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E.J. Antoni and Peter St. Onge: Uniparty is only a few steps away from gutting the dollar

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By E.J. Antoni and Peter St. Onge
The Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C.
Tuesday, February 27, 2024

America's political establishment has less respect for the U.S. dollar than our foreign adversaries.

That was made clear when Tucker Carlson recently interviewed the Russian strongman President Vladimir Putin, who clearly articulated how the uniparty in Washington is destroying America's greatest strategic and economic asset—her currency.

Fed chairman refuses to answer congressman's questions on gold repatriation

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By Ken Silva
HeadlineUSA, Charlotte, North Carolina
Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Concerned about a weaponized financial system, many countries have signaled plans to remove their gold and other assets from the United States in the wake of the unprecedented Western sanctions imposed on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.

And at least one congressman is demanding answers from the Federal Reserve as to how much foreign gold has actually been removed from U.S. shores so far.

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U.S. Treasury secretary would expropriate Russian assets, give them to Ukraine

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Yellen Urges World Leaders to 'Unlock' Frozen Russian Central Bank Assets and Send Them to Ukraine

By Fatima Hussein
Associated Press, New York
Tuesday, February 27, 2024

WASHINGTON -- Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Tuesday offered her strongest public support yet for the idea of liquidating roughly $300 billion in frozen Russian central bank assets and using them for Ukraine's long-term reconstruction.

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German financial magazine interviews GATA secretary on gold price suppression

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5:17p ET Monday, February 27, 2024

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Rainer Kromarek of the German financial magazine Smart Investor has just interviewed your secretary/treasurer about gold price suppression and what it will take for the monetary metal to break free of its central bank chains.

The interview can be found at the Smart Investor internet site --

https://www.smartinvestor.de/2024/02/22/im-zangengriff-der-notenbanken/

Maguire discounts gold confiscation, says bitcoin threat to dollar grows

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8:54p ET Friday, February 23, 2024

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

On this week's edition of Kinesis Money's "Live from the Vault" program, London metals trader Andrew Maguire tells host Shane Morand that any attempt by the U.S. government to confiscate gold would collapse bullion banks and cause an explosive rise in the monetary metal's price.

Maguire adds that there seems to be a big shift of investment from gold exchange-traded funds into bitcoin ETFs and that bitcoin is becoming as much a threat to the dollar as gold is.

Bundesbank burns through more than E20 billion to cover huge losses

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Next stop: gold revaluation?

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By Martin Arnold
Financial Times, London
Friday, February 23, 2024

The German central bank has burnt through the entire E19.2 billion of provisions it built up to cover financial risks as well as most of its E3.1 billion reserves to absorb the huge losses it made last year due to higher interest costs.

Ted Butler: Locked and loaded

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By Ted Butler
SilverSeek.com
Thursday, February 22, 2024

We have now reached the point in silver (and gold) where it is difficult for me to see how prices don't quickly explode. 

Everything I look at, from a physical supply/demand perspective to the paper positioning set up on the Comex, tells me we are at the point where only an upward price surge makes any sense. 

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Could Kansas residents start using gold as currency?

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By Jack Harvel
Topeka (Kansas) Capital-Journal
Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Kansans could start using gold and silver as currency to cover debts, taxes, and state fees if the Kansas specie legal tender act is passed.

Twenty-seven Kansas representatives sponsored the bill, which advocates say allows people to protect themselves from inflation. Several of the proponents also spoke broadly about their belief that gold is a superior form of currency compared to fiat.

Pam and Russ Martens: JPMorgan says its 'trading venues' are under investigation

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By Pam and Russ Martens
Wall Street on Parade
Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Last Friday, ahead of a three-day weekend when bad news could be expected to evaporate into the ether by the next news cycle, JPMorgan Chase dropped a bombshell in its 10-K (annual report) filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. 

The bank, which has admitted to an unprecedented five criminal felony counts since 2014, said its "trading venues" were under investigation by three unnamed regulatory bodies.

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Bad property debt exceeds reserves at largest U.S. banks

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By Stephen Gandel
Financial Times, London
Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Bad commercial real estate loans have overtaken loss reserves at the biggest U.S. banks after a sharp increase in late payments linked to offices, shopping centers, and other properties.

The average reserves at JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley have fallen from $1.60 to 90 cents for every dollar of commercial real estate debt on which a borrower is at least 30 days late, according to filings to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

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