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Rep. Mooney asks about repatriation of foreign gold from New York Fed

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From Money Metals News Service, Eagle, Idaho
Thursday, December 14, 2023

WASHINGTON -- As central banks across the globe continue to scoop up gold bullion for their reserves at record rates, U.S. Rep. Alex Mooney, R-West Virginia, is asking Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell some pressing questions about gold.

Gold currently trades at all-time highs in most currencies. Market insiders claim that Germany's Bundesbank is again seeking to repatriate some of its gold vaulted with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Alasdair Macleod: Underestimating debt traps

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By Alasdair Macleod
GoldMoney, Toronto
Thursday, December 14, 2023

The sharp decline in U.S. Treasury bond yields anticipates a pivot in Federal Reserve policy, which appeared to be justified this week by Chairman Powell's dovish tone. But the Fed is not in control of events.

2024 Sound Money Index highlights problematic states as well as gains

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From Money Metals News Service, Eagle, Idaho
Wednesday, December 13, 2023

With inflation, debt, and financial instability continuing to make headlines, a new national scorecard exposes Vermont, New Jersey, Maine, and Minnesota as America's absolute worst states for sound money, while Wyoming, South Dakota, Alaska, and New Hampshire came out on top in the rankings.

Chinese pay premium prices for gold as economic outlook dims

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By Momoka Matsumoto, Noriyuki Doi, and Hiroki Masuda
Nikkei, Tokyo
Wednesday, December 13, 2023

Strong demand in China has pushed the price of gold there above an international benchmark as investors worry about the economy and currency.

New York gold futures touched a record high of more than $2,100 per troy ounce this month and have hovered around $2,000 since then.

 

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Clive Maund: Gold and silver outlook after contrived flushout

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By Clive Maund
CliveMaund.com
Saturday, December 9, 2023

PM sector investors have just been royally played. First they are encouraged to pile in on gold's breakout to new highs, which occurred when it was already very overbought, and now they are being pressured into barfing their holdings before the sector turns around and then goes on to break out for real.

GATA's Steer interviewed by Operation Freedom's Dave Janda

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7:51p ET Tuesday, December 12, 2023

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Interviewed by Michigan talk radio host Dave Janda of "Operation Freedom" and WAAM-AM1600 in Ann Arbor, GATA board member Ed Steer, publisher of Ed Steer's Gold & Silver Digest letter, discusses the "wash, rinse, repeat cycle" of bullion bank manipulation of the gold and silver futures markets and the world's steady move away from the U.S. dollar, which, he says, is a step toward the end of the fiat currency system.

David Lin interviews Rosa Abrantes-Metz on gold market manipulation

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12:35p ET Monday, December 11, 2023

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Rosa Abrantes-Metz, managing director of international consulting firm BRG, discusses futures market manipulation with independent journalist David Lin, with an emphasis on the long-running manipulation of the gold market by major banks.

The interview is 38 minutes long and can be viewed at YouTube here:

https://youtu.be/8ol-qt3mEjU?si=umoeYt4Ll3bLoRfD

Willem Middelkoop: Central banks and the revival of gold

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By Willem Middelkoop
Official Monetary and Financial Issues Forum, London
Monday, December 11, 2023

One of the most significant changes in the world of money has been happening by stealth rather than through any policy announcement. Gold has regained a solid yet unofficial role in the world's monetary system in a barely noticed, gradual process that cannot now be overlooked.

James Hanson: Finding a home for paper gold again

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8:22a :Sunday, December 10, 2023

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

James Hanson, who recently retired as a financial analyst for the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., has written an essay showing how U.S. regulators long have been striving to obscure the positions taken in gold derivatives by U.S. banks.

Russia tries to unfreeze gold reserves for climate funds

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From Reuters
Saturday, December 9, 2023

DUBAI -- Russia said today it was looking into whether its frozen gold reserves, taken after Russia invaded Ukraine, could be used to finance the climate damage fund to help developing countries.

In what looked like an attempt to try to fulfil Moscow's aim of doing "everything possible" to stop the West from seizing its frozen reserves, Russia's climate envoy said at the COP28 summit that the move would help to close the gap between developed and developing countries in dealing with climate change.

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