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No hope for metals, or a 'controlled retreat' by central banks?

Section: Daily Dispatches

6:38p ET Thursday, August 8, 2019

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

In a letter he titles "Too Early to Throw in the Towel on Central Bank Gold-Market Rigging," our friend J.U. writes

Alasdair Macleod: Deeply negative nominal rates are on their way

Section: Daily Dispatches

2:05p ET Thursday, August 8, 2019

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GoldMoney research director Alasdair Macleod expects central banks to push interest rates to deeply negative levels, prompting more asset bubbles, what von Mises called a "crack-up boom," impoverishment of retirees and those without assets, and a flight from the increasingly crazy financial system.

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Section: Daily Dispatches

1:44p ET Thursday, August 8, 2019

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Now that the monetary metals seem to be breaking out of their central bank chains, companies that produce gold, silver, and other strategic resources are starting to draw investment again.

Gold's unprecedented trading hints at something big behind the scenes, GATA chairman says

Section: Daily Dispatches

8:51p ET Wednesday, August 7, 2019

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

In an interview with Dunagun Kaiser of Reluctant Preppers, GATA Chairman Bill Murphy says gold is trading like it has never traded before, signifying that something big is happening behind the scenes. Most likely, Murphy says, physical demand is starting to overcome the paper market.

Central banks change their policy on gold but not their madness

Section: Daily Dispatches

1:19p ET Wednesday, August 7, 2019

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Sprott will acquire Tocqueville gold fund and its managers

Section: Daily Dispatches

As Gold Surges, a Gold Fund Manager Gets Acquired

By Ben Walsh
Barron's, New York
Wednesday, August 7, 2019

https://www.barrons.com/articles/as-gold-surges-a-gold-fund-manager-gets...

China scoops up more gold for reserves during trade war

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Ranjeetha Pakiam
Bloomberg News
Wednesday, August 7, 2019

There's a powerful constant amid the to-and-fro of the U.S.-China trade war as currency policy gets dragged into the standoff between the world's two top economies: Beijing wants more gold in its reserves.

Robbers steal millions in gold coins from Mexican mint

Section: Daily Dispatches

From Deutsche Welle, Bonn, Germany
Tuesday, August 6, 2019

Mexico's security ministry announced today that an armed group of robbers broke into the nation's mint, stealing the equivalent of 50 million Mexican pesos (E2.23 million, $2.5 million) in gold coins.

The announcement came after sources from the Department of Finance and Public Credit confirmed the crime to news agency EFE.

China state banks seen supporting yuan in forwards market, sources tell Reuters

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Winni Zhou and Andrew Galbraith
Reuters
Tuesday, August 6, 2019

China's state banks have been active in the onshore yuan forwards market this week, using swaps to tighten dollar supply and support the Chinese currency, four sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

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