pandemic grounded air transport and shuttered jewelry stores.

Gold bars fight Covid kits for space on the plane

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Elena Mazneva, Justina Vasquez, and Ranjeetha Pakiam
Bloomberg News
Sunday, May 3, 2020

Swiss refiner Valcambi SA tried for five straight days last month to move a shipment of gold out of Hong Kong. Twice the metal was packed carefully onto a plane, only to be offloaded again.

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Britain is facing a gold rush as the price doubles in five years

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Tom Ball
The Times, London
Saturday, May 2, 2020

When gold was first found in California it provoked a frenzy that pushed avaricious Americans to abandon their families and reshaped the United States.

Bill Stack: The gold vs. paper breakout

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Bill Stack
U.S. Gold Bureau, Leander, Texas
Thursday, April 30, 2020

Gold seems to be breaking away from what has held it back for years -- its lighter, paper cousin.

There has been a developing disconnect lately between the price of actual gold (atomic symbol Au), and the price of paper that represents gold.

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Barrick welcomes Papua New Guinea court decision ordering negotiations over mine

Section: Daily Dispatches

From Reuters
Friday, May 1, 2020

SYDNEY -- Barrick Gold Corp. said today it welcomed a court ruling ordering the Papua New Guinea government to negotiate over a lease extension for the Porgera gold mine.

PNG Prime Minister James Marape said last week that the country would not grant the mine a 20-year operating extension due to environmental damage and social unrest.

CME Group has prepared for clearing member defaults for some years now

Section: Daily Dispatches

12:18p ET Friday, May 1, 2020

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Yesterday's MarketWatch report about the "credit facility" arranged by CME Group, operator of the major U.S. futures exchanges, to cover defaults by clearing members of its exchanges --

http://gata.org/node/20108

-- does not necessarily mean that any of its exchanges are at immediate risk of such defaults.

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