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| Nathan Lewis - New World Economics |
God, Gold and Guns |
We’ve been looking into One Nation Under Gold (2017), by James Ledbetter.
October 2, 2017: One Nation Under Gold (2017), by James Ledbetter
October 14, 2017: One Nation Under Gold #2: The Silliness of the Bretton Woods Years
Now, we will follow Ledbetter’s account of the end of Bretton Woods in 1971, up to the present.
The account of the 1971 devaluation was, following the pattern of this book, long on details but short on insight. It seemed to people at the time that they “had no choice,” thatSaturday, October 24, 2020 |
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| Jan Skoyles Real Asset Co - The Real Asset Co |
The full guide to Nazi gold and currency war |
This morning’s papers and news-shows are full of the story that in 1939 the Bank of England facilitated the sale of Nazi looted gold, not just once but at least twice during that year. Both times without approval of the British government, despite an attempt to freeze Czech assets.
The story of Nazi gold is both fascinating and tragic. We take a look at ‘the greatest robbery of all time’ and draw parallels with the modern day gold migration.
What is Nazi gold?
Nazi gold is a phrase that refers tTuesday, April 7, 2020 |
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| Bullion Vault |
Gold and Silver Trading Down to New Euro Lows as ECB Cuts 42 Words on QE |
GOLD and SILVER TRADING in London's wholesale bullion market saw prices hold firm in everything but the single Euro currency on Thursday as the European Central Bank dropped a commitment to boost its QE stimulus if the economic or financial outlook worsens.
Platinum prices also fell hard against the Euro as the ECB cut
42 words first used in March 2016 from its monetary policy statement.
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| Jan Skoyles - GoldCore |
Gold Up, Markets Fatigued As War Talk Boils Over |
North Korea threatens to reduce the U.S. to ‘ashes and darkness’
Markets becoming used to ongoing provocations from North Korea
Russia and China continue to support watered down versions of sanctions on Kim’s regime
Both NATO and Russia running war games on one another’s borders
Putin says Russia will “give a suitable response” to NATOs threatening behaviour
Gold set to climb as fears over economy and war will drive safe haven demand
Source: Bloomberg
This year North Korea has launched a dozen Friday, September 15, 2017 |
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| Clive Maund |
Reconciling the Us Dollar Outlook with the Super Bullish Gold and Silver Cots... |
Because the dollar has such an important bearing on everything, especially the Precious Metals, it is timely for us to take a close look at it here after its recent steep drop, for as some of you may have seen, a number of indicators pertaining to the dollar suggest that, possibly after some further downside it is likely to bounce, or at least take a rest in a sideways range for a while, before the decline perhaps resumes in earnest. We’ll start by looking at a couple of these indicators. The laWednesday, July 26, 2017 |
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| Mac Slavo - ShtfPlan |
Russian Lawmaker Issues Sobering Threat: We’re Willing To Use Nukes To Defend Crimea |
As of late, the media has forgotten about tensions between Ukraine, NATO, and Russia. Crimea and the conflict in Eastern Ukraine have largely left the public’s awareness. However, that shouldn’t be the case, because this region is still a powder keg that could blow at any time. And if it does, it could easily result in another world war.
If you don’t think the situation in Ukraine could still explode into a wider conflict, take a look at what this member of Russia’s parliament recently said at aWednesday, May 31, 2017 |
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| Bullion Vault |
Gold Price Hits 8-Week High as Trump 'Shocks' Nato, UK 'Threatens' EU Over Brexit, Davos Calls for 'Unity' |
GOLD PRICES jumped near 8-week highs in wholesale bullion trade Monday as weekend comments from US president-elect Donald Trump about the Nato military alliance caused shock in European capitals, and German politicians rebuked UK threats to slash corporate tax rates if a 'hard Brexit' from the European Union sees Britain lose access to the single market.
Dollar gold prices gapped higher from Friday's finish and then rose above $1208 per ounce, sMonday, January 16, 2017 |
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| Graham Summer - Gains Pains & Capital |
Venezuela Enters the Record Book, Officially Hyperinflates |
Authored by Steve H. Hanke of the Johns Hopkins University. Follow him on Twitter @Steve_Hanke.
Venezuela’s inflation has officially become the 57th official, verified episode of hyperinflation and been added to the Hanke-Krus World Hyperinflation Table, which is printed in the authoritative Routledge Handbook of Major Events in Economic History (2013). An episode of hyperinflation occurs when the monthly inflation rate exceeds 50 percent for 30 consecutive days. Venezuela's monthly inflation raMonday, December 12, 2016 |
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| Ronan Manly - Bullion Star |
European Central Bank gold reserves held across 5 locations. ECB will not disclose Gold Bar List. |
The European Central Bank (ECB), creator of the Euro, currently claims to hold 504.8 tonnes of gold reserves. These gold holdings are reflected on the ECB balance sheet and arose from transfers made to the ECB by Euro member national central banks, mainly in January 1999 at the birth of the Euro. As of the end of December 2015, these ECB gold reserves were valued on the ECB balance sheet at market prices and amounted to €15.79 billion.
The ECB very recently confirmed to BullionStar that its golWednesday, November 16, 2016 |
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| Mish - Global Economic Analysis |
Why Did the UK Enter the EU in the First Place |
Looking back, one really has to wonder why the UK subjected itself to all the inane EU nannycrat rules and regulations in the first place.
I can explain. Many readers sent me this explanation, but I also used it before on my blog long ago.
Please consider this clip from the British TV show “Yes Minister”.
The clip it is amazingly funny. Play it.
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From Pater Tenebrarum at the Acting Man blog.
I recently wrote this to my totally Europhile European email group, which has hedge funMonday, June 27, 2016 |
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| Nathan Lewis - New World Economics |
Foreign Exchange Transactions and the "Gold Exchange Standard" |
We commonly hear that the world gold standard of the 1920s,
reconstructed after World War I, was somehow radically different than
the gold standard systems prior to 1913. A meeting in Genoa in 1922
gets a lot of attention.
This serves a certain political or rhetorical purpose: first, it allows
some people to claim that the gold standard systems of the 1920s, the
so-called "gold exchange standard" systems, "weren't really a gold
standard," so the gold standard was not to blame for the Great
DeSunday, June 26, 2016 |
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| Nathan Lewis - New World Economics |
Foreign Exchange Transactions and the "Gold Exchange Standard." |
We commonly hear that the world gold standard of the 1920s,
reconstructed after World War I, was somehow radically different than
the gold standard systems prior to 1913. A meeting in Genoa in 1922
gets a lot of attention.
This serves a certain political or rhetorical purpose: first, it allows
some people to claim that the gold standard systems of the 1920s, the
so-called "gold exchange standard" systems, "weren't really a gold
standard," so the gold standard was not to blame for the Great
DeSunday, June 26, 2016 |
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| Gordon Long - Market Analytics |
Michael Hudson: The Wall Street Economy Has Taken Over The Economy |
FRA Co-founder Gordon T. Long is joined by Professor Michael Hudson in discussing
his concept of the FIRE economy and its influence on the production and consumption
economy, along with some of his writings.
Michael Hudson is President of The Institute for the Study of Long-Term Economic
Trends (ISLET), a Wall Street Financial Analyst, Distinguished Research Professor
of Economics at the University of Missouri, Kansas City and author of Killing
the Host (2015), The
Bubble and BeyondFriday, April 29, 2016 |
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| Mish - Global Economic Analysis |
My, How Time Flies! Eight Nations Including Spain and Italy Beg for More Time to Meet Budget Rules |
Fresh on the heels of a banking crisis in Italy and a “surprise” budget blowout in Spain earlier today, a group of eight countries seek a change in the way the EU calculates deficits.
The countries, including Spain and Italy, want more time to meet Eurozone budget deficit requirements.
Bloomberg reports Italy Leads Eight-Nation Push for EU to Change Budget Analysis
Italy, Spain and six other euro-area nations want the European Commission to change its methods for analyzing budgets so that countThursday, March 31, 2016 |
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| 24hGold - Yahoo |
7:11 am Plug Power misses by $0.01, beats on revs |
8:57 am On The Wires (:WIRES) : Orbital ATK, Inc. (OA) established an affiliate in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi to support the company's growing regional defense business.Medidata (MDSO) prevailed in defending a patent lawsuit filed by Datatrak International (DTRK) in March 2011.Apple (AAPL) announced iPad Pro is available to order online on Wednesday, November 11, from Apple.com and will arrive at Co's retail stores, select carriers and Apple Authorized Resellers starting later this week. Apple PMonday, November 9, 2015 |
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| Chris Martenson |
Making The World A More Dangerous Place |
Without any doubt, the Middle East has been a very long-simmering region of violent religious and tribal enmity.
In that regard, perhaps today is no different than 1,000 years ago. But given the importance of the remaining oil in the Middle East to the next 20 years of global economic health, the violence and chaos seen there recently is hugely important to the entire world.
But it’s also equally without doubt that the US and NATO are inflaming the situation by provoking conflicts and supplyingSaturday, November 7, 2015 |
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| 24hGold - Reuters |
Lithuania aims to cut Russian gas imports further |
* Lithuania eyes LNG imports from the U.S. * Overall gas demand seen falling due to biomass use By Jessica Jaganathan SINGAPORE, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Lithuania wants to cut Russian gas imports more after opening a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal, while overall demand is seen falling due to conversion to biomass in central heating, its energy minister said on Tuesday. Lithuania is still negotiating with Russia's Gazprom and other supplieTuesday, October 27, 2015 |
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| Ronan Manly - Bullion Star |
Central bank gold at the Bank of England |
In a recent article, “How many Good Delivery gold bars are in all the London Vaults?….including the Bank of England vaults“, I considered how much gold is actually in the London Gold Market, and highlighted how the amount of gold stored in the London wholesale market has fallen noticeably in recent years.
That article highlighted that the amount of gold stored in custody at the Bank of England (BoE) fell by 350 tonnes during the year to 28 February 2015, after also falling by 755 tonnes during tWednesday, September 23, 2015 |
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| 24hGold - Yahoo |
TIN 6:31 am Yingli Green Energy reports that it is supplying 240 MW of solar panels for Latin American hybrid solar photovoltaic and concentrated solar power plants |
1:49 pm All 10 SPX sector ETFs now advance approaching afternoon trading with leadership seen in Tech.- XLK, Consumer Discretionary- XLY, Telecom- IYZ, & Pharma- XLV (SPY) : SPX now +22DJI now +185COMPQ now +651:38 pm Fed Chair Janet Yellen kept her message consistent as she continues to see a rate hike in 2015 as appropriate; Ms. Yellen attempted to down play the impact a hike would have on the economy and reiterates any further moves would be gradual (:ECONX) : Markets were trading near highs Friday, July 10, 2015 |
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| Bullion Vault |
Gold Bullion 'Still Valid Investment' But Price Sinks to 4-Month Low as Greece Isolated by Euro 'Partners', Silver Hits New 2015 Low |
GOLD BULLION prices sank against a surging US Dollar on Tuesday in London, dropping 1.1% inside two hours as New York's stock indices followed Europe and Asia lower amid fresh wrangling over Greece's debt crisis, plus a fresh sell-off in China's equity markets.
With the Euro currency dropping to 5-week lows against the Dollar after better-than-expected US job openings data for May, the price of gold bullion for single currency investors retreated towards last week's finishing level at €1050 pTuesday, July 7, 2015 |
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