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Turk notes firmness of monetary metals amid turmoil with equities
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2018-04-02 21:27 Section: Daily Dispatches9:27a HKT Tuesday, April 2, 2018
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
GoldMoney founder and GATA consultant James Turk, interviewed by King World News, notes the firmness of the monetary metals in the face of turmoil in the equity markets and the usual efforts by central banks to cap their prices. Turk is especially enthusiastic about silver. His comments are excerpted at KWN here:
Yuan's rise fuels speculation on another Plaza Accord devaluation of dollar
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2018-04-02 10:34 Section: Daily DispatchesRegulator Warns Chinese Not to 'Gamble' on Yuan Exchange Rate
By Wendy Wu
South China Morning Post, Hong Kong
Sunday, April 1, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/2139831/regulator-warns-c...
China's central bank plans crackdown on virtual currencies
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2018-04-02 04:52 Section: Daily DispatchesFrom 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.
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 DispatchesFrom 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.
Sprott doubts that world can stand rising rates
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2018-03-29 22:22 Section: Daily Dispatches9:22a ICT Friday, March 29, 2018
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Alasdair Macleod: The yuan-oil future and gold
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2018-03-29 22:03 Section: Daily Dispatches9a ICT Friday, March 30, 2018
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Sean Rushton: Monetary reform would rebalance trade
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2018-03-29 11:00 Section: Daily DispatchesBy 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.
Barrick Gold founder and philanthropist Peter Munk dies at 90
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2018-03-28 20:37 Section: Daily DispatchesBy 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.
Koos Jansen: U.S. gold reserve audits lack credibility
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2018-03-28 20:25 Section: Daily Dispatches8:30a 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:
Ronan Manly: Central banks care about the gold price enough to manipulate it
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2018-03-28 11:33 Section: Daily Dispatches11:35p SSR Wednesday, March 28, 2018
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold: