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Sound Money Defense League's successes discussed on Palisades Gold Radio

Section: Daily Dispatches

7:10p ET Friday, July 7, 2023

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Stefan Gleason of the Sound Money Defense League (and coin and bullion dealer Money Metals Exchange) today explains to Tom Bodrovics of Palisades Gold Radio the league's increasingly successful work to exempt the purchase and sale of the monetary metals from state taxes in the United States.

China boosts gold reserves for eighth month

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Sybilla Gross
Bloomberg News
Friday, July 7, 2023

China added to its gold reserves for an eighth consecutive month, with economic and geopolitical risks as well as a desire to move away from the U.S. dollar driving the purchases.

People's Bank of China holdings of bullion rose by 680,000 troy ounces last month, according to official data released today. That's equivalent to 23 tons. Total stockpiles now sit at 2,330 tons, with around 183 tons added in the run of buying from November.

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More states consider sales tax exemptions for monetary metals as Mississippi law takes effect

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Stefan Gleason
Money Metals News Service, Eagle, Idaho
Thursday, July 6, 2023

Assessing a state sales tax on the purchase of gold and silver is becoming an outmoded, indeed outrageous, practice -- but a small number of U.S. states still engage in it.

Several of the remaining seven states that tax all precious metals purchases are considering enacting their own exemptions, and just this week Mississippi bureaucrats formally stopped slapping these taxes on citizens.

Alasdair Macleod: The real determinants of currency value

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Alasdair Macleod
GoldMoney, Toronto
Thursday, July 6, 2023

There are two components to the inflation story: the cycle of bank credit, which left to itself is self-cancelling, and the longer-term erosion of currency values. In examining the causes, this article goes back to monetary basics to explain what is required to make a currency's purchasing power stable.

China is in default on a trillion dollars in debt to U.S. bondholders

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Andrew Hale
The Hill, Washington
Tuesday, July 4, 2023

Every country should pay its sovereign debt. Default, we are told, is not an option.

But has anyone told China?

The United States pays interest on approximately $850 billion in debt held by the People's Republic of China. China, however, is currently in default on its sovereign debt held by American bondholders.

Curb use of central bank alternatives to Libor, watchdog says

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Huw Jones
Reuters
Monday, July 3, 2023

LONDON -- The use of four dollar-denominated alternatives to the now-scrapped Libor interest rate need restrictions to avoid threatening financial stability, a global securities watchdog said today.

IOSCO, a global securities watchdog group that includes the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as a member, said a review has identified "varying degrees of vulnerability" in these four unnamed rates.

The final dollar-denominated London Interbank Offered Rate or Libor was published last Friday.

Jan Nieuwenhuijs: Despite its declining price, gold is strengthening

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Jan Nieuwenhuijs
Gainsville Coins, Lutz, Florida
Monday, July 3, 2023

The U.S. dollar price of gold has been declining in the past two months, though it continues to show significant strength against the 10-year TIPS yield, to which it was tightly correlated from 2006 until 2021. Gold's performance since early 2022 must be seen as bullish.

A big change has occurred in the gold market since Russia invaded Ukraine and the West seized the euro and dollar denominated assets from Russia’s central bank. 

USAGold's July 'News & Views' letter is available

Section: Daily Dispatches

12:35p ET Saturday, July 1, 2023

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

USA Gold's "News & Views" letter for July, posted today, offers its top 10 gold-related commentaries for the last month and they may encourage fans of the monetary metals. The July edition can be found here:

https://mailchi.mp/70474d8eaec9/top-ten-articles-for-june-news-views-subscription

Gold revaluation is imminent even as Fed fights it, Maguire tells LFTV

Section: Daily Dispatches

10:30p Friday, June 30, 2023

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Gold revaluation is imminent, London metals trader Andrew Maguire tells Kinesis Money's "Live from the Vault" program with Shane Morand this week, with the U.S. Federal Reserve continuing to short the monetary metal in the paper market while central banks around the world are steadily buying physical gold to strengthen their currencies. But, Maguire adds, it is silver that is the most undervalued asset.

The program is 33 minutes long and can be viewed at YouTube here:

Kinross rejected takeover bid from Endeavor, sources tell Bloomberg

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Dinesh Nair, Jacob Lorinc, and Jack Farchy
Bloomberg News
via Yahoo News, Sunnyvale, California
Friday, June 30, 2023

In recent months Endeavour Mining made a takeover approach to rival Kinross Gold Corp. that was rebuffed by the Canadian company, according to people familiar with the matter.

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