13
Feb
2015

Central Bank Gold Purchases Increased In 2014 Says WGC As Sweden Enters Currency Wars

- Official central bank purchases rose 17% in 2014 – Russia and Kazakhstan dominate purchases – No official figures for China since 2009 – massive volumes pass through Shanghai – Sweden’s Riksbank announces negative rates and QE Central bank gold buying surged another 17% last year as countries outside of the Western hemisphere continue to […]

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12
Feb
2015

Stalemate At Minsk Summit And Eurogroup Meeting Suggests Tensions In Europe And Globally Are Set To Escalate

- Diplomats best hopes for Minsk is for freeze in hostilities – Russia engages the U.S. in war of words as tensions mount – Greece and EU buy time – no agreement thus far – Anti-austerity parties in Spain and Greece may bring down the euro The Minsk Summit which was called at the urgent […]

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11
Feb
2015

Minsk Summit Highlights A Shaky NATO Union – Russia Is Far From Isolated

- Merkel and Hollande to attend peace talks in Belarus to resolve Ukraine’s civil war today – US and UK not invited – Germany and US present united front but tensions ripple under the surface – Foreign Minister of Greece, Nikolaos Kotzias, to meet his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov today as the crucial Eurogroup of […]

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10
Feb
2015

Syriza Stands Defiant, US tries to calm EU stance while Greenspan predicts Grexit

- Tsipras to push ahead with counter-reforms “in their entirety” – Dijsselbloem tells Syriza it must comply with Troika this week or have funding cut from February 28th – Varoufakis calls the Eurogroups bluff – does not believe EU would risk expelling Greece from Euro – US apply pressure on EU to keep Greece in […]

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09
Feb
2015

Trade Data show China’s Credit Bubble is Bursting, USA to See Deflationary Effects – Global Depression Ahead?

- Chinese imports, primarily of raw materials, crashed 19.9% in January – Exports fall 3.3% against expectations of 6.3% rise – Total Chinese debt rose from $7.4 trillion in 2007 to $28.2 trillion in 2014 – Capital outflows last quarter were the highest on record – China may devalue yuan to boost exports – Currency […]

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06
Feb
2015

“Forgive Us Our Debts” – Debt Forgiveness Only Way To Prevent Economic Meltdown

- Europe and western world is in a debt-fuelled deflation which is spiralling out of control – Global debt has risen a massive $57 trillion or more than 25% in 7 years since the crisis of 2008 – Managed debt forgiveness is essential now to avoid chaos of defaults, mass unemployment depression and economic collapse […]

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05
Feb
2015

ECB ‘Blackmails’ Greece – Bail-Ins, Bank Runs and “Grexit” Likely

ECB ‘blackmails’ Greece – “Grexit”, bank runs, capital controls and bail-ins likely Shock announcement yesterday led to volatility in markets; turmoil in Greece Stocks, commodities including oil and Greek investments fall Euro gold surged from EUR 1,104 to EUR 1,126 per ounce or 2 per cent Greek government bonds will not be accepted as collateral […]

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04
Feb
2015

“Buy Gold” and Short Federal Reserve, Says Marc Faber

Faber: “Only one way to short central banks and that is to buy gold”. Marc Faber warned at the weekend that 2015 may be the year that investors will lose confidence in central banks and that investors will “suddenly realise what a scam that central banking is”. He is long gold and recently bought more […]

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03
Feb
2015

New Gold Fix To Be Run By Western and Chinese Banks – Still Not Transparent

Replacement for the near-century-old London gold fix will start in March London gold fix to Shanghai gold fix – still not transparent Stealth run on the London bullion market continuing? Oil surges 11%; deflation deepening Increasing signs of a slowdown of the U.S. economy is supporting gold The overhaul of the gold fixing benchmark formally […]

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02
Feb
2015

Gold and Silver Surge Over 8 Per Cent In January On Reignited Global Risks

In January, gold surged 8 per cent in dollar terms, 11 per cent in pound terms and a very large 16 per cent in euro terms. January’s 8.4% gain for gold in dollar terms was the best month in terms of price gains in three years. Thus once again, gold bullion performed its role as […]

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