by Eddie Van Der Walt and Nicholas Larkin Excerpts from the full story.... (Bloomberg) -- Central banks purchased enough gold in 2014 to buy 75 Boeing Co. Dreamliners. Governments added 477.2 metric tons to their reserves, the second-biggest increase in 50 years and 17 percent more than a year earlier, the World Gold Council said in a report Thursday.... Central banks have added to gold[...]
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Is Russia Planning a Gold-Based Currency?
February 6, 2015 Marcia Christoff-Kurapovna The “perfect-storm” of geopolitical instability, diplomatic isolation, severe currency depreciation, and economic decline now confronting Russia has profoundly damaged Moscow's international standing, and possibly for the long-term. Yet, it is precisely such conditions that may push the country’s leadership into taking the radical step that will[...]
Two More Harbingers Of Financial Doom That Mirror The Crisis Of 2008
By Michael Snyder, on February 12th, 2015 The stock market continues to flirt with new record highs, but the signs that we could be on the precipice of the next major financial crisis continue to mount. A couple of days ago, I discussed the fact that the U.S. dollar is experiencing a tremendous surge in value just like it did in the months prior to the financial crisis of 2008. And previously, I [...]
Guess What Happened The Last Time The U.S. Dollar Skyrocketed In Value Like This?…
By Michael Snyder, on February 10th, 2015 Over the past decade, there has been only one other time when the value of the U.S. dollar has increased by so much in such a short period of time. That was in mid-2008 – just before the greatest financial crash since the Great Depression. A surging U.S. dollar also greatly contributed to the Latin American debt crisis of the early 1980s and the Asian[...]
“Slowly But with Determination the Petro Dollar Comes Under Attack. I Guess Full on War with Russia is Now Inevitable.” – Jim Sinclair
Moscow & Cairo to drop USD, use national currencies in bilateral trade – Putin Published time: February 08, 2015 23:10 Russia and Egypt might soon exclude the US dollar and use their national currencies in the settlement of accounts in bilateral trade, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview to Egyptian media ahead of his Monday visit to the country. READ MORE: [...]
If You Listen Carefully, The Bankers Are Actually Telling Us What Is Going To Happen Next
By Michael Snyder, on February 9th, 2015 Are we on the verge of a major worldwide economic downturn? Well, if recent warnings from prominent bankers all over the world are to be believed, that may be precisely what we are facing in the months ahead. As you will read about below, the big banks are warning that the price of oil could soon drop as low as 20 dollars a barrel, that a Greek exit from[...]
Marc Faber Warns “Frankenstein” Global Financial System To Collapse
from King World News On the heels of increased geopolitical tensions, particularly in Ukraine, and the Greeks manevering to avoid default, today legendary Marc Faber warned King World News that the “Frankenstein” global financial system is going to collapse. Eric King: “There are over one quadrillion dollars of derivatives that could melt down the global financial system.” Marc Faber:[...]
The Dollar Will Die with a Whimper, Not a Bang – James Rickards
The same force that made the dollar the world’s reserve currency is working to dethrone it. July 22, 1944, marked the official conclusion of the Bretton Woods Conference in New Hampshire. There, 730 delegates from 44 nations met at the Mount Washington Hotel in the final days of the Second World War to devise a new international monetary system. The delegates there were acutely aware that the [...]
Fed President Drops a Bombshell Yesterday: Fed Removed QE3 Too Soon
by Pam Martens and Russ Martens Wall Street on Parade The monetary policy arm of the U.S. central bank, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), is getting hammered this week. On Monday, two researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco chastised the FOMC for effectively wearing rose-colored glasses since 2007 and getting the rate of economic growth mostly dead wrong. (More on that[...]
The World Is Now Facing The Most Frightening And Dangerous Crisis In Modern History
from King World News With continued uncertainty in global markets, today a 50-year market veteran warned King World News that the world is now facing the most frightening and dangerous crisis in modern history. He warned people not to listen to the mainstream media, which is pleading with the public to “stay the course.” John Embry: “Gold and silver prices had a spectacular day on Friday, [...]