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Alasdair Macleod: The great credit unwind and the Fed's hidden pivot

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By Alasdair Macleod
GoldMoney, Toronto
Friday, March 24, 2023

We are all now aware that the global banking system is extremely fragile. Driving bank failures is contracting credit, which in turn drives interest rates higher. Though it is not generally appreciated, central banks have failed to suppress them.

Some regional banks have failed in the US and the run on Credit Suisse’s deposits has forced the Swiss authorities into forcing a reluctant rescue by UBS. Undoubtedly, as the great credit unwind plays out, there will be more rescues to come.

Powell and Yellen say banking system is sound as another big bank teeters

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By Pam and Russ Martens
Wall Street on Parade
Friday, March 24, 2023

The reassurances of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen that the U.S. banking system is sound, stand in sharp contrast to what is happening in markets. 

This week the shorts have found another easy new global bank target to try to take down after making a bundle of money betting against Credit Suisse, which was taken over for 82 cents a share on Sunday by its Swiss competitor, UBS.

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Craig Hemke at Sprott Money: Monetary madness endgame

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2:52p ET Wednesday, March 22, 2023

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

As the Federal Reserve slowly backs away from raising interest rates, the TF Metals Report's Craig Hemke writes at Sprott Money today that the Keynesian era of monetary management is coming to an end in the long-expected uncontrolled inflation.

Hemke's analysis is headlined "Monetary Madness Endgame" and it's posted at Sprott Money here:

https://www.sprottmoney.com/blog/Monetary-Madness-Endgame-2023-03-22

Former JPMorgan traders should get prison for spoofing, prosecution says

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By Steve Smith
Bloomberg News
Tuesday, March 21, 2023

The former head of the JPMorgan Chase & Co. precious-metals business and his top gold trader should get multiyear prison terms after they were convicted of spoofing the market for years, the U.S. government said in a court filing.

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PacWest Bank borrows billions as depositors scatter

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PacWest Secures $1.4 Billion Lifeline

By Sridhar Natarajan and Max Reyes
Bloomberg News
Wednesday, March 22, 2023

PacWest Bancorp is moving to shore up liquidity to protect itself after customers pulled 20% of their deposits since the start of the year.

The regional bank, whose shares have tumbled 58% this month, secured $1.4 billion from a financing facility from Atlas SP Partners and abandoned a separate push to raise capital because of market volatility, it said in a statement today.

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GATA Chairman Murphy interviewed by GoldSeek Radio's Chris Waltzek

Section: Daily Dispatches

10:45p ET Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GoldSeek Radio's Chris Waltzek this week interviewed GATA Chairman Bill Murphy, who said the bullish fundamentals for gold and silver remain in place -- as does manipulation of their markets by what he calls the gold cartel.

The next big rally in the metals, Murphy says, could fire up faster than anyone expects.

The interview is 12 minutes long and can be heard at GoldSeek's companion site, SilverSeek, here:

Jan Nieuwenhuijs: The hierarchy of money and the case for $8,000 gold

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9:31p ET Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Gold market researcher Jan Nieuwenhuijs writes today that central banks are gradually turning away from government currencies and back toward gold for the major component of their financial reserves. He calculates a likely future valuation of gold in U.S. dollars that is substantially higher than the price shown on charts tonight.

Nieuwenhuijs' analysis is headlined "The Hierarchy of Money and the Case for $8,000 Gold" and it's posted at the Gainesville Coins internet site here:

Pam and Russ Martens: At year-end JPM held more than $1 trillion in uninsured deposits

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By Pam and Russ Martens
Wall Street on Parade
Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Jamie Dimon is the chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase, the largest bank in the United States, which is also ranked the riskiest global bank by its regulators. But instead of getting his own house in order in the midst of a banking crisis, Dimon has been peculiarly focused elsewhere.

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