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New opportunity for silver: Demand to see a shake-up after COVID-19 outbreak – BMO

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(Kitco News) – After the COVID-19 outbreak peaks, countries around the world will begin efforts to re-start their economies and silver will greatly benefit from these actions as it embraces a new position in the commodity world — an ‘infrastructure’ precious metal, according to BMO.

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New opportunity for silver: Demand to see a shake-up after COVID-19 outbreak – BMO – Kitco NEWS

“”silver price”” – Google News

New opportunity for silver: Demand to see a shake-up after COVID-19 outbreak – BMO  Kitco NEWS

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$2,000 gold prices still in sight; stimulus to provide boost – WisdomTree

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(Kitco News) – Gold prices could still climb at least 20% higher from current levels due to increased monetary and fiscal stimulus, according to Nitesh Shah, director of commodity research at WisdomTree.

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Three things will determine if there’s an economic depression

Bloomberg/Tim Duy/4-7-2020

graphic image of a very long staircase“That bounce, however, won’t be a full recovery. There are two broad obstacles to a V-shaped recovery. First, expect some persistent damage to the economy as the result of firms going bankrupt and the severing of employer-employee relationships. The CARES Act, with its enhanced unemployment benefits and aid to business, helps minimize this damage, but it remains insufficient to stem all the bleeding.”

USAGOLD note:  Oregon University economist Tim Duy addresses objectively the questions on many investors’ minds as we move deeper into the fourth month of this crisis – which now seems like it has been with us for years, not months.

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US national debt near $24 trillion

table showing growth in the national debt since feb 28 almost $500 billionSource:  U.S. Treasury Department

USAGOLD note: The U.S. national debt is now less than $100 billion short of $24 trillion.  Over $700 billion has been added since the first of the year and $500 billion has been added in the month of March alone, as shown above.

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CME, LBMA say gold stocks healthy in New York and London

Reuters/Eileen Sorenjg

photo of gold bullion bars“The latest published numbers show record stocks of 8,326 tonnes of gold in London, which is equivalent to 666,045 standard 400-ounce gold bars, according to the LBMA, which oversees the London trade hub. Meanwhile, CME said its New York depositories held 9.2 million ounces of gold with 5.6 million ounces eligible as of March 30, nearing a record high in terms of stock levels.”

USAGOLD note:  So why the angst and attendant hullabaloo about a COMEX gold bullion shortage over the past ten days?


Repost from 4-2-2020

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Supercharged debt bets unravel and expose Wall Street risks

Bloomberg/Sally Bakewell, Sridhar Natarajan, and Nabila Ahmed

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“’Everyone knows you are playing with fire with leverage,’ said Michael Terwilliger, a portfolio manager at Resource Credit Income Fund. ‘Response to the last panic has built the new panic.’”

USAGOLD note:  Reading through this article you get the sense that Bloomberg might be revealing what could be the tip of a very large and complicated iceberg.


Repost from 4-2-2020

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Gold mining threatens indigenous forests in the Brazilian Amazon – Mongabay.com

Gold mining threatens indigenous forests in the Brazilian Amazon  Mongabay.com
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The 2 Best-Positioned Gold Miners Barrick and Newmont – Yahoo Finance

The 2 Best-Positioned Gold Miners Barrick and Newmont  Yahoo Finance