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Jan Nieuwenhuijs: Repatriated gold reaches historic highs

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By Jan Nieuwenhuijs
Money Metals Exchange, Eagle, Idaho
Thursday, December 5, 2024

The share of global official gold reserves NOT stored at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Bank of England in London has reached 78% in 2024, from 51% in 1972.

The shift in this ratio appears to be accelerating and can be seen as a proxy for the West’s decline in financial dominance.

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From the New Orleans Investment Conference: The future of money

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By Brien Lundin
Gold Newsletter/Golden Opportunities
New Orleans Investment Conference
Metairie, Louisiana
Thursday, December 5, 2024

This year's 50th anniversary New Orleans Conference was packed full of highlights, but one of the best was our Future of Money Panel.

This is always a thought-provoking panel, and over recent years it has featured a number of today's most insightful monetary and macroeconomic experts exploring big ideas and providing compelling forecasts.

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Bitcoin is a competitor for gold, not dollar, Fed chairman says

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By Rocio Fabbro
Quartz, New York
Wednesday, December 4, 2024

While cryptocurrency fans like to float bitcoin as a possible replacement for the U.S. dollar, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell doesn't quite see it that way.

Speaking today at The New York Times DealBook Summit in Manhattan, the central banker said bitcoin is a speculative asset like gold rather than something comparable to a currency.

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George Will: What is the Federal Reserve for, exactly?

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Central bank's 'too leveraged to fail' principle has created a poisonous bailout culture 

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By George Will
The Washington Post
Friday, November 29, 2024

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/11/29/federal-reserve-bailouts-moral-hazard/

Silver's prospects discussed by GoldSeek Radio's Waltzek and GATA Chairman Murphy

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3:25p ET Monday, December 2, 2024

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GoldSeek Radio's Chris Waltzek today discusses silver's prospects with GATA Chairman Bill Murphy, who says JPMorganChase is still working to prevent the white metal from catching up to gold.

The interview is 8 1/2 minutes long and can be heard at GoldSeek's companion site, SilverSeek, here:

https://silverseek.com/article/goldseek-radio-nugget-bill-murphy-bad-guys-are-getting-out

Australia's Northern Star plan to buy De Grey Mining for US$3.3 billion

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By Melanie Burton and Aaditya Govind Rao
From Reuters
Monday, December 2, 2024

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Australian gold miner Northern Star Resources said today it will buy De Grey Mining in an all-share deal valuing the smaller miner at A$5 billion (US$3.3 billion) as high gold prices spur consolidation in the sector.

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Russia imposes temporary ban on export of precious metals waste and scrap

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From Interfax, London
Monday, November 25, 2024

MOSCOW -- The Russian government has introduced a temporary ban on the export of waste and scrap of precious metals from December 1, 2024, to May 31, 2025. This decision will enable increasing the load of Russian refinery operators, the Russian government said on its website Saturday.

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Peter St. Onge: How we could end the Federal Reserve

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By Peter St. Onge
Money Metals Exchange, Eagle, Idaho
Friday, November 29, 2024

How can we End the Federal Reserve?

Without a government-licensed counterfeiter, would we be eating cat food?

There's an entire industry dedicated to pumping out fear, uncertainty, and doubt of the post-apocalyptic dystopia that would descend upon the fair republic if we cancel the Fed's counterfeiting license.

So what would actually happen?

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Trump threatens 100% tariffs against nations that replace U.S. dollar

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Trump Warns BRICS Nations Against Replacing U.S. Dollar

By Lucia Mutikani and Ismail Shakil
Reuters
Saturday, November 30, 2024

https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-warns-brics-nations-against-replacing-us-dollar-2024-11-30/

WASHINGTON -- U.S. President-elect Donald Trump today demanded that BRICS member countries commit to not creating a new currency or supporting another currency that would replace the United States dollar or face 100% tariffs.

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