Gold Price Slump: Dollar Strength and Rate Uncertainty
Gold prices are down today, May 20, 2026, because the US Dollar is strong and interest rates might go up. This makes gold less attractive.
#goldprice, #USDollar, #interestrates, #FederalReserve, #goldmarket
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Gold prices are falling today, May 20, 2026. This is because the US Dollar is stronger than usual and there's worry about future interest rates.
#goldprice, #USDollar, #interestrates, #FederalReserve, #goldmarket
https://newsletter.tf/gold-price-falls-today-strong-dollar-rate-fears/
L’impérialisme de la dette : hégémonie financière avant 2008, fragmentation après 2008
Dans Debt Imperialism (Brunazzi & Re, 2026), les déficits américains ne sont pas seulement un signe de faiblesse : ils peuvent être une source de puissance tant que les titres américains restent perçus comme des actifs sûrs. L’article distingue une phase d’hégémonie plus stable avant 2008 et une phase de fragmentation défensive après 2008. #DebtImperialism #USDollar #GlobalFinance…
While no #law prohibits printing bills with Trump’s signature, #US #currency experts say that producing a $250 note featuring the president‘s image would run afoul of current laws. One states only a “deceased individual” may be depicted on US currency. Another specifies which denominations the bureau may produce.
Larry R. Felix, a former director of the bureau, said “a $250 note is not statutorily authorized” without an act of #Congress.
Solimene & her staff had consented to another #Trump administration request: to print $100 bills featuring Trump’s signature, according to the four employees. They said those bills — the FIRST in American #history to bear a sitting president’s signature — are currently being printed at the bureau’s downtown Washington facility.
She added that she “never sacrificed the values or character of myself or the organization & always prioritized the #US #Currency Program & the value each employee brings to the mission.”
“The buck stopped here,” she wrote.
Solimene did not specify in the email why she was reassigned & did not return calls seeking comment. A 24-year Army #veteran, she had been the first #female director of the bureau.
#Trump #vanity #narcissism #idolatry #currency #USdollar #law
The two political appointees were dismissive in response, two of the current employees said.
“She had told them we’re not authorized to do this. We can’t progress any further, and all the stakeholders have not even met to discuss the next steps,” said one of the employees. “Currency often takes six to eight years to produce a new bill, particularly one of such high value.”
#Trump #vanity #narcissism #idolatry #currency #USdollar #law
#Legislation that would allow #Trump to appear on a $250 bill was introduced in #Congress last year to commemorate the nation’s 250th anniversary but has languished.
…The director of the printing bureau, Patricia “Patty” Solimene, & other staff repeatedly explained to Beach & Brown that there were legal & procedural obstacles to producing the note & that it would take years longer than they envisioned, the four employees said.
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