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James Turk: Heading toward another U.S. government default

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"How did you go bankrupt?" Bill asked.

"Two ways," Mike said. "Gradually and then suddenly."

-- Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises, 1926

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By James Turk
Tuesday, October 24, 2023

The financial position of the federal government of the United States has been gradually deteriorating for decades. It is now rushing headlong to the financial tipping point that will cause it to default on its promises yet again. What kind of default will it be this time?

Robert Lambourne: A strange coincidence or the Fed's back-door intervention in Treasuries?

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This dispatch is being repeated from Sunday, when e-mail trouble prevented it from reaching some subscribers.

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By Robert Lambourne
Sunday, October 22, 2023

1. Introduction

This note considers whether the developing short position in U.S. Treasury futures might be linked to the process of "Quantitative Tightening" (QT) whereby the Federal Reserve has been reducing its holdings of U.S. Treasuries and other assets since the peak reached in March 2022.

Why have all Chinese banks disappeared from the LBMA gold price auction?

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By Ronan Manly
Bullion Star, Singapore
Tuesday, October 24, 2023

There has been an unprecedented departure of all the Chinese banks from the London Bullion Market Association gold price auctions.

These departures have gone uncommented by the LBMA, the Financial Conduct Authority, the mainstream media, auction administrator ICE Benchmark Administration, and by the Chinese banks themselves.

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Robert Lambourne: A strange coincidence or the Fed's back-door intervention in Treasuries?

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By Robert Lambourne
Sunday, October 22, 2023

1. Introduction

This note considers whether the developing short position in U.S. Treasury futures might be linked to the process of "Quantitative Tightening" (QT) whereby the Federal Reserve has been reducing its holdings of U.S. Treasuries and other assets since the peak reached in March 2022.

Fed is only central bank still fighting gold, London metals trader Maguire says

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9:12p ET Friday, October 20, 2023

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

The Federal Reserve is the last central bank fighting the gold price, London metals trader Andrew Maguire tells Kinesis Money's Shane Morand on this week's episode of "Live from the Vault." 

Maguire also reviews the major central bank interventions against gold in the last two decades.

The program is 45 minutes long and can be viewed at YouTube here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMAwDI46pFw

Pam and Russ Martens: JPMorgan paid $1 billion in legal expenses in last six months ...

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... and is still battling hundreds of charges and legal actions on three continents

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By Pam and Russ Martens
Wall Street on Parade
Friday, October 20, 2023

At some point federal regulators, the Senate Banking Committee, and the criminal division of the U.S. Department of Justice are going to reach the same conclusion that Wall Street On Parade reached quite some time ago: JPMorgan Chase is a criminal enterprise in drag as a federally-insured bank.

To defeat U.S. sanctions, China must turn to gold, researchers say

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China Weighs Options to Blunt U.S. Sanctions in a Taiwan Conflict

By Eduardo Baptista
Reuters
Thursday, October 19, 2023

BEIJING -- In a war with the United States over Taiwan, China would need to create a global network of companies under U.S. sanctions, seize American assets within its borders, and issue gold-denominated bonds, according to Chinese government-affiliated researchers studying the Western response to Russia after its invasion of Ukraine.

U.S. suspends some sanctions on Venezuelan oil, gas, and gold

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By Eric Martin, Andreina Itriago Acosta, and Fabiola Zerpa
Bloomberg News
Wednesday, October 18, 2023

The United States has suspended some sanctions on Venezuelan oil, gas, and gold production, as well as those imposed on certain trading of the country's bonds, in response to the signing of an electoral roadmap agreement between the government of President Nicolas Maduro and the opposition.

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Court ruling might end naked short selling

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By James Stafford
OilPrice.com, London
Monday, October 16, 2023

American investors have been taken for a trillion-dollar ride by naked short sellers, in what could turn out to be the biggest financial regulatory scandal in North American history. 

While what is now an all-out war on naked short sellers intensifies, there is a new flashpoint on the front line -- a potentially devastating ruling targeting those who are alleged to make illegal naked short selling possible: the facilitators -- bankers and brokers.

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Malaysian government will revisit use of gold dinar as reserve currency

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By Nor Ain Mohamed Radhi and Qistina Sallehuddin
New Straits Times, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia
Tuesday, October 17, 2023

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- The government will revisit the idea of using the gold dinar as a reserve currency, the Dewan Rakyat [House of Representatives] heard today.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said the matter will be discussed during the upcoming meeting on Islamic economics and finance held in December.

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