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Jan Nieuwenhuijs: Why the gold price is sinking

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10:58a ET Friday, March 5, 2021

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Gold researcher Jan Nieuwenhuijs of the Gold Observer argues today that the gold price has been falling because of a rising interest rate on U.S. Treasury bonds but that the Federal Reserve eventually will push real interest rates to negative levels, boosting gold.

U.S. freezes Myanmar's billion at New York Fed

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By Simon Lewis and Humeyra Pamuk
Reuters
Thursday, March 4, 2021

WASHINGTON -- Myanmar's military rulers attempted to move about $1 billion held at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York days after seizing power on Feb. 1, prompting U.S. officials to put a freeze on the funds, according to three people familiar with the matter, including one U.S. government official.

John Adams: Bond market crisis will crack the silver price ceiling

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By John Adams
Adams Economics, Sydney, Australia
Thursday, March 4, 2021

The current crisis in bond markets will have dramatic implications for not only future economic policy but also for global commodity and precious metals markets, especially the gold and silver market.

As noted in early February 2021 in the article "The Biden Administration Will Accelerate Stagflation" --

Dollar is increasingly overvalued as deficit widens, international finance institute says

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By Chris Anstey
Bloomberg News
Thursday, March 4, 2021

The dollar has become increasingly overvalued thanks to a swelling U.S. current-account deficit, according to the Institute of International Finance.

China's yuan is the mirror image, becoming increasingly undervalued, the IIF found in a periodic assessment of exchange-rate misalignments.

Stefan Gleason: The Great Reset is coming for the currency

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By Stefan Gleason
Money Metals Exchange, Eagle, Idaho
Tuesday, March 3, 2021

As the Great Reset proceeds from globalist think tanks and technology billionaires to allied media elites, governments, schools, and Woke corporations, what will be "reset" next?

Gold and silver went into backwardation today, a bullish sign, Turk tells KWN

Section: Daily Dispatches

8:25p ET Wednesday, March 3, 2021

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GoldMoney founder and GATA consultant James Turk tells King World News today that gold and silver prices went into backwardation today, signifying that low prices brought out buyers of real metal, a bullish sign. Turk says it seems that weak hands trading the metals on margin in the futures markets have been washed out.

Poland keeps rates on hold in defiance of accelerating inflation

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By Maciej Onoszko
Bloomberg News
Wednesday, March 3, 2021

Poland's central bank kept interest rates unchanged, looking past a spike in inflation to the highest in a decade as new Covid-19 restrictions threaten to stifle economic growth.

Clint Siegner: Bullion banks sell even more silver, but do they have it?

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By Clint Siegner
Money Metals Exchange, Eagle, Idaho
Monday, March 1, 2021

Anyone with a naked short in the silver futures market risks getting squeezed by physical buying. Demand for delivery of Comex silver bars is rising, even as the paper price of the metal fell more than 4.5% last week.

Pam and Russ Martens: A year later, we have no idea who got $9 trillion from the Fed

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By Pam and Russ Martens
Wall Street on Parade
Monday, March 1, 2021

Beginning on September 17, 2019 -- months before there was any report of a Covid-19 case anywhere in the world -- the Federal Reserve turned on its money spigot to the trading houses on Wall Street.

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