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BIS gold swaps held steady at 34 tonnes in July, GATA's Robert Lambourne reports

Section: Daily Dispatches

8:55p ET Monday, August 12, 2025

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Gold swaps undertaken by the Bank for International Settlements, the central bank of the central banks and often their broker in the gold market, fell slightly in July, by about 14,000 ounces, but, rounded off, remained at June's 34-tonne mark, according to GATA consultant Robert Lambourne.

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Trump says tariffs won't be imposed on gold after all

Section: Daily Dispatches

From Reuters
Monday, August 11, 2025

President Donald Trump said today he would not impose tariffs on gold, a move welcomed by global bullion markets that ended days of speculation that the yellow metal could be caught up in the ongoing global trade spat.

"Gold will not be tariffed!" Trump said in a statement posted on his social media account. He gave no details.

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Ed Steer's weekend letter is posted at SilverSeek

Section: Daily Dispatches

1:50p ET Monday, August 11, 2025

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

The weekend edition of GATA board member Ed Steer's Gold and Silver Digest is headlined "A Commitment of Traders Surprise in Silver" and is posted in the clear at SilverSeek here:

https://silverseek.com/article/cot-surprise-silver

CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer
Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc.
CPowell@GATA.org

Stuart Englert: The verdict is in -- gold is money

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Stuart Englert
StuartEnglert.Substack.com
Saturday, August 9, 2025

If gold were judged in an impartial court of law, the jury would find the majestic metal a superior form of money.

Fiat currency advocates would lose the legal battle and debate, and the sound-money defense would rest and win the case with overwhelming documentary proof and supportive testimony.

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Record-high gold prices push jewelers to offer gilded veneer to prevent sticker shock

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Lisa Fickenscher
New York Post
Friday, August 8, 2025

Jewelers have increasingly been pushing items that aren't entirely made of gold to prevent sticker shock as the precious metal hovers near record highs, the Post has learned.

Gold prices reached an all-time record $3,500 per troy ounce in April and then see-sawed between $3,000 and $3,200 in response to the uncertainty over tariffs.

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Gold keeps winning as physical demand beats U.S. intervention, Maguire tells LFTV

Section: Daily Dispatches

11:25a ET Saturday, August 9, 2025

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Some gold investors may be demoralized, London metals trader Andrew Maguire tells this week's edition of Kinesis Money's "Live from the Vault" program, but charts show that the monetary metal's price continues to rise in "stairstep" fashion as physical demand, particularly from BRICS countries, overwhelms the efforts of the U.S. Federal Reserve to keep the price down.

He adds that the Trump administration is pushing the world toward a revaluation of gold.

Gold and bitcoin compete to be safe havens, but here's why gold is winning so far this year

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Frances Yue
MarketWatch, New York
Friday, August 8, 2025

Gold futures scored another record high Friday -- with the precious metal extending its lead over bitcoin this year and, despite some volatility, reinforcing its status as the go-to safe haven in uncertain times.

A global market based on gold bars shudders on tariff threat

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Mark Burton, Jack Ryan, and Yvonne Yue Li
Bloomberg News
via Yahoo News, Sunnyvale, California
Saturday, August 9, 2025

The global gold market relies on a network of banks, refineries and couriers that can fly bullion between key trading hubs at a moment's notice in pursuit of the highest prices. On Friday, a shock US ruling suggesting that the metal would be subject to tariffs plunged that system into chaos.

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Jan Skoyles: With revaluation research, Fed hints that gold is government's life jacket

Section: Daily Dispatches

9:40p ET Friday, August 8, 2025

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GoldCore analyst Jan Skoyles observed this week that something major must be going on when the Federal Reserve commissions a study about revaluing central bank gold reserves. Apparently, she says, gold revaluation isn't a fringe idea offered by people on the fringes of monetary policy but something that even the central banking establishment is taking seriously now.

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Peter C. Earle: Is Trump's 39% tariff on gold a revenue grab or prelude to revaluation?

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Peter C. Earle
American Institute for Economic Research
Great Barrington, Massachusetts
Friday, August 8, 2025

In the early hours of trading today, global markets were shaken by the announcement by the Trump administration of a 39% tariff on imported gold bars weighing 100 ounces or more. U.S. December gold futures reached an all-time high price of $3,534.10 per ounce shortly after the declaration was made. 

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