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Banks must face class action in UK over forex rigging

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Katharine Gemmell
Bloomberg News
Tuesday, July 25, 2023

Banks including JPMorgan Chase & Co, Barclays, and Citigroup Inc will face a class-action suit over allegations of foreign exchange manipulation after a London judge gave a full trial the go-ahead.

The FX collusion claim, which is also being brought against NatWest Group, UBS Group, and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, could be worth as much as $3.5 billion, according to estimates from lawyers Hausfeld running the suit.

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Fed to hold open meeting on Basel III endgame proposal

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By Kyle Campbell
American Banker, New York
Friday, July 21, 2023

The Federal Reserve Board of Governors will hold an open meeting next Thursday to discuss a forthcoming proposal related to the final implementation of the Basel III international regulatory framework.

The meeting will be held at 1 p.m. at the Martin Federal Reserve Board Building in Washington and streamed live on the Fed's website, according to a notice published by the Fed. 

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BRICS currency not on summit agenda, S. African official says

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By Rachel Savage and Carien du Plessis
Reuters
Thursday, July 20, 2023

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- A BRICS currency will not be on the agenda of the bloc's summit in South Africa next month, but Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa will continue to switch away from the U.S. dollar, South Africa's senior BRICS diplomat said today.

Jan Nieuwenhuijs: China's central bank manipulates Shanghai gold price

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By Jan Nieuwenhuijs
Gainsville Coins, Lutz, Florida
Thursday, July 20, 2023

By obstructing gold imports and exports, the People's Bank of China greatly amplifies the gold premiums or discounts on the Shanghai Gold Exchange relative to metal traded in London. 

Alasdair Macleod: Why the dollar is finished

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By Alasdair Macleod
GoldMoney, Toronto
Thursday, July 20, 2023

Last week in my Goldmoney Insight I analysed the rationale for a new gold-backed trade settlement currency on the agenda of the BRICS summit in Johannesburg on August 22-24. This article is about the consequences for the dollar-based fiat currency regime.

There is strong evidence that planning for this new trade settlement currency has been in the works for some time and has been properly considered. 

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Ronan Manly: Asahi vault 30 miles outside NYC added to Comex list

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By Ronan Manly
Bullion Star, Singapore
Wednesday, July 19, 2023

Those who keep an eye on the well-known Comex daily gold and silver inventory reports, (officially titled CME's "Warehouse and Depository Stocks") will by now have noticed that a new depository and vault called Asahi Depository LLC has recently made an appearance on the reports, specifically since May this year.

RFK Jr. favors slowly returning U.S. to hard currency standard

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RFK Jr. Announces Plan to Back Dollar With Bitcoin, End Bitcoin Taxes

From Bitcoin Magazine, Nashville, Tennessee
via TheStreet.com, New York
Tuesday, July 18, 2023

Speaking at a Heal-the-Divide Political Action Committee event, Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. outlined specific Bitcoin-focused policies that he would enact as president, including gradually backing the U.S. dollar with bitcoin and making bitcoin profits exempt from capital gains taxes.

Craig Hemke at Sprott Money: The great Keynesian experiment ends here

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By Craig Hemke
Sprott Money, Toronto
Tuesday, July 18, 2023

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, I came up with a tagline for my comments at ZeroHedge. It stated, "the end of the great Keynesian experiment is upon us, so prepare accordingly."

Well, it has taken longer than I expected, but at last here we are.

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Switzerland plans to conceal secrets of Credit Suisse collapse for 50 years

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By Pam and Russ Martens
Wall Street on Parade
Tuesday, July 18, 2023

The "Deep State" is increasingly feeling like the "Deep Banking State." 

Try to get any meaningful information to unravel the corrupt and dangerous interconnections between global banking behemoths today and some government or other entity has slapped a padlock on the information.

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GATA chairman sees weakening in monetary metals price suppression

Section: Daily Dispatches

9:42p ET Monday, July 17, 2023

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

GATA Chairman Bill Murphy, interviewed by GoldSeek Radio's Chris Waltzek, sees short-covering in the silver futures market and suspects that the entities that have been suppressing the price may be weakening, even as retail investor interest in the monetary metals has collapsed. The interview is 10 minutes long and can be heard at GoldSeek here:

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