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With 40,000 tonnes, China can trigger a weaponized gold revaluation at any time, Maguire says

Section: Daily Dispatches

10:23p ET Friday, January 26, 2024

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

China likely has 20 times the 2,200 tonnes in gold reserves it has officially reported, or 40,000 tonnes, London metals trader Andrew Maguire tells this week's edition of Kinesis Money's "Live from the Vault" program, making a weaponized gold price revaluation possible at any time.

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China's gold imports surge to record high as appetite increases, middle class guards wealth

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Mia Nulimaimaiti
South China Morning News, Hong Kong
Friday, January 26, 2024

China's appetite for gold rose to record high levels last year, as investors sought to secure their assets and limit uncertainties caused by a weak yuan, an ongoing property slump and fears over a stock market rout.

Imports of gold for non-monetary use -- products including gold jewellery -- rose to 1,447 tonnes last year, breaking the previous record of 1,427 tonnes in 2018, according to the General Administration of Customs.

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GATA's Murphy, GoldSeek's Waltzek ponder whether this will be gold's year

Section: Daily Dispatches

10:32p ET Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GATA Chairman Bill Murphy, interviewed by GoldSeek Radio's Chris Waltzek, discusses whether this will be the year when the fundamentals of gold and silver demand finally are reflected in prices now that gold seems to be holding above $2,000 per ounce.

The interview is 15 minutes long and can be heard at Goldseek here:

UK to loan back Ghana's looted 'crown jewels'

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Katie Razzall
British Broadcasting Corp. London
Wednesday, January 24, 2024

The UK is sending some of Ghana's "crown jewels" back home, 150 years after looting them from the court of the Asante king.

A gold peace pipe is among 32 items returning under long-term loan deals, the BBC can reveal.

The Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A) is lending 17 pieces and 15 are from the British Museum.

Ghana's chief negotiator said he hoped for "a new sense of cultural co-operation" after generations of anger.

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Pam and Russ Martens: Inspector general whitewashes former Fed official's trading

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By Pam and Russ Martens
Wall Street on Parade
Wednesday, January 24, 2024

To read mainstream media headlines, one would think that the Federal Reserve inspector general's office has exonerated former Dallas Fed President Robert Kaplan of any legal action for trading like a hedge fund kingpin while he was privy to insider information at the Fed.

Jamie McGeever: Foreign central banks think twice on U.S. Treasuries

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Jamie McGeever
Reuters
Tuesday, January 23, 2024

If foreign investors en masse are gorging on U.S. Treasuries, central banks may be beginning to lose their appetite.

Official U.S. flows data show that overseas private-sector investors -- banks, asset managers, insurance funds, pension funds, retail investors -- are loading up on Treasuries while the official sector's holdings are flat-lining at best.

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China rigs currency market just as U.S. does

Section: Daily Dispatches

China Moves to Support Yuan as Stock Markets Tumble

From Reuters
Monday, January 22, 2024

China's major state-owned banks moved to support the yuan today, tightening liquidity in the offshore foreign exchange market while actively selling U.S. dollars onshore as equities slid, four sources with knowledge of the matter said.

The goal was to prevent the yuan from falling too fast as China's A shares plunged, said one of the people, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite index posting its biggest one-day drop since April 2022 on Monday, down 2.7%.

Pam and Russ Martens: A Fed whistleblower reveals efforts to silence him

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Pam and Russ Martens
Wall Street on Parade
Monday, January 22, 2024

The U.S. Department of Justice needs to immediately appoint an independent special counsel to investigate how long and in how many ways the U.S. central bank (the Federal Reserve) has been functioning as a protection racket for Wall Street mega-banks.

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Chinese yuan challenges U.S. dollar as African trade embraces other currencies

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Jevans Myabiage
South China Morning Post, Hong Kong
Sunday, January 21, 2024

When you land at the Kenneth Kaunda International Airport in Lusaka, Zambia, one of the billboards welcoming you to the Zambian capital advertises the services of the Bank of China.

There are not many countries in Africa where the Chinese government-owned financial institution offers fully fledged banking services in yuan, the Chinese currency.

New Jersey governor pocket-vetoes unanimously passed bill to end sales tax on gold and silver

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By JP Cortez
Money Metals News Service, Eagle, Idaho
Thursday, January 18, 2024

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has unilaterally killed a bill that would have exempted the sales tax on purchases of gold and silver.

Bill A5294 / S1825 had passed out of both committees and both chambers of the New Jersey legislature without a single "no" vote. This popular bill had more than a dozen co-sponsors and had unanimous approval in each legislative chamber. Despite this Gov. Murphy chose not to enact the bill into law through the use of a pocket veto.

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