A new gold standard is coming

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News Date: November 3, 2020

Excessive monetary stimulus, a by-product of an undisciplined fiat money system, will create problems for our economy as well as financial distortions, and the long-term solution is to move away from this system and re-adopt a gold standard.
There are a lot of financial bubbles, there are excessive debt levels, inequality is rising, you have got moral hazards, all these side effects of a fiat money standard are not really what we want, and eventually we get a lot of monetary instability and I think then at that point we have to get back to a gold standard.
Sources: www.silverdoctors.com, www.youtube.com

Russia is promoting its SWIFT-like system

Russia's SWIFT alternative is expanding quickly according to the country's central bank governor, Elvira Nabiullina statement:
"Russia has a System for Transmitting Financial Messages (SPFS), which is an alternative to SWIFT.
Similar infrastructure exists in some other countries.
We are holding discussions on the interaction of such platforms, but here the interest and technical readiness of our partners are important.
159 foreign participants from 20 countries have already joined the Russian system." SPFS - Sistema peredachi finansovykh soobscheniy;
SWIFT - The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (Headquarters: La Hulpe, Belgium);
SPFS and SWIFT are global financial messaging systems.
Financial messaging involves using messaging channels to exchange crucial financial information, from account updates to fraud alerts.
The Chinese alternative is named: The Cross-Border Interbank Payment System (CIPS).

US Jobs Data could Trouble the Market

Goldman: The Market's Reaction To The Jobs Report Means Brace For A Stubborn Grind Higher In September.
Unusually large U.S. jobs number stokes case for 'unusually large' rate hike.
Friday's 'Great' Jobs Number Could Spell Trouble For The Market.
'Great' US Jobs Data Make Case for Bigger Fed Rate Increases.
Bond markets complicate Fed decision after jobs report.
There is a probability of a 0.75% move in September, a noticeable change from the 0.50% move markets were pricing prior to Friday's jobs report.
Sources: substack, finance.yahoo

The longest partial lunar eclipse of the century next week

The partial lunar eclipse will last three hours 28 minutes and 23 seconds. It is also the longest partial lunar eclipse for 580 years.
Everything you need to know about the longest partial lunar eclipse in 580 years:
The event will begin on November 19 at approximately 2.19 a.m. EST.
a) Everyone in North America will see it;
b) Don't miss the 'max red' moment;
c) Get up earlier to see 'Half Blood Moon';
d) It is the longest partial lunar eclipse this century;
e) The southern limb of the Moon won't turn red.
Sources: insiderpaper.com

Gold & Silver Will Be Unstoppable

The escape from failing fiat will lead to rising nominal interest rates, with all the consequences which that entails. The inevitable outcome is a flight to commodities, including gold and silver, despite rising interest rates for fiat money.
The gold standard of the nineteenth century and is easily explained: within a confined money total such as that of monetary gold, an increase in the quantity of goods and services taking place can only be accommodated by a decline in the general level of prices. Put another way, the purchasing power of sound money, a money whose quantity is not inflated, always rises over time.
Sources:kingworldnews.com

First-ever cross-border settlement for precious metals

The Bank of China Shanghai Branch achieved a historic milestone by conducting the first-ever cross-border settlement for precious metals using the digital yuan (e-CNY) on December 20.
Collaborating closely with the Shanghai Gold Exchange, they executed a 100 million yuan digital renminbi transaction, marking a significant advancement in the financial factor market.
This successful initiative demonstrates the practical application of digital currency in cross-border transactions for precious metals and sets a precedent for future developments in this space.