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Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2018-03-06 14:42 Section: Daily DispatchesCentral Banks Have Work to Do to Regain Their 'Special Sauce'
By Fergal O'Brien
Bloomberg News
Tuesday, March 6, 2018
The financial crisis, global recession, and a long, slow recovery have dented public faith in central banks and it's going to be a hard slog to win it back, according to the Bank of England's chief economist.
Real Vision's gold documentary confirms market rigging by governments
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2018-03-06 09:36 Section: Daily Dispatches9:40a Tuesday, March 6, 2018
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Grant Williams of Real Vision has posted in the clear at You Tube a trailer for his new two-part documentary on gold, the second part examining gold market manipulation.
U.S. Libor exposures larger than thought at $200 trillion
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2018-03-05 15:26 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Karen Brettell
Reuters
Monday, March 5, 2018
A committee of large banks tasked with helping U.S. derivatives markets move away from reliance on the London interbank offered rate (Libor) said today that the benchmark rate underpins more derivatives and loans than previously thought, adding to the need to reduce its influence.
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard: Warnings of financial blowup in Hong Kong
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2018-03-05 10:57 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The Telegraph, London
via The Sydney Morning Herald, Australia
Monday, March 5, 2018
Hong Kong's currency regime is coming under serious strain as the U.S. Federal Reserve steps up the pace of monetary tightening, threatening to set off an unpredictable chain of events in the world's most overstretched financial system.
Study finds increase in taxi trips between NY Fed and banks around FOMC meetings
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2018-03-05 09:39 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Michael S. Derby
The Wall Street Journal
Monday, March 5, 2018
A dubious theory about 'gold pukes': Banks desperate for dollar liquidity
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2018-03-04 22:22 Section: Daily DispatchesThis elaborates on the original dispatch, adding clarifying detail. / cp
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10:30p ET Sunday, March 4, 2018
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Alasdair Macleod: The yuan oil futures contract's implications for gold
Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2018-03-03 10:43 Section: Daily Dispatches10:43a ET Saturday, March 3, 2018
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
U.S. dollar outlook darkens as trade war looms
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2018-03-02 20:11 Section: Daily DispatchesThis also likely will prompt more vigorous suppression of the monetary metals by the U.S. government, and more determined avoidance of the issue by mainstream financial news organizations.
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Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss
Reuters
Friday, March 2, 2018
New analysis sees return of trillion-dollar budget deficits
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2018-03-02 18:11 Section: Daily DispatchesThis probably will require even more vigorous suppression of monetary metals prices.
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By Andrew Taylor
Associated Press
via Minneapolis Star Tribune
Friday, March 2, 2018
Dumping U.S. debt may become a weapon in global trade war
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2018-03-02 17:56 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Richard Leong
Reuters
Friday, March 2, 2018
NEW YORK -- President Donald Trump's plan to slap stiff tariffs on imported steel and aluminum has rattled financial markets and stirred fears that some trading partners might retaliate by dumping U.S. Treasuries.
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