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Alasdair Macleod: The journey to monetary gold and silver
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2020-03-12 21:11 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Alasdair Macleod
GoldMoney, St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands
Thursday, March 12, 2020
Markets are just beginning to latch on to the economic consequences of the coronavirus. Central banks are slashing interest rates and beginning to throw new money into the mix and governments are increasing deficit spending.
Jim Rickards and Ed Steer: Eventually central banks will restore gold as the currency benchmark
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2020-03-12 20:57 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Ed Steer
Ed Steer's Gold and Silver Digest
Thursday, March 12, 2020
I had a short e-mail exchange with Jim Rickards on Tuesday. Here it is in its entirety -- and posted with his permission.
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Hi, Jim:
What do you read into this, if anything?
"A Shift in the Global Financial Order Is Upon Us" by John Authers, senior editor of Bloomberg News --
Why gold's plunge proves it's a safe-haven asset
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2020-03-12 14:14 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Myra P. Saefong
MarketWatch.com, New York
Thursday, March 12, 2020
Gold is often seen as a safer bet for investors and today's plunge in prices, as global stock markets drop, shows that investors have taken refuge in what the precious metal has to offer: cash.
Australian comics satirize the smug failure of central banking
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2020-03-12 00:09 Section: Daily Dispatches12:16a ET Thursday, March 12, 2020
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
From time to time it has seemed good to call attention to the 2008 segment of the unfortunately short-lived Australian news parody program "Newstopia" that satirized the Reserve Bank of Australia. The skit brilliantly suggests how central banking fails the public interest.
Danielle DiMartino Booth: The Fed can't let bond yields fall to zero
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2020-03-11 23:50 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Danielle DiMartino Booth
Bloomberg News
Tuesday, March 10, 2020
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-03-10/federal-reserve-ca...
The Aden Forecast: Gold manipulation is real
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2020-03-11 15:11 Section: Daily DispatchesFrom The Aden Forecast for March 2020
By Mary Anne and Pamela Aden
Many of you have asked about gold and silver manipulation. This has always been a theory, and since a rising gold price reflects essentially bad news, it has become a report card for central banks, banks, and governments, and indeed it is a fact.
Treasury secretary says coronavirus creates no need for market intervention
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2020-03-11 13:35 Section: Daily DispatchesForget the virus. Do the creation and distribution of infinite money create a need for intervention in the gold market?
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By David Lawder, Lindsay Dunsmuir, and Andrea Shalal
Reuters
Wednesday, March 11, 2020
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mnuchin/mnuchi...
Brien Lundin: Only market manipulation by government explains gold's fall Tuesday
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2020-03-11 10:20 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Brien Lundin
Gold Newsletter, Metarie, Louisiana
Tuesday, March 10, 2020
... Gold's decline today doesn't seem to fit any reasonable interpretation.
Perth Mint's holdings for investors reach record A$5 billion
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2020-03-10 20:36 Section: Daily DispatchesInvestors Take A$5 billion Shine to Solid Gold Bars
By Brad Thompson
Australian Financial Review, Sydney
Tuesday, March 10, 2020
https://www.afr.com/wealth/investing/investors-take-5-billion-shine-to-s...
The Perth Mint is holding a record A$5 billion in precious metals for investors from around the world looking for a safe haven amid sharemarket turmoil.
Craig Hemke at Sprott Money: Comex use of EFPs surges, and it's a scam
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2020-03-10 20:26 Section: Daily Dispatches8:28p ET Tuesday, March 10, 2020
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
In his analysis at Sprott Money tonight, the TF Metals Report's Craig Hemke elaborates on the "exchange for physicals" fraud that figured in the evasive letter from the chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission to U.S. Rep. Alex Mooney that GATA brought to your attention today:
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