GOLD PRICE CLOSED DOWN $3.35 TO $2291.00

SILVER PRICE UP $0.20 TO $27.14

Gold ACCESS CLOSED $2287.00

Silver ACCESS CLOSED: $26.80

The defense of $2300 gold is now upon us. Silver’s next line is $28.52. Then $34.76

Bitcoin morning price:$66,280 UP 395 DOLLARS.

Bitcoin: afternoon price: $68,832 UP 2947 dollars

Platinum price closing UP $6.45 TO $941.55

Palladium price; UP $17.85 AT $1036.30

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SHANGHAI GOLD PREMIUM 23 DOLLARS/COMEX GOLD

SHANGHAI GOLD……

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SHANGHAI GOLD (USD) FUTURES – QUOTES

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MONTH	LAST	CHANGE	PRIOR SETTLE	OPEN	HIGH	LOW	UPDATED
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MAY 2024 SGUK4	–	–	2315.6	–	–	–	12:30:16 CT 04 Apr 2024
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OCT 2024 SGUV4	–	–	2355.0	–	–	–	12:30:16 CT 04 Apr 2024
DEC 2024 SGUZ4	–	–	2355.6	–	–	–	12:30:16 CT 04 Apr 2024
FEB 2025 SGUG5	–	–	2356.2	–	–	–	12:30:16 CT 04 Apr 2024
APR 2025 SGUJ5	–	–	–	–	–	–

I will now provide gold in Canadian dollars, British pounds and Euros

4: 15 PM ACCESS

*CANADIAN GOLD: $3098.60 DOWN 11.25- CDN dollars per oz( * NEW ALL TIME HIGH 3,109.34 CDN DOLLARS PER OZ//APRIL 3 2024)

*BRITISH GOLD: 1809.42 DOWN 6.51 pounds per oz// *(NEW ALL TIME HIGH//CLOSING///1816.41 BRITISH POUNDS/OZ) APRIL 3/2024

*EURO GOLD: 2110.40 DOWN 9.31 euros per oz //* (ALL TIME CLOSING HIGH: 2120.82 EUROS PER OZ//APRIL 3.2024)

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EXCHANGE: COMEX

EXCHANGE: COMEX
CONTRACT: APRIL 2024 COMEX 100 GOLD FUTURES
SETTLEMENT: 2,294.400000000 USD
INTENT DATE: 04/03/2024 DELIVERY DATE: 04/05/2024
FIRM ORG FIRM NAME ISSUED STOPPED

092 C DEUTSCHE BANK 1
118 C MACQUARIE FUT 362
118 H MACQUARIE FUT 32
132 C SG AMERICAS 5 14
190 H BMO CAPITAL 561
363 C WELLS FARGO SEC 1347
435 H SCOTIA CAPITAL 333
555 C BNP PARIBAS SEC 5
661 C JP MORGAN 30 790
686 C STONEX FINANCIA 5
690 C ABN AMRO 3 9
726 C CUNNINGHAM COM 3
737 C ADVANTAGE 14 27
905 C ADM 1

TOTAL: 1,771 1,771
MONTH TO DATE: 12,935

JPMORGAN STOPPED (RECEIVED) 790/1771 CONTRACTS

FOR APRIL/2024

GOLD: NUMBER OF NOTICES FILED FOR APRIL/2024. CONTRACT: 1771 NOTICES FOR 177,100 OZ or 5.508 TONNES

total notices so far: 12,935 contracts for 1,293,500 Oz (40.233 tonnes)

FOR APRIL:

SILVER NOTICES: 60 NOTICE(S) FILED FOR 300,000 OZ/

total number of notices filed so far this month : 421 for 2,105,000 oz

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BOTH GLD AND SLV ARE FRAUDULENT VEHICLES//THEY ARE NOW RAIDING GLD AND SLV FOR PHYSICAL

THE CROOKS ARE STEALING GOLD AND SILVER FROM THE GLD/SLV AND REPLACING THE PHYSICAL WITH PAPER DOLLARS.

WITH GOLD DOWN $3.35

INVESTORS SWITCHING TO SPROTT PHYSICAL (PHYS) INSTEAD OF THE FRAUDULENT GLD/ :

HUGE CHANGES IN GOLD INVENTORY AT THE GLD: A DEPOSIT OF 1.73 TONNES OF GOLD INTO THE GLD/

/ /INVENTORY RESTS AT 830.73 TONNES

INVENTORY RESTS AT 830.73 TONNES

SLV//

WITH NO SILVER AROUND AND SILVER UP 20 CENTS AT THE SLV//

HUGE CHANGES IN SILVER INVENTORY AT THE SLV: A DEPOSIT OF 3.671 MILLION OZ OF SILVER INTO THE SLV

// INVENTORY RISES TO 437.312 MILLION OZ/

INVESTORS ARE SWITCHING SLV TO SPROTT’S PSLV.

CLOSING INVENTORY: 437.312 MILLION OZ

Let us have a look at the data for today

SILVER//OUTLINE

SILVER COMEX OI ROSE BY A MEGA MEGA HUMONGOUS SIZED 4556 CONTRACTS TO 171,379 AND RAPIDLY CLOSING IN ON THE RECORD HIGH OI OF 244,710, SET FEB 25/2020 AND THIS HUMONGOUS SIZED GAIN IN COMEX OI WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITH OUR STRONG GAIN IN PRICE OF $1.14 IN SILVER PRICING AT THE COMEX ON WEDNESDAY. WE HAD ZERO LONG LIQUIDATION AT THE COMEX SESSION WITH AGAIN PANICKING SHORT COVERING BY OUR SPECS WITH THE HUGE PRICE GAIN. WE HAD A HUMONGOUS 1781 T.A.S ISSUANCE AND THESE WILL BE USED FOR MANIPULATION LATER THIS MONTH/AS WELL AS TODAY. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE CROOKS NEED A HIGHER SILVER/GOLD T.A.S. TO CARRY ON THEIR CROOKED MANIPULATION ON A DAILY BASIS BUT DEMAND IS JUST TOO HIGH FOR THEM.

CRAIG HEMKE HAS POINTED OUT THAT THE CROOKS USE THE MID MONTH FOR MANIPULATION AS THEY SELL THEIR BUY SIDE OF THE CALENDAR SPREAD FIRST AND THEN KEEP THE SELL SIDE TO LIQUIDATE AT A LATER DATE. THUS WE HAVE TWO VEHICLES THE CROOKS USE FOR MANIPULATION AND BOTH ARE SPREADERS: 1) AT MONTH’S END/SPREADERS COMEX AND 2/ TAS SPREADERS, MID MONTH. TOTAL TAS ISSUED ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT: 1781 CONTRACTS. DESPITE MANY COMPLAINTS THAT THE CROOKS HAVE VIOLATED POSITION LIMITS DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE TAS ISSUED HAVE A VALUE OF ZERO (AS TO POSITION LIMITS FOR OUR CROOKED BANKERS). THE PROBLEM OF COURSE IS THAT THE CROOKS DO NOT LIQUIDATE THE TAS TOGETHER BUT SELL THE BUY SIDE FIRST AND THEN LIQUIDATE THE SELL SIDE TWO MONTHS HENCE. IT IS OBVIOUS MANIPULATION TO THE HIGHEST DEGREE BUT IT NATURALLY FELL ON DEAF EARS WITH OUR REGULATORS (OCC) WHEN THEY RECEIVED OUR COMPLAINTS. IT THUS LOOKS LIKE THE FED (GOV’T) IS BEHIND ALL OF THESE TRADES.

WE HAVE NOW SET ANOTHER RECORD LOW AT 114,102 CONTRACTS ///JULY 3.2023// OUR BANKERS WITH THE HELP OF SPECULATORS AND HIGH FREQUENCY TRADERS WERE UNSUCCESSFUL IN KNOCKING THE PRICE OF SILVER DOWN (IT ROSE BY $1.14), AND WERE UNSUCCESSFUL IN KNOCKING ANY SILVER LONGS AS WE HAD A MEGA HUMONGOUS SIZED GAIN OF 8093 CONTRACTS ON OUR TWO EXCHANGES WITH THE HUGE GAIN IN PRICE OF $1.14.

WE MUST HAVE HAD:

A HUMONGOUS SIZED 3537 CONTRACT ISSUANCE OF EXCHANGE FOR PHYSICALS) iiii) AN INITIAL SILVER STANDING FOR COMEX SILVER MEASURING AT 2.465 MILLION OZ (FIRST DAY NOTICE) FOLLOWED BY TODAY’S 400,000 OZ QUEUE JUMP//NEW STANDING 3.215 MILLION OZ//

//NEW STANDING FOR SILVER IS THUS 3.215 MILLION OZ

WE HAD:

/ MEGA HUMONGOUS SIZED COMEX OI GAIN/ MEGA HUGE SIZED EFP ISSUANCE/ VI) HUGE SIZED NUMBER OF T.A.S. CONTRACT ISSUANCE 1781 CONTRACTS)/

I AM NOW RECORDING THE DIFFERENTIAL IN OI FROM PRELIMINARY TO FINAL -REMOVED A WHOPPING 1402 CONTRACTS //

HISTORICAL ACCUMULATION OF EXCHANGE FOR PHYSICALS FEB. ACCUMULATION FOR EFP’S SILVER/JPMORGAN’S HOUSE OF BRIBES/STARTING FROM FIRST DAY/MONTH OF APRIL

TOTAL CONTRACTS for 4 days, total 7476 contracts: OR 37.380 MILLION OZ (1869 CONTRACTS PER DAY)

TOTAL EFP’S FOR THE MONTH SO FAR: 37.380 MILLION OZ

LAST 23 MONTHS TOTAL EFP CONTRACTS ISSUED IN MILLIONS OF OZ:

MAY 137.83 MILLION

JUNE 149.91 MILLION OZ

JULY 129.445 MILLION OZ

AUGUST: MILLION OZ 140.120

SEPT. 28.230 MILLION OZ//

OCT: 94.595 MILLION OZ

NOV: 131.925 MILLION OZ

DEC: 100.615 MILLION OZ

YEAR 2022:

JAN 2022-DEC 2022

JAN 2022// 90.460 MILLION OZ

FEB 2022: 72.39 MILLION OZ//

MARCH 2022: 207.140 MILLION OZ//A NEW RECORD FOR EFP ISSUANCE

APRIL: 114.52 MILLION OZ FINAL//LOW ISSUANCE

MAY: 105.635 MILLION OZ//

JUNE: 94.470 MILLION OZ

JULY : 87.110 MILLION OZ

AUGUST: 65.025 MILLION OZ

SEPT. 74.025 MILLION OZ///FINAL

OCT. 29.017 MILLION OZ FINAL

NOV: 134.290 MILLION OZ//FINAL

DEC, 61.395 MILLION OZ FINAL

TOTALS YR 2022: 1135.767 MILLION OZ (1.1356 BILLION OZ)

JAN 2023/// 53.070 MILLION OZ //FINAL

FEB: 2023: 100.105 MILLION OZ/FINAL//MUCH STRONGER ISSUANCE VS THE LATTER TWO MONTHS.

MARCH 2023: 112.58 MILLION OZ//FINAL//STRONG ISSUANCE

APRIL 118.035 MILLION OZ(SLIGHTLY GREATER THAN THAN LAST MONTH)

MAY 66.120 MILLION OZ/INITIAL (MUCH SMALLER THIS MONTH)

JUNE: 110.395 MILLION OZ//MUCH LARGER THAN LAST MONTH

JULY 85.745 MILLION OZ (SMALLER THAN LAST MONTH)

AUGUST: 171.43 MILLION OZ (THIS MONTH IS GOING TO BE HUGE //2ND HIGHEST ON RECORD

SEPT: 72.705 MILLION OZ (SMALLER THIS MONTH)

OCT: 97.455 MILLION OZ

NOV. 50.050 MILLION OZ

DEC. 66.140 MILLION OZ//

TOTAL 2023: 1,104.10 MILLION OZ/

JAN ’24 : 78.655 MILLION OZ//

FEB /2024 : 66.135 MILLION OZ./FINAL

MARCH: 143.750 MILLION OZ// 4TH HIGHEST ON RECORD.

APRIL: 37.38 MILLION OZ (THIS MONTH MAY BEAT LAST MONTH’S HUGE ISSUANCE)

RESULT: WE HAD A MEGA HUMONGOUS SIZED INCREASE IN COMEX OI SILVER COMEX CONTRACTS OF 4556 CONTRACTS WITH OUR STRONG GAIN IN PRICE OF SILVER PRICING AT THE COMEX//WEDNESDAY.,. THE CME NOTIFIED US THAT WE HAD A HUMONGOUS EFP ISSUANCE CONTRACTS: 3537 ISSUED FOR MAY AND 0 CONTRACTS ISSUED FOR ALL OTHER MONTHS) WHICH EXITED OUT OF THE SILVER COMEX TO LONDON AS FORWARDS. WE HAVE A GOOD INITIAL SILVER OZ STANDING FOR APRIL. OF 2.465 MILLION OZ ON FIRST DAY NOTICE FOLLOWED BY TODAYS’ 400,000 OZ QUEUE JUMP

//NEW TOTAL STANDING RISES TO 3.215 MILLION OZ

WE HAVE A MEGA MEGA HUMONGOUS GAIN OF 8093 OI CONTRACTS ON THE TWO EXCHANGES WITH THE STRONG GAIN IN PRICE. THE TOTAL OF TAS INITIATED CONTRACTS TODAY: A HUGE SIZED 1781 CONTRACTS//SOME FRONT END OF THE TAS CONTRACTS WERE LIQUIDATED DURING THE TUESDAY COMEX SESSION/// WITH MAJOR SHORT COVERING FROM OUR SPEC SHORTS

THE NEW TAS ISSUANCE WEDNESDAY NIGHT (1781) WILL BE PUT INTO “THE BANK” TO BE COLLUSIVELY USED AT A LATER DATE//PROBABLY TODAY., .

WE HAD 60 NOTICE(S) FILED TODAY FOR 300,000 OZ

THE SILVER COMEX IS NOW BEING ATTACKED FOR METAL BY LONDONERS ET AL.

GOLD//OUTLINE

IN GOLD, THE COMEX OPEN INTEREST FELL BY A TINY SIZED 327 CONTRACTS TO 499,606 AND CLOSER TO THE RECORD (SET JAN 24/2020) AT 799,733 AND PREVIOUS TO THAT: (SET JAN 6/2020) AT 797,110, BUT WE ARE NOW MUCH FURTHER FROM OUR ALL TIME LOW OF 390,000 CONTRACTS.

THE DIFFERENTIAL FROM PRELIMINARY OI TO FINAL OI IN GOLD TODAY: REMOVED 327 CONTRACTS

WE HAD A TINY SIZED DECREASE IN COMEX OI (439 CONTRACTS) DESPITE OUR $33.85 GAIN IN PRICE//WEDNESDAY. THE BANKERS WERE FORCED TO SUPPLY THE NECESSARY SHORT PAPER TO CONTAIN GOLD’S RISE.WE ALSO HAD A RATHER LARGE INITIAL STANDING IN GOLD TONNAGE FOR APRIL. AT 44.8615 TONNES ON FIRST DAY NOTICE FOLLOWED BY TODAY’’QUEUE. JUMP OF 8700 OZ.(0.2706 TONNES)

NEW TOTAL Of INITIAL GOLD STANDING 42.043 TONNES FOLLOWED BY TODAY’S 87000 OZ QUEUE JUMP//NEW STANDING 42.689 TONNES// ALL OF THIS HAPPENED WITH OUR $33.85 GAIN IN PRICE WITH RESPECT TO WEDNESDAY’S TRADING. WE HAD A GOOD SIZED GAIN OF 3769 OI CONTRACTS (11.723 PAPER TONNES) ON OUR TWO EXCHANGES.

E.F.P. ISSUANCE

THE CME RELEASED THE DATA FOR EFP ISSUANCE AND IT TOTALED A STRONG SIZED 4208 CONTRACTS:

The NEW COMEX OI FOR THE GOLD COMPLEX RESTS AT 499,606

IN ESSENCE WE HAVE A GOOD SIZED INCREASE IN TOTAL CONTRACTS ON THE TWO EXCHANGES OF 3769 CONTRACTS WITH 439 CONTRACTS DECREASED AT THE COMEX// AND A STRONG SIZED 4096 EFP OI CONTRACTS WHICH NAVIGATED OVER TO LONDON. THUS TOTAL OI GAIN ON THE TWO EXCHANGES OF 4096 CONTRACTS.. WE HAD THE FOLLOWING TAS CONTRACTS INITIATED (ISSUED): A FAIR SIZED 2192 CONTRACTS,

CALCULATIONS ON GAIN/LOSS ON OUR TWO EXCHANGES

WE HAD A STRONG SIZED ISSUANCE IN EXCHANGE FOR PHYSICALS (4208 CONTRACTS) ACCOMPANYING THE TINY SIZED LOSS IN COMEX OI (439) //TOTAL GAIN FOR OUR THE TWO EXCHANGES: 3769 CONTRACTS. WE HAVE ( 1) NOW RETURNED TO OUR FORMER FORMAT OF BANKERS GOING LONG AND SPECULATORS GOING SHORT ,2.) STRONG INITIAL STANDING AT THE GOLD COMEX FOR APRIL. AT 44.8615 TONNES FOLLOWED BY TODAY’S 0.2706 TONNES QUEUE JUMP //NEW STANDING 42.689 TONNES.

/ 3) ZERO LONG LIQUIDATION WITH THE HUGE JUMP IN PRICE.

// 4) TINY SIZED COMEX OPEN INTEREST GAIN/ 5) STRONG ISSUANCE OF EXCHANGE FOR PHYSICAL PAPER///6: FAIR T.A.S. ISSUANCE: 2192 CONTRACTS/ HUGE SHORT COVERING BY OUR WRONG FOOTED SPECS.

HISTORICAL ACCUMULATION OF EXCHANGE FOR PHYSICALS IN 2023-2024 INCLUDING TODAY

MARCH

ACCUMULATION OF EFP’S GOLD AT J.P. MORGAN’S HOUSE OF BRIBES: (EXCHANGE FOR PHYSICAL) FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL. :

TOTAL EFP CONTRACTS ISSUED: 16,409 CONTRACTS OR 1,640,900 OZ OR 51.03 TONNES IN 4 TRADING DAY(S) AND THUS AVERAGING: 4102 EFP CONTRACTS PER TRADING DAY

TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA AS TO THE SIZE OF THESE EFP TRANSFERS : THIS MONTH IN 4 TRADING DAY(S) IN TONNES 51.03 TONNES

TOTAL ANNUAL GOLD PRODUCTION, 2022, THROUGHOUT THE WORLD EX CHINA EX RUSSIA: 3555 TONNES

THUS EFP TRANSFERS REPRESENTS 51.03/3550 x 100% TONNES 1.43% OF GLOBAL ANNUAL PRODUCTION

ACCUMULATION OF GOLD EFP’S YEAR 2021 TO 2023

JANUARY/2021: 265.26 TONNES (RAPIDLY INCREASING AGAIN)

FEB : 171.24 TONNES ( DEFINITELY SLOWING DOWN AGAIN)..

MARCH:. 276.50 TONNES (STRONG AGAIN/

APRIL: 189..44 TONNES ( DRAMATICALLY SLOWING DOWN AGAIN//GOLD IN BACKWARDATION)

MAY: 250.15 TONNES (NOW DRAMATICALLY INCREASING AGAIN)

JUNE: 247.54 TONNES (FINAL)

JULY: 188.73 TONNES FINAL

AUGUST: 217.89 TONNES FINAL ISSUANCE.

SEPT 142.12 TONNES FINAL ISSUANCE ( LOW ISSUANCE)_

OCT: 141.13 TONNES FINAL ISSUANCE (LOW ISSUANCE)

NOV: 312.46 TONNES FINAL ISSUANCE//NEW RECORD!! (INCREASING DRAMATICALLY)//SIGN OF REAL STRESS//SURPASSING THE MARCH 2021 RECORD OF 276.50 TONNES OF EFP

DEC. 175.62 TONNES//FINAL ISSUANCE//

TOTALS: 2,578.08 TONNES/2021

JAN:2022 247.25 TONNES //FINAL

FEB: 196.04 TONNES//FINAL

MARCH/2022: 409.30 TONNES //FINAL( THIS IS NOW A RECORD EFP ISSUANCE FOR MARCH AND FOR ANY MONTH.

APRIL: 169.55 TONNES (FINAL VERY LOW ISSUANCE MONTH)

MAY: 247.44 TONNES FINAL//

JUNE: 238.13 TONNES FINAL

JULY: 378.43 TONNES FINAL

AUGUST: 180.81 TONNES FINAL

SEPT. 193.16 TONNES FINAL

OCT: 177.57 TONNES FINAL ( MUCH SMALLER THAN LAST MONTH)

NOV. 223.98 TONNES//FINAL ( MUCH LARGER THAN PREVIOUS MONTHS//comex running out of physical)

DEC: 185.59 tonnes // FINAL

TOTAL: 2,847,25 TONNES/2022

JAN 2023: 228.49 TONNES FINAL//HUGE AMOUNT OF EFP’S ISSUED THIS MONTH!!

FEB: 151.61 TONNES/FINAL

MARCH: 280.09 TONNES/INITIAL (ANOTHER STRONG MONTH FOR EFP ISSUANCE)

APRIL: 197.42 TONNES

MAY: 236.67 TONNES (A VERY STRONG ISSUANCE FOR THIS MONTH)

JUNE: 172.667 TONNES (WEAKER ISSUANCE THIS MONTH)

JULY: 151.69 TONNES (WEAKER THAN LAST MONTH)

AUGUST: 195.28 TONNES (A STRONGER MONTH)//FINAL

SEPT: 254.709 TONNES (WILL BE LARGER THAN LAST MONTH AND A STRONG MONTH)

OCT. 248.09 TONNES. LIKE SILVER, THIS MONTH IS GOING TO BE A STRONG E.F.P. ISSUANCE.

NOV. 239.16 TONNES//WILL BE STRONG THIS MONTH,

DEC. 213.704 TONNES. A STRONG MONTH//

TOTAL FOR YEAR 2023: 2,569.57 TONNES VS 2578 TONNES LAST YEAR

JAN ’24: 291.76 TONNES (WILL BE MUCH GREATER THAN LAST MONTH.//3RD HIGHEST EVER RECORDED EXCHANGE FOR PHYSICAL)

FEB’24: 201.947 TONNES

MARCH 2024: 352.21 TONNES//2ND HIGHEST EVER RECORDED EFP ISSUANCE.

APRIL: 51.03 TONNES (WILL BE A STRONG MONTH BUT LESS THAN MARCH 2024)

SPREADING OPERATIONS

(/NOW SWITCHING TO GOLD) FOR NEWCOMERS, HERE ARE THE DETAILS

SPREADING LIQUIDATION HAS NOW COMMENCED AS WE HEAD TOWARDS THE NEW ACTIVE FRONT MONTH OF APRIL. WE ARE NOW INTO THE SPREADING OPERATION OF GOLD

HERE IS A BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF HOW THE CROOKS FLEECE UNSUSPECTING LONGS IN THE SPREADING ENDEAVOUR ;MODUS OPERANDI OF THE CORRUPT BANKERS AS TO HOW THEY HANDLE THEIR SPREAD OPEN INTERESTS:HERE IS HOW THE CROOKS USED SPREADING AS WE ARE NOW INTO THE NON ACTIVE DELIVERY MONTH OF NOV HEADING TOWARDS THE ACTIVE DELIVERY MONTH OF FEB., FOR GOLD: AND MARCH FOR SILVER

YOU WILL ALSO NOTICE THAT THE COMEX OPEN INTEREST STARTS TO RISE BUT SO IS THE OPEN INTEREST OF SPREADERS. THE OPEN INTEREST IN WILL CONTINUE TO RISE UNTIL ONE WEEK BEFORE FIRST DAY NOTICE OF AN UPCOMING ACTIVE DELIVERY MONTH (APRIL), AND THAT IS WHEN THE CROOKS SELL THEIR SPREAD POSITIONS BUT NOT AT THE SAME TIME OF THE DAY. THEY WILL USE THE SELL SIDE OF THE EQUATION TO CREATE THE CASCADE (ALONG WITH THEIR COLLUSIVE FRIENDS) AND THEN COVER ON THE BUY SIDE OF THE SPREAD SITUATION AT THE END OF THE DAY. THEY DO THIS TO AVOID POSITION LIMIT DETECTION. THE LIQUIDATION OF THE SPREADING FORMATION CONTINUES FOR EXACTLY ONE WEEK AND ENDS ON FIRST DAY NOTICE.”

WHAT IS ALARMING TO ME, ACCORDING TO OUR LONDON EXPERT ANDREW MAGUIRE IS THAT THESE EFP’S ARE BEING TRANSFERRED TO WHAT ARE CALLED SERIAL FORWARD CONTRACT OBLIGATIONS AND THESE CONTRACTS ARE LESS THAN 14 DAYS. ANYTHING GREATER THAN 14 DAYS, THESE MUST BE RECORDED AND SENT TO THE COMPTROLLER, GREAT BRITAIN TO MONITOR RISK TO THE BANKING SYSTEM. IF THIS IS INDEED TRUE, THEN THIS IS A MASSIVE CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD AS WE NOW WITNESS A MONSTROUS TOTAL EFP’S ISSUANCE AS IT HEADS INTO THE STRATOSPHERE.

The crooks also use the spread in the TAS account (trade at settlement). They buy the spot TAS (e.g. June) and sell the future TAS two months out (e.g. August). Then they unload the front month (i.e. unload the buy side first so the price of gold/silver falls. This occurs in the middle of the front delivery month cycle. They unload the sell side of the equation, two months down the road. The crooks violate position limits as the OCC refuse to hear our complaints.

First, here is an outline of what will be discussed tonight:

1.Today, we had the open interest at the comex, in SILVER ROSE BY A MEGA GIGANTIC SIZED 4556 CONTRACTS OI TO 171,379 AND CLOSER TO THE COMEX HIGH RECORD //244,710(SET FEB 25/2020). THE LAST RECORDS WERE SET IN AUG.2018 AT 244,196 WITH A SILVER PRICE OF $14.78/(AUGUST 22/2018)..THE PREVIOUS RECORD TO THAT WAS SET ON APRIL 9/2018 AT 243,411 OPEN INTEREST CONTRACTS WITH THE SILVER PRICE AT THAT DAY: $16.53). AND PREVIOUS TO THAT, THE RECORD WAS ESTABLISHED AT: 234,787 CONTRACTS, SET ON APRIL 21.2017 OVER 6 YEARS AGO. HOWEVER WE HAVE NOW SET A NEW RECORD LOW OF 114,102 CONTRACTS JULY 3.2023

EFP ISSUANCE 3537 CONTRACTS

OUR CUSTOMARY MIGRATION OF COMEX LONGS CONTINUE TO MORPH INTO LONDON FORWARDS AS OUR BANKERS USED THEIR EMERGENCY PROCEDURE TO ISSUE:

MAY 3537 and ALL OTHER MONTHS: ZERO. TOTAL EFP ISSUANCE: 3537 CONTRACTS. EFP’S GIVE OUR COMEX LONGS A FIAT BONUS PLUS A DELIVERABLE PRODUCT OVER IN LONDON. IF WE TAKE THE COMEX OI GAIN OF 5958 CONTRACTS AND ADD TO THE 3537 E.FP. ISSUED

WE OBTAIN A MEGA HUMONGOUS SIZED GAIN OF OPEN INTEREST CONTRACTS FROM OUR TWO EXCHANGES OF 8093 CONTRACTS

THUS IN OUNCES, THE GAIN ON THE TWO EXCHANGES TOTAL 40.465 MILLION OZ

OCCURRED WITH OUR $1.14 GAIN IN PRICE …..

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OUTLINE FOR TODAY’S COMMENTARY

1a/COMEX GOLD AND SILVER REPORT

(report Harvey)

b, ) Gold/silver trading overnight Europe,//GOLD COMMENTARIES

(Peter Schiff)

c) Commentaries from: Egon von Greyerz///Matthew Piepenburg via GoldSwitzerland.com, Pam and Russ Martens

ii a) Chris Powell of GATA provides to us very important physical commentaries

b. Other gold/silver commentaries

c. Commodity commentaries//

d)/CRYPTOCURRENCIES/BITCOIN ETC

2.ASIAN AFFAIRS//

THURSDAY MORNING/WEDNESDAY NIGHT

SHANGHAI CLOSED //Hang Seng CLOSED / Nikkei CLOSED UP 321.29 PTS OR 0.81% //Australia’s all ordinaries CLOSED UP 0.81%///Chinese yuan (ONSHORE) closed UP 7.2327 //OFFSHORE CHINESE YUAN CLOSED UP TO 7.2491 /Oil DOWN TO 85.37 dollars per barrel for WTI and BRENT DOWN AT 89.29/ Stocks in Europe OPENED MOSTLY ALL GREEN// ONSHORE YUAN TRADING ABOVE LEVEL OF OFFSHORE YUAN/ONSHORE YUAN TRADING STRONGER AGAINST US DOLLAR/OFFSHORE YUAN STRONGER

A)NORTH KOREA/SOUTH KOREA

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b) REPORT ON JAPAN/
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3 CHINA
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4/EUROPEAN AFFAIRS
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5. RUSSIAN AND MIDDLE EASTERN AFFAIRS
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6.Global Issues//COVID ISSUES/VACCINE ISSUES
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7. OIL ISSUES
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8 EMERGING MARKET ISSUES
9. USA

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1. COMEX DATA//AMOUNTS STANDING//VOLUME OF TRADING/INVENTORY MOVEMENTS

GOLD

LET US BEGIN:

THE TOTAL COMEX GOLD OPEN INTEREST FELL BY A TINY 439 CONTRACTS TO 499,606 DESPITE OUR HUGE GAIN IN PRICE OF $33.85 WITH RESPECT TO WEDNESDAY TRADING. WE HAD STRONG T.A.S. LIQUIDATION AS WELL AS SHORTS DESPERATELY TRYING TO GET OUT OF THEIR NAKED SHORTS.

EXCHANGE FOR PHYSICAL ISSUANCE

WE ARE NOW IN THE NON ACTIVE DELIVERY MONTH OF APRIL..… THE CME REPORTS THAT THE BANKERS ISSUED A STRONG SIZED TRANSFER THROUGH THE EFP ROUTE AS THESE LONGS RECEIVED A DELIVERABLE LONDON FORWARD TOGETHER WITH A FIAT BONUS.,

THAT IS 4208 EFP CONTRACTS WERE ISSUED: : JUNE 4208 & ZERO FOR ALL OTHER MONTHS:

TOTAL EFP ISSUANCE: 4208 CONTRACTS

ON A NET BASIS IN OPEN INTEREST WE LOST THE FOLLOWING TODAY ON OUR TWO EXCHANGES: A GOOD SIZED TOTAL OF 3769 CONTRACTS IN THAT 4208 LONGS WERE TRANSFERRED AS EXCHANGE FOR PHYSICALS TO LONDON AND WE HAD A TINY SIZED LOSS OF 439 COMEX CONTRACTS..AND THIS GOOD GAIN ON OUR TWO EXCHANGES HAPPENED DESPITE OUR HUGE GAIN IN PRICE OF $33.85 WEDNESDAY COMEX. AS PER OUR NEWBIE TRADE AT SETTLEMENT (TAS) MANIPULATION OPERATION (WHICH CRAIG HEMKE HAS POINTED OUT HAPPENS DURING MID MONTH IN THE DELIVERY CYCLE), THE CME REPORTS THAT THE TOTAL T.A.S. ISSUANCE FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT WAS A FAIR SIZED 2192 CONTRACTS. WE HAD 0 EX FOR RISK ISSUANCE

THROUGHOUT THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS, THE BANKERS CONTINUE TO SELL OFF THE LONG SIDE OF THE SPREAD WHICH OF COURSE CONTINUES TO MANIPULATE THE PRICE OF GOLD SOUTHBOUND. (THEY KEEP THE SHORT SIDE OF THE CALENDAR/T.A.S. SPREAD WHICH WILL BE LIQUIDATED IN DAYS HENCE//. IT SEEMS THAT OUR CROOKS ARE HAVING A HARD TIME TRYING TO CONTROL THE PRICE OF GOLD AND THUS THE NEED FOR RECORD T.A.S. ISSUANCE.

// WE HAVE A STRONG AMOUNT OF GOLD TONNAGE STANDING: APRIL (42.689 TONNES) ( ACTIVE MONTH)

HERE ARE THE AMOUNTS THAT STOOD FOR DELIVERY IN THE PRECEDING 24 MONTHS OF 2021-2023:

DEC 2021: 112.217 TONNES

NOV. 8.074 TONNES

OCT. 57.707 TONNES

SEPT: 11.9160 TONNES

AUGUST: 80.489 TONNES

JULY: 7.2814 TONNES

JUNE: 72.289 TONNES

MAY 5.77 TONNES

APRIL 95.331 TONNES

MARCH 30.205 TONNES

FEB ’21. 113.424 TONNES

JAN ’21: 6.500 TONNES.

TOTAL YEAR 2021 (JAN- DEC): 601.213 TONNES

YEAR 2022:

JANUARY 2022 17.79 TONNES

FEB 2022: 59.023 TONNES

MARCH: 36.678 TONNES

APRIL: 85.340 TONNES FINAL.

MAY: 20.11 TONNES FINAL

JUNE: 74.933 TONNES FINAL

JULY 29.987 TONNES FINAL

AUGUST:104.979 TONNES//FINAL

SEPT. 38.1158 TONNES

OCT: 77.390 TONNES/ FINAL

NOV 27.110 TONNES/FINAL

Dec. 64.000 tonnes

(TOTAL YEAR 656.076 TONNES)

2023:

JAN/2023: 20.559 tonnes

FEB 2023: 47.744 tonnes

MAR: 19.0637 TONNES

APRIL: 75.676 tonnes

MAY: 19.094 TONNES + 1.244 tonnes of exchange for risk = 20.338

JUNE: 64.354 TONNES

JULY: 10.2861 TONNES

AUGUST: 38.855 TONNES(INCLUDING .6842 EXCHANGE FOR RISK)

SEPT: 15.281 TONNES FINAL

OCT. 35.869 TONNES + 1.665 EXCHANGE FOR RISK =37.0355 tonnes

NOV: 18.7122 TONNES + 16.2505 EX. FOR RISK = 34.9627 TONNES

DEC. 47.073 + 4.634 TONNES OF EXCHANGE FOR RISK = 51.707 TONNES

TOTAL 2023 YEAR : 436.546 TONNES

JAN ’24. 22.706 TONNES

FEB. ’24: 66.276 TONNES (INCLUDES 1.723 TONNES EX. FOR RISK)

MARCH: 18.8398 TONNES + 1.1695 EX FOR RISK = 20.093 TONNES

APRIL: 2024: 42.689 TONNES

THE SPECS/HFT WERE UNSUCCESSFUL IN LOWERING GOLD’S PRICE( IT ROSE $33.85 //// AND WERE UNSUCCESSFUL IN KNOCKING ANY SPECULATOR LONGS AS WE HAD A GOOD SIZED GAIN OF 3769 TOTAL CONTRACTS ON OUR TWO EXCHANGES DESPITE OUR HUGE PRICE GAIN 0F $33.85.

WE HAD A STRONG T.A.S. LIQUIDATION ON THE FRONT END OF WEDNESDAY’S TRADING ALONG. THE T.A.S. ISSUED ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, WILL BE “PUT INTO THE BANK” TO BE USED AT A LATER DATE AT THE COLLUSIVE CHOOSING OF OUR BANKERS. THE HIGH T.A.S. ISSUANCE IS MEANT TO CONTROL THE PRICE OF GOLD

WE HAVE GAINED A TOTAL OI OF 11.723 PAPER TONNES FROM OUR TWO EXCHANGES, ACCOMPANYING OUR INITIAL GOLD TONNAGE STANDING FOR APRIL. (44.8615 TONNES) ON FIRST DAY NOTICE FOLLOWED BY TODAY’S QUEUE JUMP OF 8700 OZ (0.2706 TONNES)//NEW STANDING; 42.689

NEW STANDING: 42.289 TONNES

ALL OF THIS WAS ACCOMPLISHED DESPITE OUR GAIN IN PRICE TO THE TUNE OF $33.85

WE HAD REMOVED 327 CONTRACTS TO THE COMEX TRADES TO OPEN INTEREST (CROOKS)

NET GAIN ON THE TWO EXCHANGES 3769 CONTRACTS OR 376,900 OZ (11.723 TONNES)

estimated volume today 186,491 //poor

final gold volumes/yesterday 267,353 good

//speculators have left the gold arena

APRIL 4/ INITIAL APRIL GOLD

/ /// THE APRIL 2024 GOLD CONTRACT

Gold	Ounces
Withdrawals from Dealers* Inventory in oz*	nil
Withdrawals from Customer* Inventory in oz*	nil oz .
Deposit to the Dealer* Inventory in oz*	nil oz
Deposits to the Customer* Inventory, in oz*	nil oz
No of oz served (contracts) today	1771 notice(s) 177,100 OZ 5.508 TONNES
No of oz to be served (notices)	778 contracts 77800 oz 2.4510 TONNES
Total monthly oz gold served (contracts) so far this month	12,935 notices 1,293,500 oz 40.233 TONNES
Total accumulative withdrawals of gold from the Dealers* inventory this month*	NIL oz
Total accumulative withdrawal of gold from the Customer* inventory this month*	x

0 dealer deposits:

total dealer deposits: nil oz

total customer withdrawals: 0

total customer withdrawal: nil oz

we had total deposit 0 oz

Adjustments: 0

CALCULATIONS FOR THE AMOUNT OF GOLD STANDING FOR APRIL.

For the front month of APRIL we have an oi of 2559 contracts having LOST 953 contracts. We had 1040 contracts served on Wednesday, so we gained 87 contracts or an additional 8700 oz (0.2706 tonnes) will stand at the comex

MAY LOST 79 CONTRACTS TO STAND AT 1670

JUNE DECREASED ITS OI BY 439 CONTRACTS UP TO 424,408 CONTRACTS.

We had 1771 contracts filed for today representing 177,100 oz

Today, 0 notice(s) were issued from J.P.Morgan dealer account and 30 notices were issued from their client or customer account. The total of all issuance by all participants equate to 1771 contract(s) of which 0 notices were stopped (received) by j.P. Morgan dealer and 790 notice(s) was (were) stopped (received) by J.P.Morgan//customer account

To calculate the INITIAL total number of gold ounces standing for the APRIL. /2024. contract month, we take the total number of notices filed so far for the month (12,935 x 100 oz ), to which we add the difference between the open interest for the front month of APRIL. (2559 CONTRACTS) minus the number of notices served upon today 1771 x 100 oz per contract equals 1,372,300 OZ OR 42.689 TONNES.

thus the INITIAL standings for gold for the APRIL. contract month: No of notices filed so far (12,935) x 100 oz + (2559) {OI for the front month} minus the number of notices served upon today (1771) x 100 oz which equals 1,372,300 oz (42.689 TONNES)

TOTAL COMEX GOLD STANDING FOR APRIL: 42.689 TONNES WHICH IS HUGE FOR A NON ACTIVE DELIVERY MONTH IN THE CALENDAR.

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COMEX GOLD INVENTORIES/CLASSIFICATION

NEW PLEDGED GOLD:

241,794.285 oz NOW PLEDGED /HSBC 5.94 TONNES

204,937.290 PLEDGED MANFRA 3.08 TONNES

83,657.582 PLEDGED JPMorgan no 1 1.690 tonnes

265,999.054, oz JPM No 2

1,152,376.639 oz pledged Brinks/

Manfra: 33,758.550 oz

Delaware: 193.721 oz

International Delaware:: 11,188.542 oz

total pledged gold: 1,613,334.853 50.18 tonnes

TOTAL OF ALL GOLD ELIGIBLE AND REGISTERED GOLD: 17,778,614.098 OZ

TOTAL REGISTERED GOLD 7,540,724.837 (234.54 tonnes).

TOTAL OF ALL ELIGIBLE GOLD: 10,237,889.261 OZ

REGISTERED GOLD THAT CAN BE SERVED UPON: 5,927,390 oz (REG GOLD- PLEDGED GOLD) 184.36 tonnes/dropping like a stone

END

SILVER/COMEX

APRIL 4

INITIAL

//2024// THE APRIL 2024 SILVER CONTRACT//INITIAL

Silver	Ounces
Withdrawals from Dealers* Inventory*	NIL oz
Withdrawals from Customer Inventory	60,446.890 oz CNT .
Deposits to the Dealer* Inventory*	nil OZ
Deposits to the Customer Inventory	nil OZ
No of oz served today (contracts)	60 CONTRACT(S) (300,000 OZ)
No of oz to be served (notices)	222 contracts (1,110,000 oz)
Total monthly oz silver served (contracts)	421 Contracts (2,105,000 oz)
Total accumulative withdrawal of silver from the Dealers* inventory this month*	NIL oz
Total accumulative withdrawal of silver from the Customer* inventory this month*

i) 0 dealer deposit

total dealer deposit :nil oz

i) We had 0 dealer withdrawal

total dealer withdrawals: 0 oz

We had 0 deposits customer account:

total customer deposits nil oz

JPMorgan has a total silver weight: 129.806 million oz/288.592 million or 44.98%

adjustment: 0

Comex withdrawals:

i) Out of CNT : 60,446.890 oz

total withdrawal: 60,446.890 oz

adjustment: 1 customer to dealer Delaware: 37,130.980 oz

TOTAL REGISTERED SILVER: 46.495MILLION OZ//.TOTAL REG + ELIGIBLE. 288.592million oz

CALCULATIONS FOR THE NEW STANDING FOR SILVER FOR DECEMBER:

silver open interest data:

FRONT MONTH OF APRIL /2023 OI: 282 CONTRACTS HAVING GAINED 69 CONTRACT(S).

WE HAD 11 CONTRACTS SERVED ON WEDNESDAY, SO WE GAINED 80 CONTRACTS OR ADDITIONAL 400,000 OZ WILL STAND AT THE COMEX UNDERGOING A QUEUE JUMP.

MAY SAW A GAIN OF 1547 CONTRACTS UP TO 120,581

JUNE WAS A GAIN OF 141 CONTRACTS RISING TO 213.

JULY SAW A GAIN OF 3579 CONTRACTS UP TO 31,702

TOTAL NUMBER OF NOTICES FILED FOR TODAY: 60 for 300,000 oz

Comex volumes// est. volume today 91,163 very strong

Comex volume: confirmed yesterday 156,811 wow!! plus.

To calculate the number of silver ounces that will stand for delivery in APRIL. we take the total number of notices filed for the month so far at 421 x 5,000 oz = 2,105,000 oz

to which we add the difference between the open interest for the front month of APRIL (282) and the number of notices served upon today 60 x (5000 oz) equals the number of ounces standing.

Thus the standings for silver for the APRIL/2024 contract month: 421 (notices served so far) x 5000 oz + OI for the front month of APRIL. (282) – number of notices served upon today 60 )x 500 oz of silver standing for the APRIL contract month equates to 3.215 MILLION OZ.

New total standing: 3.215 million oz.

There are 46.532 million oz of registered silver.

The record level of silver open interest is 234,787 contracts set on April 21./2017 with the price on that day at $18.42. The previous record was 224,540 contracts with the price at that time of $20.44

END

GLD AND SLV INVENTORY LEVELS//

BOTH GLD AND SLV ARE MASSIVE FRAUDS!

APRIL 4 WITH GOLD DOWN $3.35 TODAY; HUGE CHANGES IN GOLD INVENTORY AT THE GLD //A DEPOSIT OF 1.73 TONNES OF GOLD INTO THE GLD/ INVENTORY REMAINS AT 830.73 TONNES

APRIL 3 WITH GOLD UP $33,85 TODAY; NO CHANGES IN GOLD INVENTORY AT THE GLD // INVENTORY REMAINS AT 829.00 TONNES

APRIL 2 WITH GOLD UP $23.90 TODAY; HUG CHANGES IN GOLD INVENTORY AT THE GLD A WITH DRAWAL OF 1.15 TONNES OF GOLD FROM THE GLD.:// INVENTORY REMAINS AT 829.00 TONNES

APRIL 1 WITH GOLD UP $18.70 TODAY; NO CHANGES IN GOLD INVENTORY AT THE GLD:// INVENTORY REMAINS AT 830.15 TONNES

MARCH 28 WITH GOLD UP $26.30 TODAY; NO CHANGES IN GOLD INVENTORY AT THE GLD:// INVENTORY REMAINS AT 830.15 TONNES

MARCH 27 WITH GOLD UP $15.00 TODAY; HUGE CHANGES IN GOLD INVENTORY AT THE GLD: A WITHDRAWAL OF 5.18 TONNES OF GOLD FROM THE GLD// INVENTORY FALLS TO 830.15 TONNES

MARCH 26 WITH GOLD UP $1.40 TODAY; NO CHANGES IN GOLD INVENTORY AT THE GLD INVENTORY RISES TO 835.33 TONNES

MARCH 25 WITH GOLD UP $17.05 TODAY; NO CHANGES IN GOLD INVENTORY AT THE GLD INVENTORY RISES TO 838.50 TONNES

MARCH 22 WITH GOLD DOWN $23.75 TODAY; NO CHANGES IN GOLD INVENTORY AT THE GLD INVENTORY RISES TO 838.50 TONNES

MARCH 21 WITH GOLD UP $24.80 TODAY; HUGE CHANGES IN GOLD INVENTORY AT THE GLD A STRONG PAPER DEPOSIT OF 1.15 TONNES OF GOLD INTO THE GLD/:INVENTORY RISES TO 838.50 TONNES

MARCH 20 WITH GOLD UP $1.45 TODAY; HUGE CHANGES IN GOLD INVENTORY AT THE GLD A STRONG PAPER DEPOSIT OF 1.48 TONNES OF GOLD INTO THE GLD/:INVENTORY RISES TO 837.35 TONNES

MARCH 19 WITH GOLD DOWN $4.10 TODAY; HUGE CHANGES IN GOLD INVENTORY AT THE GLD A STRONG PAPER DEPOSIT OF 1.48 TONNES OF GOLD INTO THE GLD/:INVENTORY RISES TO 833.32 TONNES

MARCH 15 WITH GOLD DOWN $5.20 TODAY; NO CHANGES IN GOLD INVENTORY AT THE GLD/:INVENTORY REMAINS AT 816.86 TONNES

MARCH 14 WITH GOLD DOWN $12.20 TODAY; HUGE CHANGES IN GOLD INVENTORY AT THE GLD A DEPOSIT OF 1.73 TONNES OF GOLD INTO THE GLD//:INVENTORY REMAINS AT 816.86 TONNES

MARCH 13 WITH GOLD UP $14.40 TODAY; NO CHANGES IN GOLD INVENTORY AT THE GLD:INVENTORY REMAINS AT 815.13 TONNES

MARCH 12 WITH GOLD DOWN $21.15 TODAY; NO CHANGES IN GOLD INVENTORY AT THE GLD:NOT AVAILABLE///LAST VALUE 815.13 TONNES

MARCH 11 WITH GOLD UP $3.20 TODAY; HUGE CHANGES IN GOLD INVENTORY AT THE GLD: A WITHDRAWAL OF 1.44 TONNES OF GOLD OUT OF THE GLD AFTER 7 CONSECUTIVE GOLD PRICE RISES//INVENTORY RESTS AT 815.13 TONNES

MARCH 8 WITH GOLD UP $21.05 TODAY; HUGE CHANGES IN GOLD INVENTORY AT THE GLD: A WITHDRAWAL OF 0.87 TONNES OF GOLD OUT OF THE GLD AFTER 7 CONSECUTIVE GOLD PRICE RISES//INVENTORY RESTS AT 816.57 TONNES

MARCH 7 WITH GOLD UP $7.20 TODAY; HUGE CHANGES IN GOLD INVENTORY AT THE GLD: A WITHDRAWAL OF 4,20 TONNES OF GOLD OUT OF THE GLD//INVENTORY RESTS AT 817.44 TONNES

MARCH 6 WITH GOLD UP $17.20 TODAY; HUGE CHANGES IN GOLD INVENTORY AT THE GLD: A WITHDRAWAL OF 2.30 TONNES OF GOLD INTO THE GLD//INVENTORY RESTS AT 821.47 TONNES

MARCH 5 WITH GOLD UP $16.55 TODAY; HUGE CHANGES IN GOLD INVENTORY AT THE GLD: A WITHDRAWAL OF 2.30 TONNES OF GOLD INTO THE GLD//INVENTORY RESTS AT 821.47 TONNES

MARCH 4 WITH GOLD UP $30.55 TODAY; HUGE CHANGES IN GOLD INVENTORY AT THE GLD: A DEPOSIT OF .86 TONNES OF GOLD INTO THE GLD//INVENTORY RESTS AT 823.77 TONNES

MARCH 1 WITH GOLD UP $40.40 TODAY; NO CHANGES IN GOLD INVENTORY AT THE GLD/INVENTORY RESTS AT 822.91 TONNES

FEB29/WITH GOLD UP $12.60 TODAY HUGE CHANGES IN GOLD INVENTORY AT THE GLD//WITHDRAWAL OF 4.03 TONNES INVENTORY RESTS AT 822.91 TONNES

FEB28/WITH GOLD DOWN $1.00 TODAY NO CHANGES IN GOLD INVENTORY AT THE GLD INVENTORY RESTS AT 826.94 TONNES

FEB27/WITH GOLD UP $4.40 TODAY HUGE CHANGES IN GOLD INVENTORY AT THE GLD A WITHDRAWAL OF .87 TONNES OF GOLD FROM THE GLD:/INVENTORY RESTS AT 826.94 TONNES

FEB26/WITH GOLD DOWN $8.90 TODAY NO CHANGES IN GOLD INVENTORY AT THE GLD:/INVENTORY RESTS AT 827.81 TONNES

FEB23/WITH GOLD UP $17 TODAY HUGE CHANGES IN GOLD INVENTORY AT THE GLD: A WITHDRAWAL OF 2.01 TONNES OF GOLD FROM THE GLD.//INVENTORY RESTS AT 827.81 TONNES

FEB22/WITH GOLD DOWN $2.15 TODAY NO CHANGES IN GOLD INVENTORY AT THE GLD://INVENTORY RESTS AT 829.82 TONNES

FEB21/WITH GOLD DOWN $5.30 TODAY HUGE CHANGES IN GOLD INVENTORY AT THE GLD: A WITHDRAWAL OF 7.59 TONNES OF GOLD OUT OF THE GLD///INVENTORY RESTS AT 29.82 TONNES

FEB20/WITH GOLD UP $16.15 TODAY HUGE CHANGES IN GOLD INVENTORY AT THE GLD: A DEPOSIT OF 0.58 TONNES OF GOLD INTO THE GLD///INVENTORY RESTS AT 837.89 TONNES

FEB16/WITH GOLD UP $8,60 TODAY HUGE CHANGES IN GOLD INVENTORY AT THE GLD: A WITHDRAWAL OF 1.73 TONNES OF GOLD FROM THE GLD///INVENTORY RESTS AT 837.31 TONNES

FEB15/WITH GOLD UP $11.70 TODAY NO CHANGES IN GOLD INVENTORY AT THE GLD:/INVENTORY RESTS AT 841.92 TONNES

FEB14/WITH GOLD DOWN $2.75 TODAY NO CHANGES IN GOLD INVENTORY AT THE GLD:/INVENTORY RESTS AT 841.92 TONNES

FEB13/WITH GOLD DOWN $20.15 TODAY NO CHANGES IN GOLD INVENTORY AT THE GLD:/INVENTORY RESTS AT 841.92 TONNES

FEB12/WITH GOLD DOWN $4.80 TODAY HUGE CHANGES IN GOLD INVENTORY AT THE GLD: A STRONG WITHDRAWAL OF 1.74 TONNES OF GOLD FROM THE GLD. / //://INVENTORY RESTS AT 841.92 TONNES

FEB9/WITH GOLD DOWN $8.60 TODAY HUGE CHANGES IN GOLD INVENTORY AT THE GLD: A STRONG DEPOSIT OF 1.44 TONNES OF GOLD FROM THE GLD. / //://INVENTORY RESTS AT 843.66 TONNES

FEB8/WITH GOLD DOWN $2.70 TODAY HUGE CHANGES IN GOLD INVENTORY AT THE GLD: A MASSIVE WITHDRAWAL OF 5.47 TONNES OF GOLD FROM THE GLD. / //://INVENTORY RESTS AT 842.22 TONNES:

FEB7/WITH GOLD UP $0.40 TODAY HUGE CHANGES IN GOLD INVENTORY AT THE GLD: A MASSIVE WITHDRAWAL OF 4.04 TONNES OF GOLD FROM THE GLD. / //://INVENTORY RESTS AT 847.69 TONNES:

FEB6/WITH GOLD UP $8.50 TODAY NO CHANGES IN GOLD INVENTORY AT THE GLD:/ / //://INVENTORY RESTS AT 851.73 TONNES:

GLD INVENTORY: 830.73 TONNES

Now the SLV Inventory/( vehicle is a fraud as there is no physical metal behind them

APRIL 4/WITH SILVER UP $0.20 TODAY: HUGE CHANGES IN SILVER INVENTORY AT THE SLV: A DEPOSIT OF 3.671 MILLION OZ INTO THE SLV// SLV INVENTORY RESTS AT 437.312 MILLION OZ

APRIL 3/WITH SILVER UP $1.14 TODAY: HUGE CHANGES IN SILVER INVENTORY AT THE SLV: A DEPOSIT OF 2.835 MILLION OZ INTO THE SLV// SLV INVENTORY RESTS AT 433.641 MILLION OZ

APRIL 2/WITH SILVER UP 84 CENTS TODAY: HUGE CHANGES IN SILVER INVENTORY AT THE SLV: A DEPOSIT OF 6.721 MILLION OZ INTO THE SLV// SLV INVENTORY RESTS AT 430.806 MILLION OZ

APRIL 1/WITH SILVER UP 14 CENTS TODAY: NO CHANGES IN SILVER INVENTORY AT THE SLV// SLV INVENTORY RESTS AT 424.085 MILLION OZ

MARCH 28/WITH SILVER UP 20 CENTS TODAY: HUGE CHANGES IN SILVER INVENTORY AT THE SLV A DEPOSIT OF 1.005 MILLION OZ INTO THE SLV: SLV INVENTORY RESTS AT 424.085 MILLION OZ

MARCH 27/WITH SILVER UP 14 CENTS TODAY: HUGE CHANGES IN SILVER INVENTORY AT THE SLV A A DEPOSIT OF 1.691 MILLION OZ INTO THE SLV: SLV INVENTORY RESTS AT 423.079 MILLION OZ

MARCH 26/WITH SILVER DOWN 24 CENTS TODAY: SMALL CHANGES IN SILVER INVENTORY AT THE SLV A A DEPOSIT OF 0.366 MILLION OZ INTO THE SLV: SLV INVENTORY RESTS AT 421.388 MILLION OZ

MARCH 25/WITH SILVER UP 8 CENTS TODAY: HUGE CHANGES IN SILVER INVENTORY AT THE SLV A HUGE WITHDRAWAL OF 3.887 MILLION OZ INTO THE SLV: SLV INVENTORY RESTS AT 421.022 MILLION OZ

MARCH 22/WITH SILVER DOWN 9 CENTS TODAY: HUGE CHANGES IN SILVER INVENTORY AT THE SLV A HUGE DEPOSIT OF 1.1899 MILLION OZ INTO THE SLV: SLV INVENTORY RESTS AT 424.909 MILLION OZ

MARCH 21/WITH SILVER DOWN 8 CENTS TODAY: HUGE CHANGES IN SILVER INVENTORY AT THE SLV A HUGE WITHDRAWAL OF 3.560 MILLION OZ INTO THE SLV: SLV INVENTORY RESTS AT 423.720 MILLION OZ

MARCH 20/WITH SILVER DOWN 5 CENTS TODAY: HUGE CHANGES IN SILVER INVENTORY AT THE SLV A HUGE DEPOSIT OF 11.792 MILLION OZ INTO THE SLV: SLV INVENTORY RESTS AT 427.280 MILLION OZ

MARCH 18/WITH SILVER DOWN 11 CENTS TODAY: HUGE CHANGES IN SILVER INVENTORY AT THE SLV A HUGE DEPOSIT OF 11.792 MILLION OZ INTO THE SLV: SLV INVENTORY RESTS AT 427.280 MILLION OZ

MARCH 15/WITH SILVER DOWN 9 CENTS TODAY: HUGE CHANGES IN SILVER INVENTORY AT THE SLV A WITHDRAWAL OF 1.006 MILLION OZ FROM THE SLV: SLV INVENTORY RESTS AT 417.866 MILLION OZ

MARCH 14/WITH SILVER DOWN 9 CENTS TODAY: NO CHANGES IN SILVER INVENTORY AT THE SLV: SLV INVENTORY RESTS AT 418.872 MILLION OZ

MARCH 13/WITH SILVER UP 32 CENTS TODAY: NO CHANGES IN SILVER INVENTORY AT THE SLV: SLV INVENTORY RESTS AT 418.872 MILLION OZ…

MARCH 12/WITH SILVER DOWN 31 CENTS TODAY: HUGE CHANGES IN SILVER INVENTORY AT THE SLV: A SMALL WITHDRAWAL OF 0.549 MILLION OZ OF SILVER INTO THE SLV//// : SLV INVENTORY RESTS AT 418.872 MILLION OZ…

MARCH 11/WITH SILVER UP 11 CENTS TODAY: HUGE CHANGES IN SILVER INVENTORY AT THE SLV: A HUGE WITHDRAWAL OF 2.147 MILLION OZ OF SILVER FROM THE SLV//// : SLV INVENTORY RESTS AT 418.323 MILLION OZ…SUCH A MASSIVE FRAUD!

MARCH 8/WITH SILVER DOWN 5 CENTS TODAY: HUGE CHANGES IN SILVER INVENTORY AT THE SLV: A HUGE WITHDRAWAL OF 4.299 MILLION OZ OF SILVER FROM THE SLV//// : SLV INVENTORY RESTS AT 420.519 MILLION OZ…SUCH A MASSIVE FRAUD!

MARCH 7/WITH SILVER UP 8 CENTS TODAY: HUGE CHANGES IN SILVER INVENTORY AT THE SLV: A HUGE WITHDRAWAL OF 4.665 MILLION OZ OF SILVER FROM THE SLV//// : SLV INVENTORY RESTS AT 424.818 MILLION OZ…SUCH A MASSIVE FRAUD!

MARCH 6/WITH SILVER UP 52 CENTS TODAY: HUGE CHANGES IN SILVER INVENTORY AT THE SLV: A HUGE WITHDRAWAL OF 2.378 MILLION OZ OF SILVER FROM THE SLV//// : SLV INVENTORY RESTS AT 427,105 MILLION OZ

MARCH 5/WITH SILVER DOWN 2 CENTS TODAY: HUGE CHANGES IN SILVER INVENTORY AT THE SLV: A HUGE WITHDRAWAL OF 1.499 MILL;ION OZ OF SILVER FROM THE SLV//// : SLV INVENTORY RESTS AT 429.483 MILLION OZ

MARCH 4/WITH SILVER UP CENTS TODAY: NO CHANGES IN SILVER INVENTORY AT THE SLV: // : SLV INVENTORY RESTS AT 430.982 MILLION OZ

MARCH 1/WITH SILVER UP 49 CENTS TODAY: NO CHANGES IN SILVER INVENTORY AT THE SLV: // : SLV INVENTORY RESTS AT 430.982 MILLION OZ

FEB 29/WITH SILVER UP 25 CENTS TODAY: HUGE CHANGES IN SILVER INVENTORY AT THE SLV: A WITHDRAWAL OF 2.104 MILLION OZ OUT OF THE SLV//// : SLV INVENTORY RESTS AT 430/982 MILLION OZ

FEB 28/WITH SILVER DOWN 7 CENTS TODAY: HUGE CHANGES IN SILVER INVENTORY AT THE SLV: A DEPOSIT OF 5.123 MILLION OZ INTO THE SLV//// : SLV INVENTORY RESTS AT 433.086 MILLION OZ

FEB 27/WITH SILVER UP 3 CENTS TODAY HUGE CHANGES IN SILVER INVENTORY AT THE SLV: A WITHDRAWAL OF 0.64 MILLION OZ FROM THE SLV//// : SLV INVENTORY RESTS AT 427.943 MILLION OZ

FEB 26/WITH SILVER DOWN 44 CENTS TODAY HUGE CHANGES IN SILVER INVENTORY AT THE SLV: A WITHDRAWAL OF 3.065 MILLION OZ FROM THE SLV//// : SLV INVENTORY RESTS AT 428.603 MILLION OZ

FEB 23/WITH SILVER DOWN 44 CENTS TODAY HUGE CHANGES IN SILVER INVENTORY AT THE SLV: A WITHDRAWAL OF 3.065 MILLION OZ FROM THE SLV//// : SLV INVENTORY RESTS AT 428.603 MILLION OZ

FEB 22/WITH SILVER DOWN 10 CENTS TODAY NO CHANGES IN SILVER INVENTORY AT THE SLV

// : SLV INVENTORY RESTS AT 432.766 MILLION OZ

FEB 21/WITH SILVER DOWN 28 CENTS TODAY HUGE CHANGES IN SILVER INVENTORY AT THE SLV A WITHDRAWAL OF 2.348 MILLION OZ OF SILVER FROM THE SLV// : SLV INVENTORY RESTS AT 432.766 MILLION OZ

FEB 20/WITH SILVER DOWN 33 CENTS TODAY HUGE CHANGES IN SILVER INVENTORY AT THE SLV A WITHDRAWAL OF 3.385 MILLION OZ OF SILVER FROM THE SLV// : SLV INVENTORY RESTS AT 435.008 MILLION OZ

FEB 16/WITH SILVER UP 53 CENTS TODAY HUGE CHANGES IN SILVER INVENTORY AT THE SLV A DEPOSIT OF 1.235 MILLION OZ OF SILVER FROM THE SLV// : SLV INVENTORY RESTS AT 438.393 MILLION OZ

FEB 15/WITH SILVER UP 56 CENTS TODAY NO CHANGES IN SILVER INVENTORY AT THE SLV : SLV INVENTORY RESTS AT 437.615 MILLION OZ

FEB 14/WITH SILVER UP 24 CENTS TODAY NO CHANGES IN SILVER INVENTORY AT THE SLV : SLV INVENTORY RESTS AT 437.615 MILLION OZ

FEB 13/WITH SILVER DOWN 60 CENTS TODAY SMALL CHANGES IN SILVER INVENTORY AT THE SLV A SMALL WITHDRAWAL OF 0.504 MILLION OZ OZ OUT OF THE SLV: SLV INVENTORY RESTS AT 437.615 MILLION OZ

FEB 12/WITH SILVER UP 14 CENTS TODAY HUGE CHANGES IN SILVER INVENTORY AT THE SLV A HUGE WITHDRAWAL OF 1.921 MILLION OZ OZ OUT OF THE SLV: SLV INVENTORY RESTS AT 438.119 MILLION OZ

FEB 9/WITH SILVER DOWN 4 CENTS TODAY SMALL CHANGES IN SILVER INVENTORY AT THE SLV A SMALL DEPOSIT OF 600,000 OZ INTO THE SLV: SLV INVENTORY RESTS AT 440.040 MILLION OZ

FEB 8/WITH SILVER UP 29 CENTS TODAY NO CHANGES IN SILVER INVENTORY AT THE SLV: SLV INVENTORY RESTS AT 439.994 MILLION OZ

FEB 7/WITH SILVER DOWN 18 CENTS TODAY HUGE CHANGES IN SILVER INVENTORY AT THE SLV: A MASSIVE DEPOSIT OF 4.04 MILLION OZ INTO THE SLV///INVENTORY RESTS AT 439.994 MILLION OZ//LAST 9 DAYS: 10.7598 MILLION OZ WITHDRAWAL

CLOSING INVENTORY 437,312 MILLION OZ//

PHYSICAL GOLD/SILVER COMMENTARIES

1:Peter Schiff/Mike Maharrey

2.Commentaries from: Egon von Greyerz///Matthew Piepenburg via GoldSwitzerland.com, Pam and Russ Martens/

3. CHRIS POWELL//GATA

4. OTHER MAJOR GOLD COMMENTARIES/PODCASTS/

Armstrong: Why Are Central Banks Buying Gold?

THURSDAY, APR 04, 2024 – 12:25 PM

Authored by Martin Armstrong via ArmstrongEconomics.com,

Investors’ curiosity has peaked as central banks are increasing their gold purchases.

We are not going back to a Bretton Woods type situation and that is not the issue.

You must understand that gold is neutral. Central banks are buying gold because the Neocons have weaponized the dollar.

Russia was removed from the SWIFT system, and private citizens’ assets were confiscated.

When Russian assets were removed from SWIFT, a threat to the world was issued to say, “Hey, if you don’t do what we tell you to do, we will take you out of SWIFT.”

This is not the end of the dollar.

Money continues to pour into US equities, particularly the Dow. Why? When the drum of war is beating, major institutions rush to move their money into a safe haven, which happens to be the US at this point in time.

The big money is not purchasing start-up equities on the Nasdaq, for example, as they will not take that risk. Our computer model indicates the Dow will continue rising into 2032 as it remains one of the last safe havens.

The West has become extremely aggressive in its geopolitics. You simply do not buy the debt of your enemy. Central banks are buying gold because the USD is political.

There is a stark difference between short-term and long-term bonds.

The central banks have zero control over the short-term and that is how this whole QE fiasco began as central banks began purchasing long-term debt in an attempt to reduce long-term interest. Why would you buy long-term when war, the primary driver of inflation, is looming?

This is a serious situation that the neocons who have weaponized the dollar simply do not understand

5 a. IMPORTANT COMMENTARIES ON COMMODITIES/

5 B GLOBAL COMMODITY ISSUES/FOOD IN GENERAL//FREIGHT

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6.CRYPTOCURRENCY//DIGITAL CURRENCY// COMMENTARIES/

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1.YOUR EARLY CURRENCY VALUES/GOLD AND SILVER PRICING/ASIAN AND EUROPEAN BOURSE MOVEMENTS/AND INTEREST RATE SETTINGS THURSDAY MORNING.7:30 AM

ONSHORE YUAN: CLOSED UP 7.2337

OFFSHORE YUAN: UP TO 7.2491

SHANGHAI CLOSED

HANG SENG CLOSED

2. Nikkei closed UP 321.29 OR 0.81%

3. Europe stocks SO FAR: MOSTLY ALL GREEN

USA dollar INDEX DOWN TO 103.87 EURO RISES TO 1.0857 UP 8 BASIS PTS

3b Japan 10 YR bond yield: RISES TO. +.768 Japan buying 100% of bond issuance)/Japanese YEN vs USA cross now at 151.72/JAPANESE YEN NOW FALLING AS WELL AS LONG TERM 10 YR. YIELDS RISING //EVENTUALLY THIS WILL BREAK THE JAPANESE CENTRAL BANK

3c Nikkei now ABOVE 17,000

3d USA/Yen rate now well ABOVE the important 120 barrier this morning

3e Gold DOWN /JAPANESE Yen DOWN CHINESE ONSHORE YUAN: UP/ OFFSHORE: UP

3f Japan is to buy INFINITE TRILLION YEN worth of BONDS. Japan’s GDP equals 5 trillion USA

Japan to buy 100% of all new Japanese debt and NOW they will have OVER 50% of all Japanese debt.

3g Oil DOWN for WTI and DOWN FOR Brent this morning

3h European bond buying continues to push yields lower on all fronts in the EMU. German 10yr bund YIELD DOWN TO +2.3836***/Italian 10 Yr bond yield DOWN to 3.766* /SPAIN 10 YR BOND YIELD DOWN TO 3.224…**

3i Greek 10 year bond yield DOWN TO 3.316

3j Gold at $2287.60 silver at: 26.92 1 am est) SILVER NEXT RESISTANCE LEVEL AT $28.00

3k USA vs Russian rouble;// Russian rouble UP 0 AND 12 /100 roubles/dollar; ROUBLE AT 92.18//

3m oil into the 85 dollar handle for WTI and 89 handle for Brent/

3n Higher foreign deposits moving out of China// huge risk of outflows and a currency depreciation. This can spell financial disaster for the rest of the world/

JAPAN ON JAN 29.2016 CONTINUES NIRP. THIS MORNING RAISES AMOUNT OF BONDS THAT THEY WILL PURCHASE UP TO .5% ON THE 10 YR BOND///YEN TRADES TO 151.72// 10 YEAR YIELD AFTER FIRST BREAKING .54% LAST YEAR NOW EXCEEDS THAT LEVEL TO 0.772% STILL ON CENTRAL BANK (JAPAN) INTERVENTION

30 SNB (Swiss National Bank) still intervening again in the markets driving down the FRANC. It is not working: USA/SF this 0.9085 as the Swiss Franc is still rising against most currencies. Euro vs SF: 0.9843 well above the floor set by the Swiss Finance Minister. Thomas Jordan, chief of the Swiss National Bank continues to purchase euros trying to lower value of the Swiss Franc.

USA 10 YR BOND YIELD: 4.363 UP 1 BASIS PTS…

USA 30 YR BOND YIELD: 4.521 UP 1 BASIS PTS/

USA 2 YR BOND YIELD: 4.689 UP 1 BASIS PTS

USA DOLLAR VS TURKISH LIRA: 31.89…(TURKEY SET TO BLOW UP FINANCIALLY)

GREAT BRITAIN/10 YEAR YIELD: UP 1 BASIS PTS AT 4.073

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2.a Overnight: Newsquawk and Zero hedge,

Futures Rebound After Powell Reassures On Rate Cuts

THURSDAY, APR 04, 2024 – 08:15 AM

US equity futures are higher with both Tech and small-caps outperforming, while the dollar is lower even as yields are higher from Wednesday’s close. As of 7:50am, S&P futures were 0.3% higher and Nasdaq futs rose 0.4%, boosted by Powell’s comments that recent inflation figures did not “materially change” the overall picture while the latest ISM Services print was far less inflationary than the ISM Manufacturing print, in fact bizarrely so. In Europe, major markets are also all higher as part of a global risk-on tone. Bond yields are +1-2 bps, even as Bloomberg’s dollar index extended its slide for a third day, following its biggest one-day fall in nearly four weeks. In commodities, energy is a tad lower with Brent trading just below $90, metals are mixed, and Ags are stronger; copper – which as we noted previously could be the first “AI commodity” is the notable outperformer. Today’s macro data focus is on jobless claims but likely will be ignored with the jobs report tomorrow; we also get seven Fed speakers today.

In premarket trading, all Mag 7 names are higher ex-GOOG, which surprised markets with news that it was launching a premium, AI-powered version of search, something which virtually nobody would pay for. Chipmakers such as Micron and AMD advanced, as analysts saw limited impact on the semiconductor market from Taiwan’s recent earthquake. Taiwan Semiconductor, which supplies chips to Apple Inc. and Nvidia Corp., said there was “no damage to critical tools.” Here are some other notable premarket movers:

BlackBerry ADRs rise 5% after the software firm reported a surprise 4Q profit.
Block falls 3% after Morgan Stanley cut its recommendation to underweight, noting limited additional opportunity for the company’s Cash App to expand banking/credit services.
Hertz slips 3% as Goldman Sachs cut its rating to sell, while raising its recommendation on Avis Budget (CAR) to neutral. Avis Budget is up 2%.
Levi Strauss jumps 13% after higher-than-expected sales and profit in the first quarter helped fuel a more optimistic full-year outlook.
MacroGenics rises 9% after the drug developer gave interim safety data from a mid-stage trial of its experimental treatment for patients with prostate cancer.
Staar Surgical rises 8% after the medical-devices firm reported preliminary net sales for the first quarter that topped the average analyst estimate.
Wayfair climbs 4% after Evercore ISI raised its recommendation to outperform, noting improving fundamentals.
Zeta Global gains 5% as Morgan Stanley upgrades to overweight, highlighting the software firm’s durable growth and improving profitability.

While stocks reversed from two days of losses on Wednesday, jitters remained as a blowout reading for March private payrolls hinted at the possibility of a similarly strong number for the monthly non-farm payrolls print on Friday. Swap markets still price less than three rate cuts for 2024, and see only a 56% chance of the easing cycle starting in June. Inflation fears are also being fanned by strength in commodity prices, with Brent oil futures approaching five-month highs after OPEC+ confirmed plans to continue tightening crude supply. Copper rose to a 14-month peak and gold is trading near record highs above $2,300 per ounce.

Optimism was also tempered by Atlanta President Raphael Bostic forecasting only one rate cut this year, which would be in the fourth quarter. A raft of other rate-setters, including the Richmond Fed’s Thomas Barkin and Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester, are due to speak later on Thursday. Euro-area bond yields, meanwhile, slid on expectations the European Central Bank will kick off policy easing on June 6 and cut rates three more times by year-end.

“I think Powell wants to get the process started in terms of the cutting cycle,” said Jamie Niven, senior portfolio manager at Candriam. “We’ve seen some strong data in the last few days, but I don’t think it’s absurd for them to cut from quite restricted territory.”

European stocks also edged up: the Stoxx 600 index rose 0.1%, as mining and auto shares led European equity gains, with copper miners Rio Tinto Plc and Antofagasta Plc rising sharply. Among other movers, Volvo Car AB jumped as much as 6% after reporting a 25% jump in vehicle sales. Regional bond yields are all lower with multiple curves bull flattening. Eurozone PMI-Srvcs and Composite had upside surprises as PPI printed more dovishly, with both MoM and YoY PPI reflecting deflationary levels.

Earlier in the session, Asian stocks rose, rebounding from Wednesday’s selloff, led by rallies in Japan and South Korea with markets shut for holidays in Greater China. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index rose as much as 0.9%, the most in two weeks, with financials and industrials providing the biggest boosts. Markets in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan were closed. Samsung and SK Hynix boosted South Korean benchmarks as halts at DRAM plants in Taiwan due to Wednesday’s earthquake were seeing firming up prices. A Bloomberg gauge of Asian chipmakers climbed, poised to cap a third week of gains.

ASX 200 was led by strength in gold miners after the precious metal rose above USD 2,300/oz for the first time.
Nikkei 225 outperformed and spent most of the session above the 40,000 level with the help of a predominantly weaker currency.
KOSPI was boosted by tech strength with Samsung underpinned ahead of its preliminary earnings results on Friday with its profit seen to rise to the largest in six quarters on higher chip prices, while SK Hynix was lifted amid plans to invest USD 3.9bln to build an Indiana plant.

In FX, the Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index falls 0.1%. The Swiss franc is the weakest of the G-10 currencies, falling 0.4% versus the greenback after CPI unexpectedly slowed in March.

In rates, treasuries are slightly cheaper across the curve, spreads within 1bp of Wednesday’s closing levels. Treasury yields cheaper by up to 1.5bp across intermediates, with 10-year around 4.36%; bunds and gilts outperform by 3bp and 4bp in the sector Regional bond yields are all lower with multiple curves bull flattening: European rates outperform after euro-area PMI and PPI data and long-end supply from Spain and France. US session has several Fed speakers and data including weekly jobless claims, with March jobs report ahead Friday.

In commodities, oil prices are little changed, with WTI trading near $85.40. Spot gold falls 0.3%.

Bitcoin is a touch firmer and at the top-end of the session’s range around USD 66k.

Looking at today’s calendar, the economic data slate includes March Challenger job cuts (the number of job cuts was the highest since January 2023), and the February trade balance and jobless claims (8:30am); Fed speaker slate includes Harker (10am), Barkin (12:15pm), Goolsbee (12:45pm), Mester and Kashkari (2pm), Musalem (7:20pm) and Kugler (7:30pm)

Market Snapshot

S&P 500 futures up 0.3% to 5,283.25
STOXX Europe 600 up 0.2% to 511.00
MXAP up 0.7% to 176.49
MXAPJ up 0.5% to 539.66
Nikkei up 0.8% to 39,773.14
Topix up 0.9% to 2,732.00
Hang Seng Index down 1.2% to 16,725.10
Shanghai Composite down 0.2% to 3,069.30
Sensex up 0.6% to 74,311.08
Australia S&P/ASX 200 up 0.4% to 7,817.34
Kospi up 1.3% to 2,742.00
German 10Y yield little changed at 2.37%
Euro up 0.2% to $1.0860
Brent Futures down 0.4% to $89.03/bbl
Gold spot down 0.3% to $2,293.50
US Dollar Index down 0.15% to 104.10

Top Overnight News

Chinese authorities nudged Swiss agrichemicals and seeds group Syngenta to withdraw its application for a long-delayed $9 billion IPO in Shanghai on concerns about the impact a sizeable new offering would have on a volatile market, four people said. RTRS
The Bank of Japan cut its economic assessment for most regions on Thursday but signaled its confidence that wage hikes were broadening, leaving scope for another hike in the country’s still-low interest rates. RTRS
U.K. businesses expect wages to rise at a slower pace over the coming 12 months, a finding that will help reassure policy makers at the Bank of England that inflation has been tamed. WSJ
Swiss inflation cools by more than anticipated, coming in at +1.1% Y/Y in Mar (on an EU harmonized basis) vs. the Street +1.4% and down from +1.2% in Feb. BBG
Cease-fire negotiations between Israel and Hamas are stalling again, Israeli officials say, with large gaps between the sides over hostages, prisoners and the future of Gaza. BBG
Italian authorities have arrested 23 people and seized more than €600mn as they investigate suspected fraud involving the EU’s €800bn Covid recovery funds. FT
US institutional investors are selling more of their private equity holdings at a discount as they cut exposure to the illiquid asset class. Led by pension funds and endowments, big investors sold 99% of their private equity holdings at or below their net asset value on the secondary market last year, the most since the investment bank began tracking the figure in 2017. The figures were 95% in 2022 and 73% in 2021. FT
Boeing’s 737 MAX production has plunged in recent weeks in response to FAA scrutiny and steps by the company to improve quality and reliability. RTRS
Google could begin charging for a new AI-powered premium search product (AI-powered search eats up much more computing resources than traditional search, which is why Google may look to charge for the experience). FT
Quarterly path of S&P 500 EPS year/year growth. Positive EPS surprises averaged 4 pp during the past 4 quarters…

A more detailed look at global markets courtesy of Newsquawk

APAC stocks traded higher as sentiment picked up from the choppy mood and mixed data releases stateside, despite thinned conditions with markets across Greater China shut for the Qingming Festival. ASX 200 was led by strength in gold miners after the precious metal rose above USD 2,300/oz for the first time. Nikkei 225 outperformed and spent most of the session above the 40,000 level with the help of a predominantly weaker currency. KOSPI was boosted by tech strength with Samsung underpinned ahead of its preliminary earnings results on Friday with its profit seen to rise to the largest in six quarters on higher chip prices, while SK Hynix was lifted amid plans to invest USD 3.9bln to build an Indiana plant.

Top Asian News

Iron Ore Drops Toward 10-Month Low as Australian Exports Climb
Taiwan Begins Recovery From Quake as TSMC Resumes Production
Foreign Funds Sold Most Japanese Stocks, Futures in Six Months
Goldman Sees Korean Deals Boom on Push for Reform: ECM Watch
Egypt Buys LNG in Rare Move to Avoid Summer Gas Crunch
Konica Minolta Jumps on Plan to Cut 2,400 Jobs, Boost Profit

European bourses are modestly in the green after a relatively flat/directionless cash open, Euro Stoxx 50 +0.1%; modest post-open upside emerged after revisions to the Final EZ PMIs where Composite returned to expansion. Sectors do not have any overarching theme or bias present; basic resources outperform given base metal prices. Stateside, ES +0.3%, futures are tilting higher in tandem with European futures into another session dominated by Fed appearances alongside weekly IJC data before attention focuses on Friday’s payrolls.

Top European News

Riksbank Minutes (Mar): No overt mention of preference between May or June for a rate cut among the members.
BoE Monthly Decision Maker Panel – One-year ahead CPI inflation expectations declined further to 3.2% in March, down from 3.3% in February.
ECB’s Kazimir says he opposed reviving any “special tools of monetary policy”, according to Bloomberg; declined to comment on current monetary policy due to the ECB’s quiet period ahead of next week’s meeting.

USD remains under modest pressure following on from the post-ISM sell off; DXY nearing 104.00 to the downside below which the 50- & 200-DMAs reside at 103.88 and 103.76.
EUR continues to inch higher after a softer start to the week, modest support perhaps arising from the PMI revisions while the docket ahead is headlined by ECB Minutes, though these are likely stale; last week’s EUR/USD high next at 1.0864.
Sterling steady and unaffected by PMIs or the latest BoE DMP; GBP/USD yet to convincingly surpass the 100- & 50-DMAs at 1.2663 and 1.2667 respectively.
JPY steady and unreactive to light jawboning overnight, former top-diplomat Watanabe said intervention is not likely unless USD/JPY sharply eclipses 155.00.
CHF the current laggard after another cool Swiss inflation print which has seen market pricing move more convincingly in favour of a second cut in June, though multiple months of data due before then.

Fixed Income

EGBs bid despite modest pressure emerging on the morning’s upwardly-revised PMIs. Action which eroded some of the concession into supply from France & Spain, though the auctions were still well received.
Bunds firmer by around 30 ticks but within a similar magnitude of the post-PMI 132.30 base; ECB minutes ahead.
Gilts followed EGBs into their own data points, with the benchmark unreactive to a modest revision lower (commentary focused on the stickiness of inflation) while the BoE DMP saw inflation expectations edge lower once again. Despite a robust DMO sale, Gilts lost the 99.00 mark but continue to modestly outperform EGBs.
US Treasuries are essentially flat, have been directionally moving with the above but yet to differ from the unchanged mark by more than a handful of ticks. Action which comes as a slight breather from recent sessions and after Powell reassured those who were expecting/concerned about a hawkish shift.

Commodities

3M LME Copper tested USD 9.4k/T to the upside and resides at a fresh 52 week high on the morning’s PMIs paint a healthy demand picture; action which comes after an APAC session which saw Chinese markets closed (mainland China returns on Monday).
Crude benchmarks near the unchanged mark and at the mid-point of circa. USD 0.80/bbl bounds with specifics light thus far into broader macro events.
Spot gold a touch softer irrespective of the modest USD pullback, action which comes as the yellow metal takes a modest breather from recent upside and as US yields inch higher.

Geopolitics: Middle East

US official said the Biden administration is calling on the Israeli army to modify its way of transmitting information about the stationing of aid workers and Biden plans to demand these changes. Furthermore, Biden is angry and largely frustrated over the killing of aid workers in Gaza and is ready to clarify his view to Netanyahu during their expected phone call today, while the official added there is no shift in Washington’s policy towards Israel, but there is a shift in President Biden’s frustrations, according to CNN.
US Pentagon said Defence Secretary Austin spoke with Israeli Defence Minister Gallant on Wednesday and expressed his outrage at the Israeli strike on a World Central Kitchen humanitarian aid convoy, while Austin stressed the need to immediately take concrete steps to protect aid workers and Palestinian civilians in Gaza after repeated coordination failures with foreign aid groups.

Geopolitics: Other

France denied it showed any readiness for Ukraine dialogue in talks with Russia, according to a French government source.
Tokyo is in talks with Manila over sending troops to the Philippines in which a possible deployment comes as they boost efforts to deter China in the South China Sea, according to FT.
Russia’s Kremlin says relations with NATO have slid to a level of direct confrontation; NATO continues “to move towards our borders”

US Event Calendar

07:30: March Challenger Job Cuts 0.7% YoY, prior 8.8%
08:30: March Continuing Claims, est. 1.81m, prior 1.82m
08:30: March Initial Jobless Claims, est. 214,000, prior 210,000
08:30: Feb. Trade Balance, est. -$67.6b, prior -$67.4b

Central banke speakers

10:00: Fed’s Harker Participates in Fireside Chat
12:15: Fed’s Barkin Speaks on Economic Outlook
12:45: Fed’s Goolsbee Participates in Moderated Q&A
14:00: Fed’s Mester Gives Remarks on Economic Outlook
14:00: Fed’s Kashkari Discusses US Economy
19:20: Fed’s Musalem Gives Introductory Remarks
19:30: Fed’s Kugler Speaks on Enriching Data

DB’s Jim Reid concludes the overnight wrap

Markets recovered their poise over the last 24 hours, as investors were relieved after Fed Chair Powell stuck to his recent views on the economic outlook. In his remarks yesterday, he said that recent data didn’t “materially change the overall picture” and that on inflation “it is too soon to say whether the recent readings represent more than just a bump.” In addition, he reiterated that if “the economy evolves broadly as we expect, most FOMC participants see it as likely to be appropriate to begin lowering the policy rate at some point this year.” So that all helped to validate market pricing, which still expects 71bps of rate cuts from the Fed by the December meeting.

Those comments from Powell supported US Treasuries, and the 2yr yield fell -1.7bps on the day as investors maintained their confidence that rate cuts were still on the agenda this year. The 10yr yield was near flat yesterday (-0.2bps) at 4.35%, but that was actually a sharp decline from earlier in the session, when it hit an intraday peak for 2024 of 4.43%, and overnight there’s only been a modest +1.8bps move back up to 4.37%. That turnaround was partly due to Powell’s remarks, but was also because of the ISM services print for March, which unexpectedly fell to 51.4 (vs. 52.8 expected). And encouragingly on inflation, the prices paid component fell to 53.4 (vs. 58.4 expected), its lowest since March 2020. That contrasted with the upside surprise in the ISM manufacturing on Monday, and combined with Powell’s comments, the release helped to push back against some of the more hawkish narratives over the last couple of sessions.

But even as investors found reassurance from Powell’s speech, it had been a very different story earlier in the day. That was particularly the case after the A DP’s report of private payrolls for March came out, which rose to 184k (vs. 150k expected), and February’s number was revised up by +15k. So that was a fresh sign that the labour market was in good shape ahead of tomorrow’s US jobs report, and it was that release which pushed the 10yr yield up to its intraday peak for 2024 so far. Moreover, it’s worth noting that yesterday saw fresh signs of concern about inflation, as oil prices closed at their highest levels since October. For instance, Brent crude was up +0.48% to $89.35/bbl, whilst WTI was up +0.33% to $85.43/bbl. In fact, Brent crude prices were just shy of $90/bbl at their intraday peak, having briefly traded at $89.99/bbl. That’s also filtering through into consumer prices as well, and the AAA’s daily average of US gasoline prices was up to $3.549/gallon as of Tuesday, which is also its highest since October. Meanwhile, Brent crude prices (+0.30%) continue to move higher overnight, and are currently at $89.62/bbl.

Of course, some of Powell’s comments could be interpreted in a more hawkish light. Among others, he said that “the job of sustainably restoring 2 percent inflation is not yet done”, and that “ We do not expect that it will be appropriate to lower our policy rate until we have greater confidence that inflation is moving sustainably down toward 2 percent.” But for now at least, investors are still pricing in a 64% chance of a rate cut by June, so that’s considered the most likely timing for an initial rate cut. And ultimately, there’s still several important data releases between now and June that will help determine the decision, including tomorrow’s jobs report for March, along with the CPI release next week. Indeed, we’ve seen how expectations for rate cuts have shifted a lot already this year, and up until early February, investors were still pricing in a strong probability of a cut in March.

Over in the Euro Area, the prospect of ECB rate cuts this year got fresh support from developments yesterday. In particular, the flash CPI print for March saw headline CPI fall to +2.4% (vs. +2.5% expected), whilst core CPI fell to +2.9% (vs. +3.0% expected), which is its lowest since February 2022. Alongside that, we also heard from Spanish central bank governor De Cos, who said “I think that today my central scenario is that June could actually be the first reduction in interest rates”. That backdrop saw yields on 10yr bunds (-0.3bps) and OATs (-1.4bps) fall back, and those on 10yr gilts saw a larger -3.0bps decline. In terms of rate cut expectations, overnight index swaps are now pricing in 76bps of ECB cuts by the December meeting, which is more than the 71bps currently priced in by Fed Funds futures.

As investors continued to anticipate rate cuts this year, that helped to stabilise equities after two weak sessions at the start of the week. The S&P 500 (+0.11%) posted a marginal gain, helped by some of the more cyclical sectors as well as tech stocks. Both the NASDAQ (+0.23%) and the Magnificent 7 (+0.49%) outperformed, and there was also a recovery among small-cap stocks, with the Russell 2000 (+0.54%) paring back some of its losses from the start of the week. Amid the underperformers, chipmaker Intel fell -8.22% after announcing a weaker outlook for its factory network. Meanwhile in Europe, the STOXX 600 was up +0.29%, and there were also gains for the DAX (+0.46%) and the CAC 40 (+0.29%). Separately, the prospect of rate cuts meant that gold prices (+0.85%) closed at an all-time high in nominal terms of $2,300/oz.

Overnight in Asia, it’s been a quieter session this morning given markets are on holiday in China. But in general, the more positive tone has continued, with the Nikkei (+1.63%), the KOSPI (+1.06%) and the S&P/ASX 200 (+0.45%) all advancing. That’s evident among US and European equity futures too, with those on the S&P 500 (+0.27%) and the STOXX 50 (+0.12%) both pointing towards further gains. Alongside that, data showed that Australia’s composite PMI for March moved up to 53.3, marking its highest level since April 2022.

To the day ahead now, and data releases from the US include the weekly initial jobless claims and the February trade balance. Meanwhile in Europe, there’s the final services and composite PMIs for March, along with Euro Area PPI for February. Otherwise, central bank speakers include the Fed’s Harker, Barkin, Goolsbee, Mester, Kashkari, Musalem and Kugler. And we’ll get the ECB’s account of their March meeting.

2 B) NOW NEWSQUAWK (EUROPE/REPORT)

Upward revisions to European PMIs support bourses & EUR modestly – Newsquawk US Market Open

THURSDAY, APR 04, 2024 – 06:33 AM

European bourses a touch firmer post-PMIs after a flat open, US futures tilting higher in tandem into IJC and Fed appearances
DXY softer and approaching 104.00, EUR inches higher post-PMIs, JPY stead, CHF lags
EGBs bid despite PMI pressure though off highs in somewhat limited newsflow, USTs flat
Base metals continue to climb with 3M LME Copper at a 52-week high, crude contained and XAU slightly softer
Looking ahead, highlights include US Challenger Layoffs, IJC, Canadian Trade, ECB Minutes and Appearances from Fed’s Harker, Barkin, Goolsbee, Mester & Kashkari

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EUROPEAN TRADE

EQUITIES

European bourses are modestly in the green after a relatively flat/directionless cash open, Euro Stoxx 50 +0.1%; modest post-open upside emerged after revisions to the Final EZ PMIs where Composite returned to expansion.
Sectors do not have any overarching theme or bias present; basic resources outperform given base metal prices.
Stateside, ES +0.3%, futures are tilting higher in tandem with European futures into another session dominated by Fed appearances alongside weekly IJC data before attention focuses on Friday’s payrolls.
Click here and here for the sessions European pre-market equity newsflow, including earnings.
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FX

USD remains under modest pressure following on from the post-ISM sell off; DXY nearing 104.00 to the downside below which the 50- & 200-DMAs reside at 103.88 and 103.76.
EUR continues to inch higher after a softer start to the week, modest support perhaps arising from the PMI revisions while the docket ahead is headlined by ECB Minutes, though these are likely stale; last week’s EUR/USD high next at 1.0864.
Sterling steady and unaffected by PMIs or the latest BoE DMP; GBP/USD yet to convincingly surpass the 100- & 50-DMAs at 1.2663 and 1.2667 respectively.
JPY steady and unreactive to light jawboning overnight, former top-diplomat Watanabe said intervention is not likely unless USD/JPY sharply eclipses 155.00.
CHF the current laggard after another cool Swiss inflation print which has seen market pricing move more convincingly in favour of a second cut in June, though multiple months of data due before then.
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FIXED INCOME

EGBs bid despite modest pressure emerging on the morning’s upwardly-revised PMIs. Action which eroded some of the concession into supply from France & Spain, though the auctions were still well received.
Bunds firmer by around 30 ticks but within a similar magnitude of the post-PMI 132.30 base; ECB minutes ahead.
Gilts followed EGBs into their own data points, with the benchmark unreactive to a modest revision lower (commentary focused on the stickiness of inflation) while the BoE DMP saw inflation expectations edge lower once again. Despite a robust DMO sale, Gilts lost the 99.00 mark but continue to modestly outperform EGBs.
US Treasuries are essentially flat, have been directionally moving with the above but yet to differ from the unchanged mark by more than a handful of ticks. Action which comes as a slight breather from recent sessions and after Powell reassured those who were expecting/concerned about a hawkish shift.
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COMMODITIES

3M LME Copper tested USD 9.4k/T to the upside and resides at a fresh 52 week high on the morning’s PMIs paint a healthy demand picture; action which comes after an APAC session which saw Chinese markets closed (mainland China returns on Monday).
Crude benchmarks near the unchanged mark and at the mid-point of circa. USD 0.80/bbl bounds with specifics light thus far into broader macro events.
Spot gold a touch softer irrespective of the modest USD pullback, action which comes as the yellow metal takes a modest breather from recent upside and as US yields inch higher.
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NOTABLE EUROPEAN HEADLINES

Riksbank Minutes (Mar): No overt mention of preference between May or June for a rate cut among the members. Click here for the full breakdown.
BoE Monthly Decision Maker Panel – One-year ahead CPI inflation expectations declined further to 3.2% in March, down from 3.3% in February.
ECB’s Kazimir says he opposed reviving any “special tools of monetary policy”, according to Bloomberg; declined to comment on current monetary policy due to the ECB’s quiet period ahead of next week’s meeting.

DATA RECAP

Swiss CPI YY (Mar) 1.0% vs. Exp. 1.3% (Prev. 1.2%); Core 1.0% (prev. 1.1%)
EU HCOB Services Final PMI (Mar) 51.5 vs. Exp. 51.1 (Prev. 51.1); Composite Final PMI (Mar) 50.3 vs. Exp. 49.9 (Prev. 49.9)
EU Producer Prices YY (Feb) -8.3% vs. Exp. -8.6% (Prev. -8.6%, Rev. -8.0%); MM (Feb) -1.0% vs. Exp. -0.7% (Prev. -0.9%)
UK S&P Global Services PMI (Mar) 53.1 vs. Exp. 53.4 (Prev. 53.4); Composite PMI (Mar) 52.8 vs. Exp. 52.9 (Prev. 52.9)

NOTABLE US HEADLINES

Fed’s Kugler (voter) said her policy rate expectation is consistent with March FOMC meeting policymaker projections and if disinflation and labour market conditions proceed as she is currently expecting, then some lowering of the policy rate this year would be appropriate. Kugler said policy is currently restrictive and her baseline expectation is that disinflation will continue without a broad economic slowdown, but added that inflation progress has sometimes been bumpy and such an outcome cannot be assured.

GEOPOLITICS

MIDDLE EAST

US official said the Biden administration is calling on the Israeli army to modify its way of transmitting information about the stationing of aid workers and Biden plans to demand these changes. Furthermore, Biden is angry and largely frustrated over the killing of aid workers in Gaza and is ready to clarify his view to Netanyahu during their expected phone call today, while the official added there is no shift in Washington’s policy towards Israel, but there is a shift in President Biden’s frustrations, according to CNN.
US Pentagon said Defence Secretary Austin spoke with Israeli Defence Minister Gallant on Wednesday and expressed his outrage at the Israeli strike on a World Central Kitchen humanitarian aid convoy, while Austin stressed the need to immediately take concrete steps to protect aid workers and Palestinian civilians in Gaza after repeated coordination failures with foreign aid groups.

OTHER

France denied it showed any readiness for Ukraine dialogue in talks with Russia, according to a French government source.
Tokyo is in talks with Manila over sending troops to the Philippines in which a possible deployment comes as they boost efforts to deter China in the South China Sea, according to FT.
Russia’s Kremlin says relations with NATO have slid to a level of direct confrontation; NATO continues “to move towards our borders”

CRYPTO

Bitcoin is a touch firmer and at the top-end of the session’s range around USD 66k.

APAC TRADE

APAC stocks traded higher as sentiment picked up from the choppy mood and mixed data releases stateside, despite thinned conditions with markets across Greater China shut for the Qingming Festival.
ASX 200 was led by strength in gold miners after the precious metal rose above USD 2,300/oz for the first time.
Nikkei 225 outperformed and spent most of the session above the 40,000 level with the help of a predominantly weaker currency.
KOSPI was boosted by tech strength with Samsung underpinned ahead of its preliminary earnings results on Friday with its profit seen to rise to the largest in six quarters on higher chip prices, while SK Hynix was lifted amid plans to invest USD 3.9bln to build an Indiana plant.

DATA RECAP

Australian Building Approvals (Feb) -1.9% vs. Exp. 3.3% (Prev. -1.0%, Rev. -2.5%)
New Zealand ANZ Commodity Price MM -1.3% (Prev. 3.5%, Rev. 3.6%)

3C ASIA AFFAIRS/

WEDNESDAY MORNING/TUESDAY NIGHT

2 d./NORTH KOREA/ SOUTH KOREA/

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2e) JAPAN

JAPAN

3 CHINA

CHINA/

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4.EUROPEAN AFFAIRS//UK /SCANDINAVIAN AFFAIRS

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HUNGARY/NATO/RUSSIA/UKRAINE

Hungary, the true right going against all the leftists in Europe!

(zerohedge)

Hungary Vows To Thwart NATO’s Proposed $100BN, 5-Year Fund For Ukraine

THURSDAY, APR 04, 2024 – 04:15 AM

NATO members have agreed to begin planning military support for Ukraine on a long-terms basis, in but the latest indicator assuring both escalation with Russia and that the war will drag on for possibly years more to come.

On Wednesday NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg announced that allies have “agreed to move forward with planning for a greater NATO role in coordinating security assistance and training.” But it will still be an uphill battle to get some of the ‘outlier’ members on board.

He also said that Ukraine’s government and military still has “urgent needs” and that “any delay in providing support has consequences on the battlefield as we speak.”

“We must ensure reliable and predictable security assistance to Ukraine for the long haul so that we rely less on the voluntary contributions and more on NATO commitments, less on short-term offers and more on multiyear pledges,” Stoltenberg said. “The reason why we do this is the situation on the battlefield in Ukraine. It is serious … We see how Russia is pushing, and we see how they try to win this war by just waiting us out.”

Stoltenberg’s words come the day after he unveiled a $100 billion, five-year fund for Ukraine which he subsequently pitched to alliance foreign ministers as they met Wednesday.

It is meant to both close the gap after Biden’s proposed $60 billion has been stymied by Republicans in US Congress, and in future expectation of a possible Trump victory after November.

Stoltenberg said a final decision on the $100 billion fund would be made at a July summit of NATO member state leaders; however, the big hurdle will be achieving the required consensus among the 32 members,

Hungary has already announced its “opposition to increasing NATO’s coordination role in arms deliveries and training Ukrainian forces, refusing to participate in planning, operations, or funding,” according to a foreign ministry statement.

FM Péter Szijjártó announced Hungary’s opposition to increasing

@NATO

‘s coordination role in arms deliveries and training Ukrainian forces, refusing to participate in planning, operations, or funding. This stance was outlined during a press briefing at the NATO foreign ministers meeting in Brussels. Highlighting the government’s priority to protect Hungary from the neighboring conflict, Minister Szijjártó praised NATO’s unanimous decision to remain a non-combatant in the conflict and avoid direct confrontation with Russia. However, he warned of new proposals that could bring the military alliance closer to the conflict. Despite many NATO members supporting an increased coordinating role in military support, Hungary made clear it would not engage in planning or executing related tasks, nor provide financial support for such activities. Minister Szijjártó also reaffirmed Hungary’s position against arms shipments and sending troops to Ukraine, emphasizing no Hungarian soldier would participate in such missions. The minister underlined that strategies relying on Western arms deliveries for Ukrainian battlefield success have failed, only increasing the number of military assets in the destructive conflict.

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Thus Brussels is in for yet another fight with its wayward Hungarian member state led by Viktor Orban, who has time and again vowed to reject any measure which could pave a path of escalation to WW3 with Russia.

But Stoltenberg is already seeking to calm Budapest’s fears and bring it on board. “What we are discussing is not a NATO combat presence in Ukraine. We are discussing how we can coordinate and deliver support from outside Ukraine to Ukraine as NATO allies do,” Stoltenberg said. “And now when we initiate planning, I’m certain we can also address the concerns that Hungary has raised and find a way where we can have consensus.”

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5. RUSSIA AND MIDDLE EASTERN AFFAIRS.

ISRAEL HAMAS/USA

Iran and Syria (sovereign) owes a uSA family $191 million. Now comes the hard part; how to collect

(Jerusalem Post)

Iran, Syria owe family of American slain by Hamas $191 million in damages, US district court rules

Iran and Syria “intentionally supported and encouraged a proxy actor who specifically sought to inflict violence upon innocent civilians,” Judge Royce Lamberth wrote.

By HANNAH SARISOHNAPRIL 4, 2024 01:14

Illustrative image of a court gavel. (photo credit: ANN MARIE GILDEN) — Illustrative image of a court gavel.(photo credit: ANN MARIE GILDEN)

A US district court in DC found Iran and Syria liable for the 2018 death of American Ari Fuld who was fatally stabbed by a Hamas terrorist in the West Bank, according to court documents obtained by the Jerusalem Post.

Judge Royce Lamberth determined Iran and Syria owe Fuld’s family a total of $191 million for their material support of Hamas.

On Sept. 16, 2018, Fuld was shopping in the Gush Etzion Junction in the West Bank when he was targeted by a Hamas terrorist wielding an eight-inch blade, court documents said. After stabbing Fuld multiple times in the back and neck, the teenage terrorist attempted to harm a woman at a nearby shop. However, Fuld managed to chase and shoot the terrorist, according to court documents.

The court said it found satisfactory evidence to establish that Hamas was responsible for the attack that killed Fuld, including online posts in which Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack. The court also found the terrorist sought out an “English-speaking Israeli soldier of American origin.”

Gush Etzion Junction. (credit: REUVEN CASTRO)

Supporting attacks on civilians

Iran and Syria “intentionally supported and encouraged a proxy actor who specifically sought to inflict violence upon innocent civilians,” Lamberth wrote.

In a statement, Richard Heideman, senior counsel of Hdideman Nudelman & Kalik PC, said it’s poorly understood in a post October 7 context how Hamas specifically targets Americans and English speakers, not just Israelis.

“Israel-bashers want the world, including Americans, to believe that when Americans or Westerners are killed, injured or taken hostage in Israel, it is simply a by-product of the conspiratorial lie that

Hamas’s conduct is merely ‘justified resistance’. It is not.” Heideman said in the statement. “The conduct of Hamas and its patrons, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Syrian Arab Republic and others who provide fuel for their terror is reprehensible and violative of international law.

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/ISRAEL /SYRIA

Israel strikes Syria again

(Jerusalem Post)

Explosions heard above Damascus, Syrian media reports

By JERUSALEM POST STAFFAPRIL 4, 2024 00:15Updated: APRIL 4, 2024 00:39

Explosions were heard above Damascus, Syria, late Wednesday night, according to reports in Syrian media that could not be independently verified.

The reports come just days after an airstrike in Damascus, widely attributed to Israel, killed the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) commander Mohammed Reza Zahedi and several other Iranian and allied commanders, near an Iranian consulate building on Monday.

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ISRAEL GAZA

IDF: Probe into deadly strike on Gaza aid convoy complete, will be presented soon

By EMANUEL FABIAN FOLLOWToday, 7:21 pm

People gather around the carcass of a car used by US-based aid group World Central Kitchen, that was hit by an Israeli strike the previous day in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on April 2, 2024. (AFP)

IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari says the military’s probe into a deadly strike on an aid convoy in Gaza earlier this week has been completed, and it will soon be presented to the public.

Responding to a question at a press conference, Hagari says the incident, in which seven aid workers with World Central Kitchen were killed, was investigated “thoroughly” by the General Staff Fact-Finding Assessment Mechanism, an independent military body responsible for investigating unusual incidents amid the war.

He says the head of the mechanism, Maj. Gen. (res.) Yoav Har-Even, presented the findings to IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi earlier today, and was due to present it to Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as well.

“I believe that after we present it to the ambassadors of the relevant countries, and to the people of WCK, we will publicize it in a clear transparent way, soon,” Hagari adds.

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ISRAEL//IRAN//SYRIA /LEBANON

Amid retaliation threats from Iran, IDF cancels home leave for all combat troops

Army braces for possible missile attacks, including directly from Iran; scrambled GPS systems – linked to IDF measures against attack – tell drivers in central Israel they’re in Beirut

By EMANUEL FABIAN FOLLOW
and TOI STAFFToday, 1:54 pm

A handout picture provided by the office of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows him meeting with politicians and government officials in Tehran on April 3, 2024. (KHAMENEI.IR / AFP)

With Iran vowing to retaliate for a strike earlier this week on one of its consular buildings in Damascus that it blames on Israel, the Israel Defense Forces on Thursday said it had halted home leave for all combat troops following a fresh assessment.

“The IDF is at war and the issue of the deployment of forces is constantly reviewed as needed,” the military noted in its announcement.

Possible scenarios for which the IDF is understood to be preparing include missile and drone attacks by Iran-backed groups in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and Yemen — all of which have been carried out amid the ongoing Gaza war — and ballistic missile attacks directly from Iran, a situation that Israel has not yet faced. And yet, Israeli officials believe the country’s air defense systems will be able to handle the threat.

The head of the IDF’s Military Intelligence Directorate said Thursday that Israel was facing a particularly difficult period: “I have told you more than once that it is not certain that the worst is behind us, and we have complex days ahead of us,” Maj. Gen. Aharon Haliva told subordinate officers in remarks released by the IDF.

While Israel has not claimed responsibility for Monday’s attack, which killed Iran’s top Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps general in Syria along with his deputy and five other IRGC officers, Tehran has blamed Jerusalem and vowed revenge. The IRGC is a US-designated terror group.

On Wednesday night, the IDF said it was bolstering air defenses and calling up reservists, following an assessment.

Instructions to the public issued by the Home Front Command amid the war against Hamas in Gaza remained unchanged.

IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari in a post on X said Israeli civilians do not need to “buy generators, store food and withdraw money from ATMs.”

“The instructions of the Home Front Command remained unchanged,” he said. “As we have done until today, we will immediately update on any change, in an official and orderly manner,” Hagari added.

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said earlier Wednesday that Israel was “increasing preparedness” in the face of threats from across the Middle East. Gallant said the defense establishment is “expanding our operations against Hezbollah, against other bodies that threaten us,” and reiterated that Israel “strikes our enemies all over the Middle East.”

Meanwhile, residents of central Israel reported widespread disruptions to navigation apps such as Google Maps, Waze, and other systems that use global positioning system (GPS), with many Tel Aviv-area motorists being shown that they were in Beirut on Thursday.

Apart from the navigation problems, delivery and transport apps like Wolt and Gett also experienced disruptions and warned customers of delays.

A man holds his phone showing his location in Beirut on the Google Maps app, in Jerusalem, April 4, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

GPS disruptions have been happening for months in northern Israel or areas close to Gaza, but have been less common in central Israel. The GPS signal disruptions have been part of the IDF’s efforts to prevent attacks on Israel.

Both Iran and its proxy Hezbollah have vowed that Israel will not go unpunished for the Monday attack on a consular building next to Iran’s embassy in Damascus, which killed Mohammad Reza Zahedi, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ most senior official in Syria, along with his deputy, five other IRGC officers, and at least one member of the Hezbollah terror group.

Zahedi was reportedly responsible for the IRGC’s operations in Syria and Lebanon, for Iranian militias there, and for ties with Hezbollah, and was thus the most senior commander of Iranian forces in the two countries.

Since October 8, Hezbollah-led forces have attacked Israeli communities and military posts along the border on a near-daily basis. So far, the skirmishes on the border have resulted in eight civilian deaths on the Israeli side, as well as the deaths of 10 IDF soldiers and reservists. There have also been several attacks from Syria, without any injuries.

Hezbollah has named 267 members who have been killed by Israel during the ongoing skirmishes, mostly in Lebanon but some also in Syria. In Lebanon, another 50 operatives from other terror groups, a Lebanese soldier, and at least 60 civilians, three of whom were journalists, have been killed.

IRAN//SUNNI TERRORISTS (AMERICAN BACKED)

this is not going to end well. Iran will attack USA interests including Israel. Israel if attacked by Iran will probably have to nuke Iran.

Biden’s stupid game of appeasement of Iran is falling apart

(zerohedge)

Iran Rocked By Overnight Terror Attacks As Gunmen Leave 11 Dead, Including IRGC Officer

THURSDAY, APR 04, 2024 – 10:45 AM

A series of terror attacks rocked Iran overnight involving gunmen in several locations storming military and police stations, which left at least eleven security service members dead. It happened in the country’s restive border province which sits near Afghanistan and Pakistan.

State media detailed on Thursday that at least 16 suspected Sunni militants were killed during the assaults, which took place in the towns of Chabahar and Rask in Sistan-Baluchestan. “The terrorists failed to succeed achieving their goal of seizing the Guards headquarters in Chabahar and Rask,” deputy Interior Minister Majid Mirahmadi announced.

The region also saw ten additional security personnel injured and wounded. The attacks are being widely blamed on Jaish al-Adl (“Army of Justice”), which is a Sunni Baluch separatist organization operating mainly in southeastern Iran.

Among the slain Iranian personnel was an IRGC officer as well as a Basij paramilitary force member, according to Iranian official IRNA news agency.

The attack reportedly went on for many hours, with some reports saying it lasted all night into morning, at well over 12 hours in total before the situation was stabilized. Images of pitched battles in the middle of city streets were posted to social media.

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According to a description of the lengthy attack by an Al Jazeera correspondent:

“Gunmen stormed various security and military compounds simultaneously… and they also had suicide vests on,” Jabbari said, adding that the fighting continued for several hours.

“The terrorists failed to succeed in achieving their goal of seizing the Guards headquarters in Chabahar and Rask,” Deputy Interior Minister Majid Mirahmadi told state TV.

Jaish al-Adl has conducted dozens of similar such attacks in the last number of years against Iranian military forces, particularly the IRGC. This has even included abductions of border guards and setting off bombs in civilian areas.

Baluch separatists have also been wreaking havoc incise of Pakistan of late, targeting especially Chinese infrastructural projects and investments.

But these latest overnight attacks come at a sensitive moment that all of Iran is already on edge over the ratcheting de facto state of war with Israel, following the Monday Israeli airstrikes on the Iranian embassy complex in Damascus. In the past, Tehran has suspected that destabilizing militant terror attacks inside Iran could have had the hidden hand of Mossad behind it, however in the case of restive Sistan-Baluchestan province, the problems there are historic and long-running.

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Iran/Sunni Muslims (same story as above)

Sunni Muslim terrorists attack IRGC base in Iran, 27 killed

State media reported that in southeastern Iran, suspected Sunni Muslim militants conducted two separate attacks on military installations, resulting in the deaths of at least 5.

By REUTERSAPRIL 4, 2024 08:37Updated: APRIL 4, 2024 19:08

Members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) attend an IRGC ground forces military drill in the Aras area, East Azerbaijan province, Iran, October 17, 2022 (photo credit: IRGC/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS) — Members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) attend an IRGC ground forces military drill in the Aras area, East Azerbaijan province, Iran, October 17, 2022(photo credit: IRGC/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS)

Suspected Sunni Muslim terrorists killed at least 11 Iranian security officers and suffered 16 fatalities in attacks on Iran’s Revolutionary Guards headquarters in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, state media said on Thursday.

The attacks by terrorists from the Jaish al-Adl group took place overnight and targeted Iranian Revolutionary Guards headquarters in Rask and Chabahar, located in the Sistan and Baluchistan provinces, the reports said.

At least eight terrorists were killed during exchanges of fire with security forces, the media reports said.

“The terrorists failed to succeed in achieving their goal of seizing the Guards headquarters in Chabahar and Rask,” Deputy Interior Minister Majid Mirahmadi told state TV.

State TV said ten other security officers were also injured in the fighting in the impoverished region, which has a predominantly Sunni Muslim population.

A watchtower between Afghanistan and Iran is pictured at the Milak border crossing Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran September 8, 2021. (credit: MAJID ASGARIPOUR/WANA (WEST ASIA NEWS AGENCY) VIA REUTERS)

IRGC guards, headquarters targeted

Jaish al-Adl is an extremist Sunni Muslim terror group that operates in southeastern Iran and the western Pakistani province of Balochistan.

In January, Iran targeted two bases of the terrorist group in Pakistan with missiles, prompting a rapid military riposte from Islamabad targeting what it said were separatist terrorists in Iran.

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ISRAEL IRAN/GLOBE

‘Nowhere is safe’: Iran’s Zahedi arrived in Syria only one day before strike

Iranian commanders thought embassy safe from Israeli strikes • Tehran investigating possible intelligence leak – Iranian official

By REUTERSAPRIL 4, 2024 19:59Updated: APRIL 4, 2024 20:43

An Iranian flag hangs as smoke rises after what the Iranian media said was an Israeli strike on a building close to the Iranian embassy in Damascus, Syria April 1, 2024. (photo credit: FIRAS MAKDESI/REUTERS) — An Iranian flag hangs as smoke rises after what the Iranian media said was an Israeli strike on a building close to the Iranian embassy in Damascus, Syria April 1, 2024.(photo credit: FIRAS MAKDESI/REUTERS)

Hounded by months of deadly Israeli attacks in Syria, Iranian military commanders thought it safe to convene a top-level meeting inside Iran’s embassy compound in Damascus, believing it protected by international norms shielding diplomatic missions, according to a dozen Iranian, Syrian and regional officials.

They were wrong.

An airstrike on the compound killed seven Iranian officers on Monday – among them one of Iran’s top soldiers, Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a senior commander in the Revolutionary Guard (IRGC). It was the boldest and deadliest in a series of attacks that have picked off Iranian officials in Syria since December.

Blamed by Tehran on Israel, the attack was a rare military strike on diplomatic premises anywhere in the world and drew swift condemnation from the UN and EU. Analysts view it as a significant escalation in a wider Israeli campaign to degrade the influence carved out by Iran in Syria over the last decade.

Zahedi had arrived in Syria a day or so before the attack and was staying at the embassy compound with two other senior commanders, according to an Iranian source who, like others in this story, asked not be identified because of the sensitivity of the issue.

The three men were in Syria to discuss operational logistics and coordination, the source said, without elaborating.

Mohammad Reza Zahedi, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) commander reported to have been killed in an airstrike in Damascus on April 1, 2024. (credit: FARS MEDIA CORPORATION/CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION 4.0 INTERNATIONAL / TINYURL.COM/MWSAPNJV)

Zahedi was a top figure in the Guards’ Quds Force, which funnels Iranian support to allies around the region, including to Lebanon’s Hezbollah. He was the most senior Revolutionary Guards figure to be killed since a US drone strike on Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad four years ago, and the manner of the strike sent shockwaves across a region already roiled by Israel’s war in Gaza.

“In my view, it’s without precedent,” said Gregory Brew, an analyst at Eurasia Group, adding he could not recall any state directly targeting another’s diplomatic presence in this way.

“The IRGC officers likely thought they were safe so long as they remained in the diplomatic compound,” he said. “I can’t imagine any IRGC officers feel particularly safe at the moment.”

Iran ‘compelled’ to give a serious response to Israel

Two Iranian officials indicated Tehran would not veer from the approach it has adopted since October of avoiding direct conflict with Israel and the United States, while simultaneously backing allies who have hit Israel, US troops, and Red Sea shipping in attacks they say aim to support Gaza.

One of those officials, a senior source, said Tehran was compelled to give a serious response to prevent Israel from repeating such attacks or escalating. But the level of retaliation would be limited and aimed at deterrence, the official said, without elaborating.

The public relations office of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards declined to comment.

An Iranian security source said Iran would adjust its tactics in light of Monday’s strike, without giving further details. A regional source close to Iran said there was no longer any secure place in Syria after Israel had transgressed diplomatic norms.

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/ISRAEL//WEST BANK

Assassination attempt of Ben Gvir averted

(Jerusalem Post)

Shin Bet thwarts assassination attempt on Ben-Gvir, several arrested

The cell planned to attack Ben Gvir in Kiryat Arba using rocket-propelled grenades and other weapons.

By YONAH JEREMY BOBAPRIL 4, 2024 12:05Updated: APRIL 4, 2024 12:37

Suspects for the terror plot against Ben Gvir (photo credit: SHIN BET) — Suspects for the terror plot against Ben Gvir(photo credit: SHIN BET)

The Shin Bet announced on Thursday that it had busted a mixed terror cell of Israeli-Arabs and Palestinians who had plotted to kill National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir.

The terror cell was also targeting Ben Gurion Airport and government offices.

Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir seen outside the Police Internal Investigations Department, in Jerusalem on March 13, 2024. (credit: CHAIM GOLDBEG/FLASH90)

Those involved in the plot

A statement from the Shin Bet named seven Israeli-Arabs and four West Bank Palestinians involved in the plot.

The cell planned to attack Ben Gvir in Kiryat Arba using rocket-propelled grenades and other weapons.

They also planned to kidnap IDF soldiers.

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GERMANY, BULGARIA/HAMAS

Bulgarian police uncover weapons cache linked to 4 Hamas suspects arrested in December

By AGENCIES and TOI STAFFToday, 4:07 pm

File – Two suspects are led from a helicopter to a car by police officers at a helipad in Karlsruhe, Germany, December 15, 2023. (Uli Deck/dpa via AP)

Bulgarian police have uncovered a stash of weapons linked to four suspected Hamas members arrested in Germany and the Netherlands in December, according to German media reports and AFP sources.

Three suspected members of the Palestinian terror group were arrested in Germany and one in the Netherlands on December 14 on suspicion of making preparations for an attack against Jewish targets in Europe.

German prosecutors said at the time that the four men had been gathering weapons to be “kept in a state of readiness in view of potential terrorist attacks against Jewish institutions in Europe.”

Der Spiegel magazine reported yesterday that police had found photos of pistols, ammunition and magazines on a mobile phone belonging to one of the men, which led investigators to a stash of weapons buried under a pine tree in southern Bulgaria.

German sources confirm to AFP that a stash of weapons has been found in Bulgaria.

Bulgarian prosecutors and the interior ministry decline to confirm the report.

The Prime Minister’s Office said in January that the suspects were part of a Hamas network of operatives in Europe commanded by terror leaders in Lebanon.

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RUSSIA/IRAN/WEST

Very interesting!

Reuters Has Ulterior Motives For Reporting That Iran Tipped Russia Off Before The Crocus Attack

THURSDAY, APR 04, 2024 – 02:00 AM

Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack,

This narrative is being pushed to deflect from the evidence tying Ukraine to the Crocus terrorist attack and to discredit the Russian security services…

Reuters cited three unnamed sources to exclusively report on Monday that Iran had allegedly tipped Russia off about a then-impending major terrorist attack after learning about it from ethnic Tajik ISIS-K terrorists who were detained after the group’s early January attack in Kerman. The information lacked specific details, but the outlet editorialized that “It is harder…for Russia to dismiss intelligence from diplomatic ally Iran on the attack” than from the West, the latter of which they claim that it downplayed.

Accordingly, Reuters wrote that this “raised questions over the effectiveness of Russian security services”, thus exposing the ulterior motive behind this report. The West has done all that it can to deflect from Russia’s accusations that Ukraine was tied to this terrorist attack via the evidence that its investigation has uncovered. This includes claiming that the vague warning that the US passed along to Russia was obtained from spying on ISIS-K, not on Kiev like this analysis here compellingly argues.

By including an Iranian dimension into the emerging narrative of early warnings ahead of the Crocus terrorist attack, the West via Reuters wants to further deflect from its own and Ukraine’s involvement in what happened while simultaneously discrediting the Russian security services. This analysis here debunks the false narrative that President Putin downplayed ISIS-K threats in the run-up to the attack, yet the West is doubling down on that claim, largely in response to evidence implicating Kiev.

To be sure, there’s a chance that one or some of those ethnic Tajik ISIS-K terrorists that Iran detained in January might have heard about the group’s plans to attack Russia, but that’s altogether different than them having knowledge of the then-impending Crocus plot. Russia already knows that it’s in that group’s crosshairs after they bombed its embassy in Kabul in September 2022. Without specific information, whether from Iran or anyone else, nothing on the home front would have changed in response to that.

For instance, Russia, the UK, or even a random social media person could vaguely claim that ISIS-K is planning to attack the US, which American officials themselves are already aware of but wouldn’t do anything differently on the home front upon being informed of the latest rumors. Likewise, it’s unrealistic to imagine that Russia would ramp up security at all large gatherings even if Iran told them that a detained ethnic Tajik ISIS-K terrorist might have claimed that the group is planning to attack it.

For what it’s worth, RT quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying that “I do not know anything about this” when asked about Reuters’ report, so objective observers should be skeptical of it. He either wasn’t informed ahead of his media briefing that such vague information was allegedly passed along to Russia by Iran or it simply didn’t happen. It doesn’t matter which of these two is true though since it wouldn’t have made a difference either way for the reasons that were explained.

Promoting this unverified report from anonymous sources quoted by Western media is therefore only being done for the ulterior motives of deflecting from the evidence tying Ukraine to the Crocus terrorist attack and discrediting the Russian security services. Considering the driving force behind this latest report, it can be expected that more such stories might soon follow, and everyone should be equally skeptical of them as well while keeping in mind the narrative goals that they aim to advance.

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6.Global Issues//COVID ISSUES

COVID ISSUES/VACCINE ISSUES//DRUG ISSUES

CDC now releases hidden Covid 19 injury reports

(CDC/EpochTimes)

CDC Releases Hidden Trove Of COVID-19 Vaccine Injury Reports

WEDNESDAY, APR 03, 2024 – 09:40 PM

Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released previously hidden reports of facial paralysis and other adverse events following COVID-19 vaccination.

The 780,000 reports were received shortly after the COVID-19 vaccines were rolled out, and show people experienced a wide range of post-vaccination problems, including heart inflammation, miscarriages, and seizures.

“Loss of consciousness and seizure immediately following injection. Went to ER by ambulance,” one person reported.

“Diagnosed with Bells Palsy today due to left-sided facial numbness and paralysis,” another said.

People lodged the reports with V-safe, a text-message system created by the CDC to monitor for possible side effects of COVID-19 vaccines.

The CDC, for years, declined to make the V-safe data public, instead publishing studies that described the reports as providing reassurance about the safety of the shots. However, according to data released in 2022, nearly 8 percent of the 10 million users required medical attention or hospital care after vaccination, and many others reported missing school, work, or other normal activities.

That topline data came from check-the-box surveys.

The same judge who ordered the release of that data ordered the agency in January to disclose free-text entries from a different section where individuals could describe their experiences. U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, appointed by former President Donald Trump, dismissed the government’s arguments that processing the responses and redacting sensitive information would require too much work.

The first two tranches, comprising 780,000 reports from some 523,000 people, include dozens of reports of heart inflammation, hundreds of reports of facial paralysis, and thousands of reports of tinnitus.

Multiple people said things were so bad that they were struggling with suicidal thoughts.

“For 24 hrs after [the] shot I was so fatigued I could not stay awake. I also have some very strong suicidal thoughts. Zero appetite,” one individual wrote.

Another person said they experienced symptoms of an allergic reaction. “I read where [sic] this vaccine should not be administered to anyone allergic to PEG and I am allergic to PEG. It would be incredibly reassuring if someone would call me as all I run into is dead ends,” the individual said.

The free-text portion of the surveys was the only place for people to report adverse events, including heart inflammation, even though the CDC knew the shots might cause those events, previously released documents showed. Other documents showed the CDC became aware of the vaccines possibly causing myocarditis, or heart inflammation, and a related condition called pericarditis early in 2021 but hid the knowledge from the public.

Judge Kacsmaryk’s order came in litigation brought by the Informed Consent Action Network (ICAN), a nonprofit that has compelled the release of a number of government files since the COVID-19 pandemic started.

“ICAN had to sue the Centers for Disease Control in order to gain access to the COVID-19 shot V-safe adverse event data, which is yet another shameful chapter in the decades-long history of federal health officials trying to cover up vaccine risks by ignoring patterns of vaccine reaction symptoms in reports made to the government,” Barbara Loe Fisher, co-founder and president of the National Vaccine Information Center, told The Epoch Times after reviewing the new data.

“When people report the same symptoms over and over again after getting a biological product—in this case ’shortness of breath‘ and ’heart palpitations,’ which are both symptoms of myocarditis that has been causally linked to mRNA COVID shots—the public should be warned, not kept in the dark. It raises questions about what else government health officials are hiding,” she added.

The free-text entries are not dated. Elizabeth Brehm, an attorney representing ICAN, said the group is seeking the dates of the reports from the CDC. The group does know that the entries are the earliest ones received by the CDC. V-safe was launched as the vaccines were rolled out in late 2020. The rest of the entries are expected to be produced on a rolling basis.

A CDC spokesperson declined to answer many questions, including those related to the dates of entries.

“V-safe participants who reported that they received medical care after vaccination were called and encouraged to submit a VAERS report. If they submitted a VAERS report and the adverse events were classified as serious (as defined in the Code of Federal Regulations), CDC attempted to obtain additional information (medical records, hospital records, etc.) about the reported adverse event,” the spokesperson told The Epoch Times. “All data collected from VAERS is processed and analyzed for unusual patterns or unusually high numbers of rare and serious adverse events after vaccination.”

She said the information from VAERS helped detect problems the agency now acknowledges are caused by the vaccines, including myocarditis.

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New Report Details Horrifying Cost Of Fauci’s Failures

WEDNESDAY, APR 03, 2024 – 05:40 PM

Authored by Ian Miller via The Brownstone Institute,

In the post-pandemic period of Covid, there’s now a concerted effort to comprehend and explain the damage that was caused by our capitulating to the hysterical overreaction and overreach of the ‘experts.’ There’s a long list of policy failures to examine; mask mandates were a disaster that accomplished absolute nothing of value, but instead led to tremendous harms, many of which continue today.

Children were forced into masks for years on end, millions of people still wear masks when traveling or inside stores and restaurants, permanently convinced of the deliberate falsehood that masks are effective prevention tools. Perhaps most disturbing is that healthcare workers in blue cities are often still required to mask. Some hospitals have required masking continuously since 2020, while others are now enforcing rolling mandates based on the delusions of administrators and expert authorities.

Research into the economic cost of many of our Covid policies and mandates is still ongoing, but a new, extremely detailed report on school closures has created a horrifying context for just how damaging Anthony Fauci’s advocacy was during the pandemic.

WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 17: Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci testifies during the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee. (Photo by Shawn Thew-Pool/Getty Images)

All of Our Covid Policies Failed

The research begins with an obvious acknowledgment of the failures which occurred due to Covid mandates. Despite wildly different policies, there was virtually no difference in outcomes between countries.

“From the available evidence, it is difficult to identify the specific responses to the pandemic that led to better outcomes,” they write. “Countries clearly responded to the challenges in very different ways, from essentially no school closures (Sweden) to multiple years of closures (Uganda and Indonesia). Yet, simple statistics such as the length of school closures or overall health policies cannot explain much of the variance in outcomes.”

Lockdowns, mask mandates, vaccine passports…none of it mattered, nor does it explain the variance in outcomes between countries. Why? The obvious answer is that none of these policies had the slightest chance of preventing transmission of a highly infectious respiratory virus.

Instead, the likely explanation for variance in outcomes comes down to differences in accounting for Covid cases and deaths, underlying health and age demographics, or pre-existing immunity from exposure to similar coronaviruses, which was almost certainly the reason why countries in Asia performed much better than Western countries during the early part of the pandemic, but was conveniently ignored in favor of “experts” maintaining the wishful thinking that “mask culture” was responsible.

Regardless of the explanation, the fact that there is no consistent factor to attribute better outcomes to is in itself an indictment of our Covid policies and mandates. If it’s impossible to define why a country did better or worse than another country, there should be no justification for continued restrictions. If only someone had told Fauci or his allies in the public health establishment in 2020-2021, but instead they forcefully criticized any opposition who understood the reality, such as Florida governor Ron DeSantis.

School Closures Caused Unimaginable Harms

The researchers spent most of their time attempting to assess the many harms caused by one of the pandemic’s most inexcusable policies: school closures. And the results of their estimates are jaw-dropping.

“Based on the available research on lifetime earnings associated with more skills, the average student in school during the pandemic will lose 5 to 6 percent of lifetime earnings,” they found. “Because a lower-skilled workforce leads to lower economic growth, the nation will lose some $31 trillion (in present value terms) during the twenty-first century. This aggregate economic loss is higher than the US GDP for one year and dwarfs the total economic losses from either the slowdown of the economy during the pandemic or from the 2008 recession.”

That’s not a misprint: $31 trillion.

Teachers unions, Fauci, the CDC, and politicians have all ensured that the American economy will be decimated in the next century because they refused to admit they were wrong about all of it. As cost of living skyrockets thanks to rampant inflation, also caused by our incompetence and malicious, purposeful ignorance, children forced to learn under school closures will be irreparably set back, which will cost them hundreds of thousands if not millions of earned income throughout their lives.

It’s easy to suggest that maybe these harms may be erased or mitigated over time. The researchers addressed that too, yet they failed to provide much hope for the future.

“Finally, we provide a few observations about recovery from the learning losses. History suggests that these losses are likely to be permanent unless the schools become better than they were before the pandemic,” they conclude.

With wholly incompetent political activists like Randi Weingarten controlling schools, disgraceful DEI policies infiltrating every aspect of public education, the lack of acknowledgment from Fauci and other organizations that Covid mandates were a failure, and the complete ideological capture of the education system, it’s impossible to reasonably expect that schools will ever “become better than they were.”

The damage they caused is locked in – forever.

Once Again, Florida Provides the Alternative

Importantly, the results of school closures varied per region. In far-left states such as California, New York, New Jersey and Illinois, school closures persisted well into 2021.

But Florida was one of the few states, and perhaps the only large one, to make reopening schools a priority, despite the objections of teachers unions and media outlets that attempted to label the governor as “DeathSantis.”

And it’s going to pay off, relatively speaking. A figure presented in the research shows that Florida’s economic state loss in GDP is nearly equal to Pennsylvania, despite a population that’s nearly 75% bigger than Pennsylvania. And California’s estimated losses, roughly $1.3 trillion, are more than 116% higher than Florida, much larger than the population difference. Similarly, New York’s economic losses far exceed Florida’s, despite a smaller population.

DeSantis followed the actual science, listened to competent outside expert advisors, and as a result, when compared to other major states, Florida is set to massively benefit in the future. It is yet again another clear indictment of the blue states that chose to follow the Fauci blueprint into economic disaster.

And make no mistake, this is a disaster.

No Accountability for Failure

The researchers compared the learning loss train wreck to the 2008 recession, showing that the Covid response is responsible for substantially more damage than even that economic cycle.

“The lopsided attention to the business-cycle losses from the 2008 recession and from the pandemic is startling once we see the comparable pandemic learning loss figures,” they wrote. “The economic losses from the loss of human capital are fully six times the total losses from the 2008 recession, which was labeled the largest recession since the Great Depression.”

This is staggering. Six times the total losses from the 2008 recession, already considered one of the worst in modern economic history. All because Fauci and his band of “experts” seized an opportunity to enforce their agenda of control onto a compliant society. And also because they refused to admit failure when many were desperately trying to expose them.

It’s an inexcusable, historic set of decisions with lasting consequences both in soft cultural terms and harder economic ones. A $31 trillion loss is the loss of GDP exclusively from school closures. That doesn’t even account for the loss of business income, the years-long setback in terms of new business, or the loss of GDP from adults who gave up on career plans or other pursuits out of despair or lack of opportunity.

The damage the “experts” caused is incalculable. But the attempts to calculate it has resulted in absolutely horrifying estimates.

And not one of those responsible is willing to acknowledge it.

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Republished from the author’s Substack

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Robert H:

New survey confirms that vaccines are, by far, the #1 cause of chronic disease in America

Perhaps time we let our immune systems work without vaccines.

https://kirschsubstack.com/p/new-survey-confirms-that-vaccines

GLOBAL ISSUES//GLOBAL SALES

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MARK CRISPIN MILLER

In memory of those who “died suddenly” in the United States and worldwide, March 26-April 1, 2024

Italy:

United States:

https://open.substack.com/pub/markcrispinmiller/p/in-memory-of-those-who-died-suddenly-f06

United States:

Canada:
https://open.substack.com/pub/markcrispinmiller/p/in-memory-of-those-who-died-suddenly-fe4
Mexico:

Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Granada, Brazil, Parguay, Chile and Argentina:
https://open.substack.com/pub/markcrispinmiller/p/in-memory-of-those-who-died-suddenly-c5d
Brazil:

Chile:

United Kingdom and Ireland:
https://open.substack.com/pub/markcrispinmiller/p/in-memory-of-those-who-died-suddenly-de0
France, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Austria, Denmark and Latvia:
https://markcrispinmiller.substack.com/p/in-memory-of-those-who-died-suddenly-113
Italy:
https://open.substack.com/pub/markcrispinmiller/p/in-memory-of-those-who-died-suddenly-1f5
Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Nigeria, Uganda, India, Sri Lanka, Japan, S. Korea, Indonesia, Samoa, Australia and NZ:
https://open.substack.com/pub/markcrispinmiller/p/in-memory-of-those-who-died-suddenly-4cd

DR PAUL ALEXANDER

‘The Most Dangerous Person in the World Is Randi Weingarten’ by The New York Times; this does not tell the story well, she is the most devastating & her actions with Teachers unions KILLED children

this beast, I do not care what you think, this was a beast for all of her rulings & positions were NEVER ever supported by science & she worked with CDC to harm American children, never forget, JUDGES

DR. PAUL ALEXANDERAPR 3

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This person with CDC harmed American children and she must be investigated and dragged into a court and let judges and juries examine her every action…IMO she killed children across COVID. Let the courts now handle her.

Nothing she did or said could be supported by any prevailing science. It was corruption, kickback backroom dealings with CDC that ended up harming children….beast. She is now added to the Horsemen of the COVID Apocalypse list…

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Was the takedown of the Baltimore FSB Bridge (Francis Scott Key Bridge) by The Dali ship, America’s ‘death’ by a thousand cuts (BibloBitch)? Obama & Biden destroying America now? Flooding us with

What? Captain of The Dali was Ukrainian? Crocus Theater Massacre payback? What? Biblo said what? 20,000 illegal mujahideen islamist jihadists Obama-Biden-Mayorkas taking in to kill Americans? WTF?

DR. PAUL ALEXANDERAPR 4

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‘America’s ongoing death-of-a-thousand-cuts, that one literally severed a major artery, but it may take a while to know how badly the wounded colossus known as the USA is bleeding out’.

Islamic murderers, rapists, killers Obama and Biden flooding America with and we stand by, the Republican controlled house cannot stop it? Nobody could act? Speaker Johnson stroking? What is his role? So why the fuck we gave them control? Why did we give Republicans control? Are they any different than democrats?

‘They’re spending as if they know that the end is near.

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AOC was elected to the US Congress as a broke bartender in 2018.

Today, her net worth is valued at approximately $80 million dollars’. (Biblo)

Can we get this bullet proofed? Is this what US government is really all about? Pure unbridled corruption.

As we contend with this, the feral banal killer animal we letting in? This? To gang rape our American girls? To brutalize them like what happened in The Bataclan France 2015?

The 10 to 14 million illegals Obama and Biden let into USA in the last 3 years will destroy America is they are not all deported by Trump, every one of them. There are hundreds of hardened terror cell terrorists among them. Known. We do not know where they are. The ‘got away’.

Laying us to waste to his animal? Our girls?

Bataclan dismembered club patrons after the ‘innocent sweet, gentle islamist cut their stomachs open while alive’:

Like this above in Bataclan, Biden, you and Obama brining in these islamic murderers to stab our girls in their vaginas and disembowel them like in Bataclan?

You bringing this to us Biden and Obama?

‘They just step on US soil, get issued smartphones, loaded debit cards, walking-around cash money, airplane and bus tickets and, voila, there they are in your home town tomorrow, looking for something to occupy themselves.’ Looking for girls to gang rape, people to kill, to brutalize? Biden, you did this to us? This is the RINO and democrats today, seeking to slaughter us, delivering us at the altar of DEI and voter padding? What? Cooking elections of the future?

‘‘‘Ten thousand san-salvadorean CIA trained Mercenarys Enter the USA monthly since 2016; They all can be activated online just like Russia, a few $1,000 USD, a weapons cache and be told to “KILL CHILDREN” at every public school in the USA’’’’

‘Consider that this very week alone, following the FSK Bridge disaster, absolutely nothing has been done by our government to stem that flow of countless potential saboteurs into the country. The news media isn’t even talking about it (of course).’ (Biblo, ZEROHedge).

The container ship Dali is seen after striking the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which collapsed into the Patapsco River in Baltimore early Tuesday.

Now that you wrote this stack in this manner, this I can and will share…my stack is open forum, provocative, and demands that people think…

Biblo, I ask you to write in my comments in a decent respectful manner please. Not hating on my site, my stack, open and free, but decent. This is for high order thinking, debate. Decency. No antisemitism here.

‘Look out for on-the-ground economic reverberations from the FSK Bridge disaster. Food processing plant fires, train wrecks, and other mysterious tribulations around former USA;’

America’s ongoing death-of-a-thousand-cuts, that one literally severed a major artery, but it may take a while to know how badly the wounded colossus known as the USA is bleeding out (substack.com)

For this gay tranny pump wearing freak? Our money?

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America’s Ongoing Death-By-A-Thousand-Cuts | ZeroHedge

This is America? This is what Biden and Obama are doing to America?

SLAY NEWS

The latest reports from Slay News

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Wisconsin’s Democrat Gov Vetos Bill to Protect Female Sports from Male Domination Wisconsin’s Democrat Governor Tony Evers has vetoed a bill that sought to protect girls’ and women’s sports events from being dominated by male athletes.READ MORE

Boston’s Democrat Mayor Silent as Migrant Crime Soars in Her ‘Sanctuary City’Boston’s radical Democrat Mayor Michelle Wu is refusing to address reports that crimes committed by illegal migrants are soaring in her so-called “sanctuary city.”READ MORE

James Carville Warns Democrats Are Losing Young Minority Voters ‘in Droves’: The Numbers Are ‘Horrifying’Former Bill Clinton strategist James Carville has warned Democrats that the party is losing young minority voters “in droves.”READ MORE

RFK Jr Doubles Down: Biden a ‘Genuine Threat to Our Democracy’ – ‘Much Worse’ than Trump Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. doubled down Tuesday on his warning that Democrat President Joe Biden “is a genuine threat to our democracy.”READ MORE

The latest reports from Slay News

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he latest reports from Slay News

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LATEST REPORTS FOR NEWS JUNKIES

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Deadly turbo lung cancers have been soaring in people under 40 who have received Covid mRNA vaccines.
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READ THE FULL REPORT

There Is Overwhelming Evidence That Fani Willis Committed Perjury, Says Alan Dershowitz

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8. EMERGING MARKETS//AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND ISSUES//

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YOUR EARLY CURRENCY/GOLD AND SILVER PRICING/ASIAN CLOSING MARKETS AND EUROPEAN BOURSE OPENING AND CLOSING/ INTEREST RATE SETTINGS THURSDAY MORNING 7;30AM//OPENING AND CLOSING

EURO VS USA DOLLAR: 1.0857 UP .0019

USA/ YEN 151.72 UP .135 NOW TARGETS INTEREST RATE AT 1.00% AS IT WILL BUY UNLIMITED BONDS TO GETS TO THAT LEVEL…//YEN STILL FALLS//

GBP/USA 1.2656 UP .0005

USA/CAN DOLLAR: 1.3501 DOWN .0023 (CDN DOLLAR UP 23 BASIS PTS)

Last night Shanghai COMPOSITE CLOSED

Hang Seng CLOSED

AUSTRALIA CLOSED UP 0.48%

// EUROPEAN BOURSE: MOSTLY ALL GREEN

Trading from Europe and ASIA

I) EUROPEAN BOURSES: MOSTLY ALL GREEN

2/ CHINESE BOURSES / :Hang SENG CLOSED

/SHANGHAI CLOSED

AUSTRALIA BOURSE CLOSED UP 0.48%

(Nikkei (Japan) CLOSED UP 321.29 PTS OR 0.81%

INDIA’S SENSEX IN THE GREEN

Gold very early morning trading: 2292.85

silver:$27.02

USA dollar index early THURSDAY morning: 103.87 DOWN 13 BASIS POINTS FROM WEDNESDAY’s CLOSE.

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And now your closing THURSDAY NUMBERS 1: 30 AM

Portuguese 10 year bond yield: 3.24% DOWN 8 in basis point(s) yield

JAPANESE BOND YIELD: +0.777% UP 0 AND 8//100 BASIS POINTS /JAPAN losing control of its yield curve/

SPANISH 10 YR BOND YIELD: 3.187 DOWN 8 in basis points yield

ITALIAN 10 YR BOND YIELD 3.709 DOWN 13 points in basis points yield ./ THE ECB IS QE’ ING ITALIAN BONDS (BUYING ITALIAN BONDS/SELLING GERMAN BUNDS)

GERMAN 10 YR BOND YIELD: 2.355 DOWN 5 BASIS PTS

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IMPORTANT CURRENCY CLOSES FOR WEDNESDAY

Closing currency crosses for day /USA DOLLAR INDEX/USA 10 YR BOND YIELD/1:00 PM

Euro/USA 1.0871 UP 0.0032 or 32 basis points

USA/Japan: 151.67 UP 0.088 OR YEN IS DOWN 9 BASIS PTS

Great Britain/USA 1.2671 UP .0020 OR 20 BASIS POINTS //

Canadian dollar UP .0037 OR 37 BASIS pts to 1.3487

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The USA/Yuan, CNY: closed ON SHORE CLOSED UP AT 7.2337

THE USA/YUAN OFFSHORE: (YUAN CLOSED (UP)…. (7.2454)

TURKISH LIRA: 31.89 EXTREMELY DANGEROUS LEVEL/DEATH WATCH/HYPERINFLATION TO BEGIN.//ON DEATH WATCH

the 10 yr Japanese bond yield at +0.777…

Your closing 10 yr US bond yield DOWN 2 in basis points from TUESDAY at 4.339% //trading well ABOVE the resistance level of 2.27-2.32%) very problematic

USA 30 yr bond yield 4.489 DOWN 2 in basis points /12.00 PM

USA 2 YR BOND YIELD: 4.685 DOWN 2 BASIS PTS.

GOLD AT 11;30 AM 2296.40

SILVER AT 11;30: 27.10

Your 12:00 AM bourses for Europe and the Dow along with the USA dollar index closing and interest rates: WEDNESDAY CLOSING TIME 12:00 PM//

London: CLOSED UP 38.45 PTS OR 0.48%

German Dax : CLOSED UP 35.41 PTS OR 0.19%

Paris CAC CLOSED DOWN 1.68 PTS OR 0.02%

Spain IBEX CLOSED UP 58.60PTS OR 0.53%

Italian MIB: CLOSED DOWN 26.29 PTS OR 0.08%

WTI Oil price 85.37 12: EST/

Brent Oil: 89.17 12:00 EST

USA /RUSSIAN ROUBLE /// AT: 92.21 ROUBLE UP 0 AND 9/100

GERMAN 10 YR BOND YIELD; +2.3555 DOWN 5 BASIS PTS

UK 10 YR YIELD: 4.049 DOWN 4 BASIS POINTS

CLOSING NUMBERS: 4 PM

Euro vs USA 1.0842 UP.0003 OR 3 BASIS POINTS

British Pound: 1.2642 DOWN .0009 or 9 basis pts

BRITISH 10 YR GILT BOND YIELD: 4.067 DOWN 1 BASIS PTS//

JAPAN 10 YR YIELD: .777

USA dollar vs Japanese Yen: 151.25 DOWN 0.335//YEN UP 34 BASIS PTS//

USA dollar vs Canadian dollar: 1.3551 UP .0026 CDN dollar UP 26 basis pts)

West Texas intermediate oil: 86.51

Brent OIL: 90.79

USA 10 yr bond yield DOWN 5 BASIS pts to 4.308%

USA 30 yr bond yield DOWN 4 BASIS PTS to 4.469%

USA 2 YR BOND: DOWN 2 PTS AT 4.679%

USA dollar index: 103.98 DOWN 2 BASIS POINTS

USA DOLLAR VS TURKISH LIRA: 31.89 (GETTING QUITE CLOSE TO BLOWING UP/

USA DOLLAR VS RUSSIA//// ROUBLE: 92.24 DOWN 0 AND 6/100 roubles

GOLD 2285.20 3:30 PM

SILVER: 26.83 3:30 PM

DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE: DOWN 529.84 PTS OR 1.35%

NASDAQ DOWN 281.41 PTS OR 1.55%

VOLATILITY INDEX: 16.61 UP 2.28 PTS OR 15.91%

GLD: $211.52 DOWN 1.22 OR 0.57%

SLV/ $24.49 DOWN .24 OR 0.97%

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USA AFFAIRS

TODAY’S TRADING IN GRAPH FORM

Bonds & Bitcoin Bid As Kashkari & Crude Slam Stocks

THURSDAY, APR 04, 2024 – 04:00 PM

An armada of FedSpeak today was pretty much all in the same direction – need more time on inflation, no rush to cut (but will cut), jobs strong – with the only divergence being the degree (Gooslbee, more dovishly worried about labor market due to rising delinquencies; to Kashkari, more hawkishly questioning any need to cut rates at all given how economy is doing).

In order of their appearance:

*BARR: BANKS’ OFFICE COMMERCIAL REAL-ESTATE ISSUES TO TAKE TIME
*KUGLER: `SOME LOWERING’ OF RATES THIS YEAR LIKELY APPROPRIATE
*FED’S HARKER SAYS INFLATION IS STILL TOO HIGH
*BARKIN: FED HAS TIME TO GAIN MORE CLARITY BEFORE LOWERING RATES
*GOOLSBEE: WORTH STAYING ATTUNED TO DETERIORATION IN JOBS MARKET
*KASHKARI: QUESTION OF WHY CUT RATES IF ECONOMY REMAINS STRONG
*MESTER: NEED MORE PROGRESS ON HOUSING, CORE SERVICES INFLATION

Everything was going swimmingly early on. Stocks saw jobless claims data and algos greenlit the buying panic (read all about the farce that is jobless claims here).

The gains survived the various Fed speakers early on until Kashkari spoke and hinted at the potential of no rate-cuts and that seemed to trigger a wave of selling in stocks.

“In March I had jotted down two rate cuts this year if inflation continues to fall back towards our 2% target,” Kashkari said in a virtual event with LinkedIn on Thursday.

“If we continue to see inflation moving sideways, then that would make me question whether we needed to do those rate cuts at all.”

The decline in stocks also corresponded with a surge in oil prices driven by headlines around UAE cutting ties with Israel and Israel putting all of its global embassies on alert…

Source: Bloomberg

WTI topped $87 intraday…

Source: Bloomberg

Brent also topped $91 for the first time since Oct 2023…

Source: Bloomberg

It was an ugly day overall in stocks (among the ugliest in a while) with everything sliding from gains near 1% to losses near 1.5%. Nasdaq was the laggard (but basically everything was dumped together)… Small Caps and The Dow are down over 3% on the week..

“Most Shorted” stocks were monkey-hammered…

Source: Bloomberg

…and MAG7 stocks were pummeled after a strong open…

Source: Bloomberg

Everything fell at the same time – around the crossover of Kashkari’s comments and oil’s spike but we note that bond yields also tumbled (odd given oil’s rise – inflation – and Kashkari’s comments, hawkish)…

Source: Bloomberg

Are bonds suddenly fearful of an oil-price-spike-induced recession? Rate-cut expectations also rose (back to 3 cuts in 2024)…

Source: Bloomberg

Also suggesting this was more an oil story than a Fed story.

Crypto had a huge day, erasing all of Tuesday’s tumble, back above $69,000…

Source: Bloomberg

Gold hit a new record high for the sixth day in a row, above $2300 (spot) for the first time before selling off late in the day…

Source: Bloomberg

As crude soared today, so wholesale gasoline prices hit their highest level in seven months, leading pump prices ever higher…

Source: Bloomberg

Finally, which comes first? S&P 4800 or 10Y 3.5%?

Source: Bloomberg

We suspect we will see whether this mini-reversal is sustained after 0830ET tomorrow morning.

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MORNING TRADING/

AFTERNOON TRADING/

Oil Surges Over $90, Stocks Tumble After Israel Puts Embassies Around World On Maximum Alert

THURSDAY, APR 04, 2024 – 02:42 PM

At this point Israel’s ties with key Gulf countries like the UAE are near breaking point, after only a few short years ago diplomatic normalization was hailed through Trump’s Abraham accords. But international and Israeli press reports are confirming the UAE has announced it is halting all coordination on humanitarian aid with Israel.

Further, as Israeli media reports: “The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced a suspension of diplomatic coordination with Israel in the wake of the death of seven World Central Kitchen humanitarian workers in Gaza.” Simultaneously, Israel is busy putting its embassies across the world on high security alert due to the “heightened Iranian response threat” in wake of Monday’s Israeli attack on the Iranian embassy in Damascus. All of this served to send Brent soaring in the last two hours, with Brent spiking above $90 for the first time since October….

… and sending stocks tumbling to session lows.

With Iran vowing that its retaliation is coming at any moment, Israel’s military is scrambling for readiness, with the latest measure being to pause all home leave for all combat troops.

“The IDF is at war and the issue of the deployment of forces is constantly reviewed as needed,” the Israeli military said.

President Biden is meanwhile is said to be “pissed” with PM Netanyahu over the killing of seven World Central Kitchen aid workers in Gaza, though Israel acknowledged that it was a “grave mistake”.

So far this sounds like more mere empty words of “concern” – a talking point that’s been on repeat from the White House even as its Gaza policy continues slowly fracturing the Democratic base – but Biden is said to have pressed Bibi for “an immediate ceasefire”.

The call readout further said ceasefire is needed to “protect innocent civilians” in Gaza and improve the humanitarian situation. Axios writes that Biden gave his Israeli counterpart an “ultimatum” as the US president “emphasized that the strikes on humanitarian workers and the overall humanitarian situation are unacceptable.”

II USA DATA

Garbage data

Jobless Claims: Spot The Odd (Government-Supplied) One Out

THURSDAY, APR 04, 2024 – 08:35 AM

In the real world labor market, 2024 has been a shitshow of layoffs…

1. Everybuddy: 100% of workforce
2. Wisense: 100% of workforce
3. CodeSee: 100% of workforce
4. Twig: 100% of workforce
5. Twitch: 35% of workforce
6. Roomba: 31% of workforce
7. Bumble: 30% of workforce
8. Farfetch: 25% of workforce
9. Away: 25% of workforce
10. Hasbro: 20% of workforce
11. LA Times: 20% of workforce
12. Wint Wealth: 20% of workforce
13. Finder: 17% of workforce
14. Spotify: 17% of workforce
15. Buzzfeed: 16% of workforce
16. Levi’s: 15% of workforce
17. Xerox: 15% of workforce
18. Qualtrics: 14% of workforce
19. Wayfair: 13% of workforce
20. Duolingo: 10% of workforce
21. Rivian: 10% of workforce
22. Washington Post: 10% of workforce
23. Snap: 10% of workforce
24. eBay: 9% of workforce
25. Sony Interactive: 8% of workforce
26. Expedia: 8% of workforce
27. Business Insider: 8% of workforce
28. Instacart: 7% of workforce
29. Paypal: 7% of workforce
30. Okta: 7% of workforce
31. Charles Schwab: 6% of workforce
32. Docusign: 6% of workforce
33. Riskified: 6% of workforce
34. EA: 5% of workforce
35. Motional: 5% of workforce
36. Mozilla: 5% of workforce
37. Vacasa: 5% of workforce
38. CISCO: 5% of workforce
39. UPS: 2% of workforce
40. Nike: 2% of workforce
41. Blackrock: 3% of workforce
42. Paramount: 3% of workforce
43. Citigroup: 20,000 employees
44. ThyssenKrupp: 5,000 employees
45. Best Buy: 3,500 employees
46. Barry Callebaut: 2,500 employees
47. Outback Steakhouse: 1,000
48. Northrop Grumman: 1,000 employees
49. Pixar: 1,300 employees
50. Perrigo: 500 employees

But, according to the government-supplied data…

The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits for the first time last week rose from 212k to 221k (SA) to its highest since Jan, and claims ticked modestly higher on an NSA basis…

Source: Bloomberg

Texas and Missourri saw thelargest declines in claims while California (which was estimated) and Pennsylvania saw the largest rise…

Continuing claims remain glued around 1.8mm Americans – where they have been for nine months…

Source: Bloomberg

But, here’s the thing… WARNs are soaring… and Challenger-Grey just announced that March saw the most job cuts (90,309) since January 2023…but government-supplied data on initial jobless claims continues to smoothly tick along near record lows…

Source: Bloomberg

Can you spot the odd (government-supplied) one out?

Of course, we know the solution…

Ah, Bidenomics!!

If Trump wins in November, will all this data suddenly be ‘allowed’ to reflect reality?

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USA in trouble!

U.S. trade deficit widens for third straight month in February

April 4, 2024 at 8:33 a.m. ET

MarketWatchDeficit hits $68.9 billion, largest since last April

The numbers: The U.S. international trade deficit widened 1.9% in February to a seasonally adjusted $68.9 billion, the Commerce Department said Thursday. It is the third straight month with a wider deficit and the largest imbalance since last April.

Economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal had predicted the deficit would widen to $67.7 billion.

Key details: Exports rose 2.3% to $263 billion in February. Imports rose 2.2% to $331.9 billion.

Big picture: The deficit has started to trend higher as imports have been more resilient than exports. It is expected to be a slight drag on first-quarter GDP growth.

Overall global trade remains weak given the geopolitical tensions in many regions.

TUCKER CARLSON…

Speaker Johnson, compromised!

“Is He Blackmailed?” MTG Questions Speaker Johnson’s ‘Complete Departure’ Over Abortion, Illegals, DOJ Funding

Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) suggested that House Speaker Mike Johnson is being “blackmailed” because of his “complete departure” from Republican concerns, saying the Louisiana Republican “has completely changed his character.”

“Mike Johnson has completely changed his character in a matter of about five months after he has become speaker of the House,” Greene told Tucker Carlson in a recent episode of Tucker Carlson Uncensored.

Carlson pointed to Johnson’s meeting with Ukraine’s President, Volodymyr Zelensky – after which Johnson said that the second congressional recess ends, “his number one priority at a moment when the U.S. is being invaded” is to ” send that $60 billion to Ukraine, possibly as a loan.”

According to Carlson, Johnson won’t come on his show to explain, while Zelensky also refused to discuss his position:

They’re not grateful now. So we sent a message to the speaker of the House and asked him to come on and explain why, when the majority of the Republicans he represents both the voters and members of Congress, opposes why he would join with Democrats to do the one thing that Americans don’t think we should do, which is send another $60 billion to pay the pensions of Ukrainian bureaucrats and fund a doomed war. Why are you for that? And of course, he hasn’t responded. We also sent multiple requests to Zelensky himself for an interview to explain his position. Of course, he ignored that as well.

Greene echoed Tucker’s concerns, saying “It’s outrageous.”

When you saw Zelenskyy right there on that interview talking about, oh, we’re going to lose territory. Oh, we really need this money. This $60 billion should have been approved yesterday. Let me tell you, we are losing our country to the illegal invasion that’s happening every single day at our southern border. And I am so pissed off about it because the American people are pissed off about it. And while our so-called Republican speaker of the House is only working with Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries and Ukraine First Mitch McConnell and the white House and Jake Sullivan, who he talks to on the phone all the time. We are angry and people have had it.

Greene said this “needs to end,” but Johnson “has has made a complete departure of who he is, and what he stands for and to the point where people are literally asking, is he blackmailed?“

When Carlson asked her to expound, Greene said that she has “no idea” if that’s the case, but asks: “What radically changes a man. I mean, if we break down the the second part of basically an omnibus, let’s let’s break that down.”

Greene cited Johnson’s funding of “full term abortion clinics” despite being pro-life, doing “nothing for the southern border” – particularly on the heels of Laken Riley’s murder at the hands of an illegal, which followed “a video that was running on loop on social media, where illegal aliens had rushed our border, ran over Texas National Guard.”

“He did nothing to secure the border. It’s the number one issue in the world. He completely changed who he was. Funded the FBI, gave them a brand new building, fully funded the Department of Justice that is persecuting everyone on the right and actually targeting our presidential candidate, for for election this year. Literally trying to put him in jail the rest of his life. We don’t know who Mike Johnson is anymore. So there’s no, I can’t comprehend it,” Greene continued.

Watch:

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IIIB USA COMMENTARIES RE ISRAEL/HAMAS WAR/ and PERVASIVE ANTISEMITISM/WOKISM…

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iiiC USA COVID //VACCINE ISSUES

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SWAMP STORIES

A terrible conflict here. How can this trial be fair and impartial?

(Tom Ozimek/ EpochTimes)

Wife Of Judge In Trump ‘Hush Money’ Trial Worked For AG Letitia James

WEDNESDAY, APR 03, 2024 – 10:20 PM

Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),

Lara Merchan, the wife of the judge presiding over former President Donald Trump’s “hush money” case in Manhattan, once worked for New York Attorney General Letitia James, who brought the massive $350 million civil fraud case against the former president, with the revelation reviving claims of bias and calls for the judge’s recusal.

Records reviewed by The Epoch Times show that Ms. Merchan worked for 21 years as a Special Assistant to the AG in New York, including three years under Ms. James. She changed jobs over two years ago.

Ms. James is a Democrat who fixated on President Trump as she campaigned for New York attorney general, calling him a “con man” and vowing to shine a “bright light into every dark corner of his real estate dealings.”

She began investigating the former president soon after taking office, eventually suing him for allegedly misleading banks and others about the value of his assets.

Ms. James eventually won the case on Feb. 16, with New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron ordering President Trump and Trump Organization executives to pay $350 million in damages, and barring the former president from doing business in the state for three years.

Judge Juan Merchan is presiding over a separate criminal trial involving President Trump in New York, in which the former president is accused of falsifying business records in order to conceal a $130,000 “hush money” payoff to an adult performer to stay quiet about their alleged affair.

President Trump on his Truth Social platform accused Judge Merchan of bias and corruption, while labeling the case against him “election interference” and also demanding the judge’s recusal.

The former president has also alleged that the judge’s daughter, Loren Merchan, has a partisan interest in the case because she leads a political marketing firm and has represented President Trump’s political opponents, receiving millions from them.

Claims of Conflict of Interest

Judge Merchan imposed a gag order against President Trump in the case and, on April 1, expanded it to include family members of the judge and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.

The judge wrote in the order that President Trump’s speech “injects fear in those assigned or called to participate in the proceedings that not only they, but their family members as well, as ‘fair game’ for Defendant’s vitriol.”

Laura Loomer, an independent journalist and popular conservative commentator who on social media shared records that Judge Merchan’s wife worked for Ms. James, wrote in a post on X that this fact represents “another major conflict of interest!”

Various conservative accounts reacted to Ms. Loomer’s post, arguing that the revelation adds to evidence that the judge should recuse himself from the case.

“And this is why they expanded the gag order on Trump,” Paul A. Szypula, a popular conservative commentator on X with over 140,000 followers, said in a post. “It’s even more obvious how biased Judge Merchan is. He has to recuse himself now. There’s clearly at least an appearance of a conflict here. That’s enough in itself.”

Another popular account with over 46,000 followers called “The doppelgängers” argued in a post that, “everyone knows this is all connected and they are all connected to same sources to take down Trump.”

By contrast, Brian Krassenstein, a left-wing political commentator with a similar size following on X, pushed back on Ms. Loomer, saying the fact Judge Merchan’s wife once worked for Ms. James is not evidence of bias or conflict of interest.

“The New York State Attorney General’s office employs more than 700 Assistant Attorneys General. It’s not as if she was Letitia James’ right-hand woman,” he wrote in a post on X. “Literally 40% of all of the staff working in the Office of the AG in NY are ‘Special Assistants.’”

“Loomer is trying to somehow say that since the Judge in Trump’s Manhattan case was or is married to a woman who once worked in an office with 700 other people under the AG, who already won a civil suit against Trump, that Judge Merchan now has a conflict of interest,” he continued.

Further, Mr. Krassenstein suggested that Ms. Loomer, who is a vocal Trump supporter, may even have posted about the judge’s wife at his direction.

“If so that would likely be illegal now that a gag order is in place,” Mr. Krassenstein said.

Lara Merchan was not immediately reachable for comment.

Judge Merchan has already declined to recuse himself from the case.

In the case, Mr. Bragg charged President Trump with 34 counts of falsifying business records, alleging a scheme to influence the 2016 election with payments meant to bury unfavorable news coverage of the alleged affair with the adult performer, which the former president has denied.

The trial has been set for April 15, and in less than two weeks, the first-ever criminal trial of a former American president will take place in Manhattan.

Catherine Yang contributed to this report.

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Trump Lawyers Reveal He Kept Classified Documents In Trump Tower

BY TYLER DURDEN

WEDNESDAY, APR 03, 2024 – 09:00 PM

Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump revealed in new court filings that the former president kept classified materials at his Trump Tower in New York City and his estate in New Jersey.

The former president kept the classified documents at those two locations as well as his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida while he was in office, and also during the months before he was inaugurated in 2017, the filings revealed.

His lawyers were responding to a deadline to support U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon’s proposed jury instructions.

“You may consider evidence that government officials discussed classified information with President Trump and provided classified briefings and documents to President Trump before and during his Presidency—including inside President Trump’s private offices and residences, such as at Bedminster, New Jersey, and Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, Florida, as well as at Trump Tower in New York City,” they wrote to the judge.

President Trump, the GOP presumptive presidential nominee for 2024, is facing dozens of felony counts related to alleged mishandling of classified documents, according to an indictment. Part of his defense centers around how he personally designated presidential files as his personal items before he left the White House in early 2021.

In Tuesday’s court filing, his attorneys said that jurors could be told that President Trump had the legal power as president to make those documents his personal belongings.

“President Trump acted as an ‘original classification authority’ while he was President of the United States” to declassify the records, it said, adding that it “means that all classification decisions during his term as President were based on his authority, and that he also had absolute and unreviewable authority to declassify documents and information.”

There also is “evidence relating to former Presidents, Vice Presidents, and other public officials being authorized to possess documents containing classified information without criminal prosecution by the government after they left their positions,” his attorneys continued to say.

“You heard evidence during the trial that President Trump exercised that authority, at times verbally and at times without using formal procedures, while he was President,” the proposed Trump jury instructions read. “I instruct you that those declassification decisions are examples of valid and legally appropriate uses of President Trump’s declassification authority while he was President of the United States.”

The former president in a separate court filing again asked Judge Cannon to dismiss the case.

Jack Smith’s Response

Also Tuesday, special counsel Jack Smith—who brought the charges against the former president—criticized Judge Cannon and warned her that the jury instructions rest on a “fundamentally flawed legal premise.”

Last month, Judge Cannon had asked prosecutors and defense lawyers to formulate proposed jury instructions for most of the charges, asking the lawyers to respond to two different scenarios on whether he was entitled under a statute known as the Presidential Records Act to retain the sensitive documents he is now charged with possessing.

The Smith team wrote that the 1978 law, which requires presidents to return presidential records to the government upon leaving office but permits them to retain purely personal ones, has no relevance in a case concerning highly classified documents.

Those records, prosecutors said, were not personal and there is no evidence President Trump ever designated them as such. They argued that the suggestion he did so was created only after it became public that he had taken with him to Mar-a-Lago after his presidency boxes of records from the White House.

“Not a single one had heard Trump say that he was designating records as personal or that, at the time he caused the transfer of boxes to Mar-a-Lago, he believed that his removal of records amounted to designating them as personal under the PRA,” prosecutors wrote. “To the contrary, every witness who was asked this question had never heard such a thing.”

As of Wednesday, it’s not clear when the trial would start. Judge Cannon last year set the case for trial on May 20, 2024, but she signaled she would reconsider that date during a March 1 hearing.

The hearing took place as scheduled, but no replacement date was picked.

Last month, the judge heard hours of arguments on two of the dismissal motions on whether President Trump was entitled under the Presidential Records Act to retain the classified documents after he left office and whether the Espionage Act law at the heart of the case was so vague as to be unconstitutional.

Judge Cannon appeared skeptical of the defense assertions and, after the hearing, issued a terse two-page order rejecting the vagueness argument while permitting President Trump to raise it again later. She hasn’t yet ruled on the Presidential Records Act motion that was submitted by the defense.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Judge Denies Trump First Amendment Challenge To Dismiss Georgia Election Charges

THURSDAY, APR 04, 2024 – 01:45 PM

Authored by Catherine Yang via The Epoch Times,

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee has denied former President Donald Trump’s motion to dismiss charges under the First Amendment, noting that the way the challenge was brought limited the arguments that could be made.

“Without foreclosing the ability to raise similar as-applied challenges at the appropriate time after the establishment of a factual record, the Defendants’ motions based on First Amendment grounds are denied,” the judge wrote in an April 4 order.

President Trump is being charged along with 14 others of violating Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act for their actions in challenging the 2020 election results.

He had brought a First Amendment as-applied challenge, arguing that everything he said listed in the indictment was protected by the First Amendment.

But when such a challenge is made before trial, the only record of facts that can be used is the indictment itself. The allegations must be accepted as fact at this stage.

Much of President Trump’s speech is cited as part of the RICO charge, in which legal acts and truthful speech can be listed in order to show that an “operation” was in place, prosecutors explained.

The First Amendment does not protect speech “integral to criminal conduct, fraud, or speech presenting an imminent threat that the government can prevent,” the judge wrote.

Political speech is protected, as is communication to government officials, but protection “does not extend to allegedly fraudulent petitions,” the judge wrote.

In the indictment, prosecutors allege all included speech was tied to criminal conduct and the furtherance of a conspiracy.

Defense attorney Steve Sadow had argued that President Trump’s speech could not be prosecuted for falsity, but the judge found that prosecutors did not bring charges because the speech was “false” but because President Trump allegedly “knowingly” and “willfully” acted in a way that “impacted matters of governmental concern.”

As for proving out that intent, that was a matter for trial, he added.

“The allegations that the Defendants’ speech or conduct was carried out with criminal intent are something only a jury can resolve,” the order reads.

https://www.ganjingworld.com/embed/1gkneeg1ul96WmDmvzijjHZyq1au1c

Kyle Becker shared some thoughts on X:

McAfee rejected the argument that Trump’s efforts to legally challenge the 2020 election were protected under the First Amendment.

“The defense has not presented, nor is the Court able to find, any authority that the speech and conduct alleged is protected political speech,” McAfee wrote in his order.

The Democratic Party has sought to “overturn” the results of presidential elections in 2000, 2004, and 2016.

Democrats argued both Bush and Trump were “illegitimate” presidents and claimed the elections were “stolen.”

The radical left’s incendiary rhetoric about Trump led to interruptions of the electoral college proceedings in 2017 and incited violent riots on J20 during Trump’s inauguration.

Not a single, solitary Democrat has EVER been charged for seeking to “overturn” the results of an election.

This is ELECTION INTERFERENCE posing as a legal case. It has nothing to do with the law and it has nothing to do with justice.

KING REPORT

The King Report April 4, 2024 Issue 7214

Independent View of the News

A 7.4 magnitude earthquake hit Taiwan at 7:58 am local time Wednesday. It was the largest earthquake in 25 years. Numerous buildings were destroyed or damaged. Nine people were killed. The epicenter was near the eastern city of Hualien.

@unusual_whales: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, TSM, evacuated factory areas after a major earthquake rocked its home island, endangering production at the world’s largest maker of advanced chips, per Bloomberg

@Sino_Market: TSMC: A number of machines will need to be temporarily shut down for inspections. It is estimated that the work will be affected for less than 6 hours, and the impact on the Group’s 2FQ is forecasted at about US$60 million, with limited impact overall.

U.S., Japan to agree on subsidy rules on chips, batteries with China in mind
Allies pursue common standards to safeguard supply chains, including for decarbonization
https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/U.S.-Japan-to-agree-on-subsidy-rules-on-chips-batteries-with-China-in-mind

Intel discloses $7 billion operating loss for chip-making unit
A steeper loss than the $5.2 billion in operating losses the year before. The unit had revenue of $18.9 billion for 2023, down 31% from $27.49 billion the year before…
https://www.reuters.com/technology/intel-discloses-financials-foundry-business-2024-04-02/

The ADP Employment Change for March is 184k; 150k was expected. Wages increased 5.1% y/y. Services produced 142k jobs; goods production generated 42k jobs. The South 91k, West 53k, Midwest 28k, Northeast 20k; Medium sized firms 93k, Large companies 87k, Small businesses 16k
https://adpemploymentreport.com/

WTF Is Going on With Services PMI Prices-Paid?
Following the mixed picture on Manufacturing PMIs (ISM up, S&P Global down), but strong impulse in prices in both surveys; today’s Services PMIs offered no more clarity at all…
    S&P Global’s Services PMI printed 51.7 final for March (flat to the flash print) but down from February’s 52.3 – that is the lowest Services print since December.
    ISM’s Services PMI disappointed, printing 51.4 in March from 52.6 in February (and below 52.8 exp).
    So, take your pick: either Services prices are rising at the fastest pace since July (S&P Global)… or they are rising at the slowest pace since March 2020 (ISM)… Oh and if Prices are plunging, why are barely any of the components down in price?… (More Bidenomics/thoroughly BS economic stats!)
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/wtf-going-services-pmi-prices-paid

It is totally preposterous that ISM services prices are at the 4-year low. Gasoline is +26% and oil is +25% since their December lows. “They” can lie to the masses about a lot of things; but the masses know the reality of their checkbooks.

Oil and gasoline are at 6-month highs. Biden’s handlers rescinded Joe’s pledge to refill the SPR, because oil is too expensive. The S&P/GS Industrial Metals Index is at its highest level since May 2023.

US Cancels Latest Oil Reserve Refill Plan Amid High Prices – BBG (Only est. 17 days supply)
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/us-cancels-latest-oil-reserve-refill-plan-amid-high-prices-1.2054450

@spectatorindex: The biggest fresh egg producer in the United States has halted production at its Texas plant after bird flu was found in chickens.

@MacroEdgeRes: 10-year yield rises to highest since November 2023 as commodities move well out of Federal Reserve ‘disinflationary’ range

@TripleNetInvest: JP Morgan sells a Chicago apartment complex at a massive $80M loss. The 19 story apartment building at 850 N Lake Shore Dr sold for $80M, 43% less than the property’s previous sale.
JP Morgan paid $140M in 2016 for the 198-unit building, which was an all-time high in terms of per unit price for a DT Chicago apartment building.

Office Vacancy Rate Nears 20% to Set Fresh Record, Moody’s Says
Vacancies rose to a record 19.8%, Moody’s Analytics said in a preliminary report Monday, from 19.6% in the fourth quarter of 2023. Despite the increase, the firm said that the early data points to a stable quarter for commercial real estate… (What did we learn about rating agencies from 2008-2009?)
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/office-vacancy-rate-nears-20-191216465.html

@MacroEdgeRes: Fitch estimates that three out of four (75%) of U.S. conduit office loans maturing this year are likely to default

Before Powell’s speech yesterday (began at 12:10 ET), bonds and the dollar declined on Wednesday. Commodities rallied sharply as did the DJTA and Fangs. The DJIA rallied modestly. Matson, +4.2% at peak, and Kirby, +3.4% (BTIG tout) led other ground transportation stocks higher.

Powell Speech at Stanford HighlightsFed’s job restoring sustained 2% inflation is not yet done – BBGRisks continue to move into better balance – BBGFed is making decisions meeting by meeting – BBGRecent data did not materially change overall picture – BBGFed has time to let incoming data guide its decisions – BBGDon’t expect cuts until confidence on inflation – BBGMost Fed officials see 3 rate cuts this yearToo soon to say if recent inflation data more than bump – BBGFed is not and does no seek to be climate policy maker – BBGTight Fed policy is weighing on the economy – BBGEconomy has been short labor, probably still is – BBGFed is not immigration policy maker – BBGDon’t think inflation is reversing higher (Had to say this, even if he doesn’t believe it)AI should increase productivity, not seeing it yet – BBG
@MichaelMOTTCM: 5-year breakeven says no rate cuts coming. The policy is too easy.
https://twitter.com/MichaelMOTTCM/status/1775512997886062999

@Convertbond: FED’S POWELL: I DON’T THINK INFLATION IS REVERSING HIGHER – We were born at night Jay, just not last night.

ESMs opened modestly higher on Tuesday night and quickly commenced a decline that took ESMs to a bottom of 5246.50 (-16.25 from early high) at 2 ET. After a modest rally, ESMs traded sideways until they broke higher at 7:25 ET. The rally was modest and short lived. ESMs hit a peak of 5261.25 at 8:07 ET. ESMs then sank to a daily low of 5244.50 at 9:27 ET.

Traders bought the early dip on the NYSE. The rally went postal at 9:55 ET. The usual suspects got long for expected dovish comments by Powell. ESMs soared to a daily high of 5280.75 at 11:19 ET.   ESMs fell to 5268.25 at 12:12 ET because Jerome’s comments were a reiteration of previous remarks.

Traders bought the dip, buoyed by the financial media headlines that proclaimed Powell indicates that ‘a rate cut for June is still on the table.’ ESMs rebounded; June gold hit 2316.00, +34.20 at 12:34 ET; May silver was +4.4%; Copper hit a 14-month high.  USMs rallied to 117 26/32, +3/32.

ESMs hit 5279.50 at 12:33 ET – and then they collapsed to 5264.50 at 12:38 ET. They rebounded to 5277.00 and then went inert until they broke down after the 14:15 ET VIX Fix. After tumbling to 5248.25 at 15:15 ET, the late manipulation appeared. Someone forced ESMs to 5260.75 by 15:17 ET, a blatant manipulation of 12.50 in only 2 minutes! ESMs retreated modestly and then went inert.

ESMs broke down at 15:22 ET. After hitting 5252.25 at 15:25 ET, a rally appeared. ESMs hit 5269.25 at 15:50 ET. After a 7-handle retreat, the late manipulation pushed ESMs to 5270.50 at the NYSE close.

McDonald’s menu prices have increased by over 100% during the last decade: study https://trib.al/szBtMXP

Olive Garden is too expensive if you’re making less than $75K
The casual family restaurant chain that offers an “authentic” version of Italian food has seen fewer middle- and lower-income diners coming through its doors, the Olive Garden’s parent Darden said in its latest quarterly report… https://trib.al/EzMxWjO

Positive aspects of previous session
The DJTA and Fangs rallied sharply
The usual suspects boosted ESMs and stocks for Powell’s speech

Negative aspects of previous session
Bonds declined moderately early; the DJUA and DJIA declined modestly; the dollar declined sharply
Gold and precious metals soared; oil and gasoline rallied sharply (in early trading)

Ambiguous aspects of previous session
Powell and his ilk have consistently underestimated/ignored real inflation. Is this still true?

First Hour/Last Hour Action [S&P 500 Index]: 1st Hour from NYSE Open: Up; Last Hour: Down

Pivot Point for S&P 500 Index [above/below indicates daily trend to traders]: 5211.54
Previous session S&P 500 Index High/Low: 5228.75; 5194.37

@bennyjohnson: New WSJ Poll Finds Trump Leads Biden in Six of Seven Swing States (only WI)
https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1775338778652967009

Reuters: White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan has postponed plans to travel to Saudi Arabia for talks this week as he recovers from a cracked rib, the White House said on Wednesday.
(No word on how this occurred. Seems fishy, like the Saudi canceled the soiree)

Blinken grounded by aircraft mechanical issue in Paris, drives to Brussels for NATO meeting
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/blinken-grounded-by-aircraft-mechanical-issue-paris-drives-brussels-nato-meeting-2024-04-03/

@charliebilello: The 48% spread between bulls (62%) and bears (14%) is the highest since January 2018 and above 98% of historical readings w/ data going back to 1969. Very rare to see this level of extreme greed.  https://twitter.com/charliebilello/status/1775609489451802800

@jasongoepfert: Gold closed at an all-time high on more than half of all trading days over the past month. None of its prior surges coincided with meaningful peaks. It was higher six months later each time. https://twitter.com/jasongoepfert/status/1775612493420810381

Today – Traders have tried to affect rallies during each session this week to no avail. They will try again today. However, the late ESM tumble is a striking indication that stocks are losing their mojo and someone of significance wants out.  Traders crave and want to generate an equity rally!

ESUs are +10.25; NQHs are +66.75; USHs are -1/32; June Gold is +4.20 at 20:37 ET.

Expected economic data: Initial Jobless Claims 214k, Continuing Claims 1.81m; Feb Trade -$67.5B

Fed Speakers: Phil Pres Harker 10 ET, Richmond Pres Barkin 12:15 ET, Chicago Pres Goolsbee 12:45 ET, Minn Pres Kashkari 14:00 ET

S&P Index 50-day MA: 5071; 100-day MA: 4859; 150-day MA: 4688; 200-day MA: 4631
DJIA 50-day MA: 38,824; 100-day MA: 37,658; 150-day MA: 36,394, 200-day MA: 35,962
(Green is positive slope; Red is negative slope)

S&P 500 Index (5211.49) – Trender BBG trading model and MACD for key time frames
Monthly: Trender and MACD are positive – a close below 4539.68 triggers a sell signal
Weekly: Trender and MACD are positive – a close below 5020.17 triggers a sell signal
Daily: Trender and MACD are positive – a close below 5177.38 triggers a sell signal
Hourly: Trender and MACD are negative – a close above 5243.32 triggers a buy signal

@RNCResearch: “Today, Biden OVERSLEPT and was late to an 11:00 a.m. speech. He didn’t show up until an hour later,” says Jesse Watters. “If you look closely, you can see the CPAP creases on his face … If he has a creasy face at noon, he just got out of bed. https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1775681722765684

@TheFirstonTV: BIDEN on ??? – ‘But the Republic was able to cut back on, fact that, only-they-only-were… Not able. The only thing they couldn’t defeat was seniors.’
https://twitter.com/TheFirstonTV/status/1775562608524841129

@CollinRugg: Former ESPN host Sage Steele says her interview with Joe Biden was completely scripted & she was ordered to not deviate from the script at all. The president of the United States can’t answer a question by himself. Insane. “It was so structured and I was told, ‘you will say every word that we write out, you will not deviate from the script…’ to the word, like every single question was scripted.” “Gone over dozens of times by many executives, editors, and executives.
     Absolutely. I was on script and was told not to deviate as it was very much, this is what you will ask.” https://twitter.com/CollinRugg/status/1775511689980694546
@elonmusk: Biden obviously barely knows what’s going on. He is just a tragic front for a far left political machine.
@CollinRugg: Yep. They got him into office positioning him as a “moderate.” Now he’s a puppet for the real people in charge.

‘Stop It Now’: Jill Biden Privately Urges an End to Conflict in Gaza (Joey Baby claims) – NYT
The president recounted the first lady’s concerns as he was pressed about the war at a meeting with Muslim community members… The officials said the first lady was not calling for Israel to end its efforts against Hamas… https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/03/us/politics/jill-biden-israel-hamas.html

@DC_Drainoa; Is the Biden regime weaponizing the Social Security Administration to hand out fake/temporary social security numbers to illegals and automatically registering them to vote in key swing states? Over 2 million in TX, AZ, and PA alone in just the past 3 months – that’s insanity…
https://twitter.com/DC_Draino/status/1775358522768736344?s=02

Biden campaign faces backlash for omitting full context of Trump’s ‘animal’ comment: ‘Another hoax’ – Trump called Laken Riley’s murderer an ‘illegal alien animal’ moments before the out-of-context soundbite amplified by Biden campaign (Implying DJT called all immigrants ‘animals’)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-campaign-faces-backlash-omitting-full-context-trumps-animal-comment-hoax

Federal judge who criticized Trump on CNN faces ethics complaint
D.C. federal Judge Reggie Walton is facing an ethics complaint after he publicly voiced approval of New York Judge Juan Merchan’s decision to issue a gag order on former President Donald Trump, who is set to go to trial in Manhattan this month on hush money charges…
https://justthenews.com/accountability/political-ethics/federal-judge-who-criticized-trump-cnn-faces-ethics-complaint

@TuckerCarlson – Ep. 88 Is Speaker of the House Mike Johnson being blackmailed to do the bidding of the left? It certainly seems that way. His colleague, Marjorie Taylor Greene, explains, “He completely changed who he was… Is he being blackmailed?”.  https://twitter.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1775621292479463900

Some tuberculosis cases confirmed among migrants in Chicago, health department says
https://abc7chicago.com/migrants-chicago-what-is-tb-tuberculosis-symptoms-test/14608832/

@RNCResearch: Butler County, Ohio, Sheriff Richard K. Jones SLAMS the Biden administration after an illegal alien (who had previously been deported SEVEN TIMES) was arrested for murder in the county: “This is killing us — and it’s destroying our country.”  https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1775654272551510463

Nashville Easter brunch shooting suspect is arrested in Kentucky
Anton Rucker captured following shooting at Roasted Salemtown that left 1 dead, 4 injured
    Rucker has an extensive rap sheet, which includes multiple convictions for aggravated assault, evading police and selling drugs, according to Fox 17… (Yet another career criminal on the loose)
https://www.foxnews.com/us/nashville-easter-brunch-shooting-suspect-arrested-kentucky

Felons accused of luring children into van get electronic monitoring after judge, prosecutors mistakenly believe the charges aren’t detainable (Chicago)
https://cwbchicago.com/2024/04/men-accused-of-luring-children-into-van-get-electronic-monitoring-after-judge-prosecutors-mistakingly-believe-the-charges-arent-detainable.html

@seanmdav: Every aspect of American life—the very things that made this country the richest and most powerful in history—is in rapid decline, and none of the political leaders in power today in either party seem to care. We are in obvious religious, moral, cultural, economic, educational, and military decline. Everyone sees it and everyone knows it, and yet no one seems to care enough to stop it.

Oregon does U-turn, recriminalizes drugs after upswing in overdose deaths https://trib.al/6RFbfs8

Chicago Tribune: Editorial: Tawdry story of Ald. Sigcho-Lopez and the charred flag is one of activists struggling to govern – The alderman has claimed that he did not see the remains of the burned flag just a few feet away from where he opened his mouth and was not present when it was burned… The bigger issue here involves the group that was burning said flag and at whose March rally the alderman was speaking, a fringe, far-left group called Behind Enemy Lines that is, among other aims, trying to get Chicago to cancel the upcoming Democratic National Convention…
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/03/editorial-tawdry-story-of-sigcho-lopez-and-the-charred-flag-is-one-of-activists-struggling-to-govern/

GREG HUNTER I

SEE YOU TOMORROW

SHANGHAI GOLD (USD) FUTURES – QUOTES

GOLD: NUMBER OF NOTICES FILED FOR APRIL/2024. CONTRACT: 1771 NOTICES FOR 177,100 OZ or 5.508 TONNES

total notices so far: 12,935 contracts for 1,293,500 Oz (40.233 tonnes)

FOR APRIL:

SILVER NOTICES: 60 NOTICE(S) FILED FOR 300,000 OZ/

total number of notices filed so far this month : 421 for 2,105,000 oz

Armstrong: Why Are Central Banks Buying Gold?

Futures Rebound After Powell Reassures On Rate Cuts

Upward revisions to European PMIs support bourses & EUR modestly – Newsquawk US Market Open

EUROPEAN TRADE

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Hungary Vows To Thwart NATO’s Proposed $100BN, 5-Year Fund For Ukraine

Iran, Syria owe family of American slain by Hamas $191 million in damages, US district court rules

Iran and Syria “intentionally supported and encouraged a proxy actor who specifically sought to inflict violence upon innocent civilians,” Judge Royce Lamberth wrote.

Supporting attacks on civilians

Explosions heard above Damascus, Syrian media reports

IDF: Probe into deadly strike on Gaza aid convoy complete, will be presented soon

Amid retaliation threats from Iran, IDF cancels home leave for all combat troops

Army braces for possible missile attacks, including directly from Iran; scrambled GPS systems – linked to IDF measures against attack – tell drivers in central Israel they’re in Beirut

Iran Rocked By Overnight Terror Attacks As Gunmen Leave 11 Dead, Including IRGC Officer

Sunni Muslim terrorists attack IRGC base in Iran, 27 killed

State media reported that in southeastern Iran, suspected Sunni Muslim militants conducted two separate attacks on military installations, resulting in the deaths of at least 5.

IRGC guards, headquarters targeted

‘Nowhere is safe’: Iran’s Zahedi arrived in Syria only one day before strike

Iranian commanders thought embassy safe from Israeli strikes • Tehran investigating possible intelligence leak – Iranian official

Iran ‘compelled’ to give a serious response to Israel

Shin Bet thwarts assassination attempt on Ben-Gvir, several arrested

The cell planned to attack Ben Gvir in Kiryat Arba using rocket-propelled grenades and other weapons.

Those involved in the plot

Bulgarian police uncover weapons cache linked to 4 Hamas suspects arrested in December

Reuters Has Ulterior Motives For Reporting That Iran Tipped Russia Off Before The Crocus Attack

CDC Releases Hidden Trove Of COVID-19 Vaccine Injury Reports

New Report Details Horrifying Cost Of Fauci’s Failures

All of Our Covid Policies Failed

School Closures Caused Unimaginable Harms

Once Again, Florida Provides the Alternative

No Accountability for Failure

In memory of those who “died suddenly” in the United States and worldwide, March 26-April 1, 2024

United States:

‘The Most Dangerous Person in the World Is Randi Weingarten’ by The New York Times; this does not tell the story well, she is the most devastating & her actions with Teachers unions KILLED children

this beast, I do not care what you think, this was a beast for all of her rulings & positions were NEVER ever supported by science & she worked with CDC to harm American children, never forget, JUDGES

Was the takedown of the Baltimore FSB Bridge (Francis Scott Key Bridge) by The Dali ship, America’s ‘death’ by a thousand cuts (BibloBitch)? Obama & Biden destroying America now? Flooding us with

What? Captain of The Dali was Ukrainian? Crocus Theater Massacre payback? What? Biblo said what? 20,000 illegal mujahideen islamist jihadists Obama-Biden-Mayorkas taking in to kill Americans? WTF?

‘America’s ongoing death-of-a-thousand-cuts, that one literally severed a major artery, but it may take a while to know how badly the wounded colossus known as the USA is bleeding out’.

‘‘‘Ten thousand san-salvadorean CIA trained Mercenarys Enter the USA monthly since 2016; They all can be activated online just like Russia, a few $1,000 USD, a weapons cache and be told to “KILL CHILDREN” at every public school in the USA’’’’

Bonds & Bitcoin Bid As Kashkari & Crude Slam Stocks

Oil Surges Over $90, Stocks Tumble After Israel Puts Embassies Around World On Maximum Alert

Jobless Claims: Spot The Odd (Government-Supplied) One Out

Wife Of Judge In Trump ‘Hush Money’ Trial Worked For AG Letitia James

Claims of Conflict of Interest

Trump Lawyers Reveal He Kept Classified Documents In Trump Tower

Jack Smith’s Response

Judge Denies Trump First Amendment Challenge To Dismiss Georgia Election Charges

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