Russia's central bank added to its reserves of bullion in the third quarter, according to the latest report from the World Gold Council Russia has taken advantage of lower gold prices to pack the vaults of its central bank with bullion as it prepares for the possibility of a long, drawn-out economic war with the West. The latest research from the World Gold Council reveals that the Kremlin[...]
Tag: Financial Crisis
Here’s What Central Bankers Will Do Next
by Bill Bonner Worse Off We’ve been meaning to write about what hasn’t happened yet. Not that we claim any knowledge of tomorrow or the day after. But we can look at the present. And here’s a guess about where it might lead. The middle classes – aka “the voters” – expressed themselves last week. They have been sorely used and they know it. The biggest money-fabricating program of[...]
US Economic Growth is All an Illusion
by John Crudele New York Post As voters were coming out of the polls on Tuesday, pesky reporters were asking why they voted the way they did — and what was going through their heads? The most popular response — from 45 percent of the voters — was the economy. Only 28 percent said their families were doing better financially. The economy is always the major issue in an election during[...]
Central Planners Are In A State of Panic – Japan’s Black Swan Flaps its Wings
by Chris Martenson The central planners are in a state of fear and panic. They are trying everything and anything to create market validation for their policies, watching with trepidation as their favored economic metrics fail to respond to all of their frenzied efforts. They are so far over the tips of their skis right now that there's nothing they won't do. They've summarily thrown granny[...]
The Difference Between Currency Wars and Financial Wars
by James Rickards Note: It’s easy to confuse “currency wars” with “financial wars”… But in the following conversation with Sprott Global Research’s Henry Bonner, Jim Rickards explains why there is one major difference people often overlook… and it’s the one reason we’re more likely to see a currency war than a financial one. Read on… Henry Bonner: Hi Jim. You have recently [...]
American Financial Markets Have No Relationship To Reality — Paul Craig Roberts and Dave Kranzler
American Financial Markets Have No Relationship To Reality Paul Craig Roberts and Dave Kranzler As we have demonstrated in previous articles, the bullion banks (primarily JP Morgan, HSBC, ScotiaMocatta, Barclays, UBS, and Deutsche Bank), most likely acting as agents for the Federal Reserve, have been systematically forcing down the price of gold since September 2011. Suppression of the gold[...]
They’re Burning The Furniture Now
by David Kranzler Whenever destroyers appear among men, they start by destroying money, for money is men’s protection and the base of a moral existence. Destroyers seize gold and leave to its owners a counterfeit pile of paper. Francisco’s Money Speech – When Atlas Shrugged Last night around 12:30 a.m. EST, $1.5 billion of paper gold was dumped into the Comex Globex computer trading system[...]
Paul Singer Slams The Fake World: “Fake Growth, Fake Money, Fake Jobs, Fake Stability, Fake Inflation Numbers”
Excerpted from Elliott Management's Paul Singer letter to investors, FAKING IT Nobody knows when reality will overtake the rhetoric, lies, phony statistics, wishful thinking, fake prices and tiresome poseurs pretending to be world leaders. The situation is universal, a consequence of incompetent leaders and careless (or ignorant) citizenry. Global problems are continuing to mount, along with[...]
Jim Rickards Exclusive Interview: The Fed Basically Still Uses LTCM’s Financial Models
By Henry Bonner Hi Jim. You have recently published Currency Wars and now The Death of Money. Are you expecting a global collapse of every currency? And if so, a collapse relative to what? I expect a collapse in the value of currencies relative to real goods, real assets and real services. This will happen to all currencies, not just the dollar. I don’t expect a word where people lose[...]
Most People Cannot Even Imagine That An Economic Collapse Is Coming
By Michael Snyder, on November 2nd, 2014 The idea that the United States is on the brink of a horrifying economic crash is absolutely inconceivable to most Americans. After all, the economy has been relatively stable for quite a few years and the stock market continues to surge to new heights. On Friday, the Dow and the S&P 500 both closed at brand new all-time record highs. For the year,[...]