Daily Dispatches

China's central bank plans crackdown on virtual currencies

Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2018-04-02 04:52 Section: Daily Dispatches

From Reuters
Thursday, March 29, 2018

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-finance-digital-currency/china-...

BEIJING -- China's central bank will launch a crackdown on all types of virtual currencies this year, a vice governor of the central bank said Thursday.

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U.S. dollar share of currency reserves hits 4-year low, IMF says

Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2018-03-31 01:06 Section: Daily Dispatches

From Reuters
via Malay Mail, Kuala Lumpur
Saturday, March 31, 2018

NEW YORK -- The U.S. dollar's share of currency reserves reported to the International Monetary Fund declined in the final quarter of 2017 to a four-year low, as other currencies' shares of reserves grew, data released yesterday showed.

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Sprott doubts that world can stand rising rates

Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2018-03-29 22:22 Section: Daily Dispatches

9:22a ICT Friday, March 29, 2018

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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Alasdair Macleod: The yuan-oil future and gold

Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2018-03-29 22:03 Section: Daily Dispatches

9a ICT Friday, March 30, 2018

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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Sean Rushton: Monetary reform would rebalance trade

Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2018-03-29 11:00 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Sean Rushton
The Wall Street Journal
Wednesday, March 28, 2018

https://www.wsj.com/articles/monetary-reform-would-rebalance-trade-15222...

Contrary to claims coming from some trade hawks, America's large and persistent trade deficit is not caused primarily by bad trade deals.

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Barrick Gold founder and philanthropist Peter Munk dies at 90

Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2018-03-28 20:37 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Ian Bickis
Canadian Press
via The Globe and Mail, Toronto
Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Barrick Gold Corp.'s visionary founder Peter Munk, a man of lofty global ambitions who fulfilled them like few others, died Wednesday at the age of 90.

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Koos Jansen: U.S. gold reserve audits lack credibility

Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2018-03-28 20:25 Section: Daily Dispatches

8:30a SST Thursday, March 29, 2018

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Bullion Star's Koos Jansen today details serious problems with what the U.S. government purports to be audits of the U.S. gold reserve. His analysis is headlined "Audits of U.S. Monetary Gold Severely Lack Credibility" and it's posted at Bullion Star here: