⛏ Poland Weighs Gold Sales To Fund Defense

Precious Metals Plunge As Poland Weighs Gold Sales To Fund Defense
Poland’s central bank chief laid out a proposal to generate as much as 48 billion zloty ($13 billion) from the sale of gold reserves to finance defense spending as part of a plan backed by the nation’s president, according to people familiar with the matter. Read on »

The Clock Is Ticking for Gulf Oil Producers – And the Global Economy
How long this lasts before producers start shutting down wells. A few days? Painful but survivable. A couple of weeks? Now you're destroying supply. Because once you shut a well, you can't just flip it back on. Permanent production damage starts accumulating—and the longer this drags on, the more of that damage becomes irreversible. Read on »

Remember Silver? The Metal’s Rally Faces a Big Test After Iran Shock.
Precious metals prices have turned volatile over the past month—and again this week—as investors struggle to parse the influence of safe-haven flows tied to the U.S.-Iran conflict and the likely impact of a surge in oil prices on inflation pressures, the dollar, and broader interest rate markets. Read on »