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| Perth Mint Blog - Perth Mint Blog. |
How Are Spot Prices Determined |
There are two key markets in which the prices of gold and silver are determined. 1. Over-the-Counter (OTC) The OTC market consists of traders dealing with other traders on a one-on-one basis. It operates much like the internet â?? it is just a network of traders independently dealing with each other 24 hours a day. OTC is generally meant to refer to professional/corporate entities trading 400oz gold bars (and 1000oz silver bars), usually for settlement in London. However, when you buyTuesday, February 9, 2021 |
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| Perth Mint Blog - Perth Mint Blog. |
Infographic: World's Highest Gold Producing Countries |
An infographic showing Australia was the worldâ??s second largest gold producing country in 2012 at 250 metric tons, some way behind China at 370 metric tons. [From graphs.net via Mining.com]. Chinese output continues to rise: some 270.167 tonnes were produced there between January to August 2013, an increase of 8.2% according to reports citing China Gold Association.
First quarter production in Australia fell 5% from the previous year, but experienced a revival in the thSunday, November 8, 2020 |
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| Gold coins - Goldmoney |
Gold coins: The Mexican Libertad |
Mexico´s Libertad (Freedom) has been minted by the Mexican Mint “Casa de Moneda de Mexico” since 1981. After the South African Krugerrand and the Canadian Maple Leaf, the Mexican Libertad was the third modern bullion coin on sale at world markets. The gold coin, which is also known as “Onza”, is now one of the world’s top-selling coins. From 1981 to 1991 the Libertad had a purity of 90% (.900). As of 1991 the Mexican Mint increased the purity to 99.9 percent (.999).Saturday, October 24, 2020 |
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| Dan Popescu - GoldBroker |
Above-ground Gold Stock - How Much Is There and Why Does it Matter |
To understand the price of gold, the relevant supply is the total supply, not the new supply coming to market during the last year, week or month. The supply of gold consists of all of the supply that exists, and the relevant demand is the total demand, not the new demand coming to market during any year. For gold, there is always a large stockpile, and it never gets smaller. The vast majority of all the gold mined throughout human history still exists and is held either in bars, coins, or jewelTuesday, September 1, 2020 |
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| Gold Coins - Goldmoney |
Gold coins: The Vienna Philharmonic |
The Vienna Philharmonic has been minted by the Austrian Mint "Münze Österreich AG" since 1989. After Great Britain, Austria was the second state in Europe to start producing an official gold coin. Until 1991 the coin was minted in one ounce and quarter ounce versions. Due to the great sales success, a tenth-ounce coin was released in 1991, which was followed by a half-ounce in 1994.Friday, July 17, 2020 |
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| Chris Powell - GATA |
China state banks seen supporting yuan in forwards market, sources tell Reuters |
China's state banks have been active in the onshore yuan forwards market this week, using swaps to tighten dollar supply and support the Chinese currency, four sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
The spot value of the yuan has fallen sharply this week against the dollar as tensions between China and the United States escalated and prompted fears that their trade war could shift into a currency war.
The sources said banks had conducted significant amounts of buy-sell swaps in thThursday, August 8, 2019 |
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| Chris Powell - GATA |
Slide of China's yuan had OK of policymakers, sources tell Reuters |
Chinese monetary authorities let the yuan slide past the key 7-per-dollar level so that markets could finally factor in concerns around the Sino-U.S. trade war and weakening economic growth, three people with knowledge of the discussions said today.
The yuan tumbled 1.4% and past 7-per-dollar level for the first time in more than a decade today, following two days of weaker-than-expected midpoint settings by the People’s Bank of China.
Those fixings on Friday and today followed U.S. PresidentMonday, August 5, 2019 |
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| Rory Hall - The Daily coin |
El Petro: Desperate Times Call For Desperate Measures |
Desperate times call for desperate measures. When government “officials” become desperate and run out of other peoples wealth, well, the desperation becomes palatable. This is exactly what is happening in Venezuelan.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, a socialist maniac, has driven the country into the ground with promises that could never be kept. Then the Venezuelan government committed the ultimate sin and began discussing gold and demanding their gold be returned, which it was. When a counSunday, January 6, 2019 |
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| Chris Powell - GATA |
Chris Powell at New Orleans conference: Gold market manipulation update, November 2018 |
Since we met at this conference last year much new evidence of manipulation of the gold market by central banks and their bullion bank agents has been compiled and disclosed by the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee.
For example, a month ago a major bullion bank, the Bank of NoSaturday, November 3, 2018 |
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| Graham Summer - Gains Pains & Capital |
Democratization of Money vs. Economic Feudalism |
The Fed is the Market, Until Someone Bigger Comes Along..
UPDATE:This editorial was written 3 days ago in reaction to reading the Zerohedge post As Bitcoin Nears $10,000 "Central Banks Kept Up At Night"
by Vince Lanci
“Free markets for free men”- patch worn on the Nymex floor during Iraqi war.
The reality: We were cheerleaders for Halliburton and naively thought we were on the same team. Money that can’t cross borders freely for its citizenry is not a free market. There was a time before eMonday, August 13, 2018 |
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| Mark O'Byrne - gold.ie |
Crock Of Gold Hidden In Ireland Happy Saint Patrick’s Day |
Crock Of Gold In Ireland? Happy Saint Patrick’s Day
Wishing you health, wealth and good luck this Saint Patrick’s Day!
May your home be filled with laughter
May your pockets be filled with gold And may you have all the happiness Your heart can holdThis Saint Patrick’s Day we bring you an interesting article from the Irish Post about the history of gold mining in Ireland and Ireland’s hidden gold hotspots.
IRELAND has a long and rich history of gold mining, dating back to the 1800s and continSunday, March 18, 2018 |
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| Bullion Vault |
Gold Price Unmoved, Hits 5-Week Low vs GBP as US Backs UK Over Russian Spy Attack |
GOLD PRICES were unmoved Thursday by worsening tensions between Nato and Russia over the poisoning in Britain of a former spy, holding $5 below last week's finish to trade at $1318 per ounce as world stock markets also held flat overall.
Silver also slipped, trading 1% down for the week so far at $16.43 as major Western bond prices rose, edging interest rates down.
Russian bond yields rose as MoFriday, March 16, 2018 |
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| Bullion Vault |
Gold Prices Bounce After N.Korea 'Dotard-Rocket Man' Drop as US Job Growth Leaps |
GOLD PRICES bounced late-Friday to end the week unchanged per ounce after the United States reported the strongest jobs growth in 19 months.
Rallying to $1323 as London trade ended, the gold price had earlier slipped to 7-session lows at $1314 after Donald Trump became the first US president to announce a meeting with the leader of Stalinist dictatorship North Korea.
The Bureau of Labor StatistiSaturday, March 10, 2018 |
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| Adrian Ash - Bullion Vault |
China's 2018 Gold Buying: Half-Empty, Half-Full |
Analysts split on China's demand as gold jewelry tastes change...
LEADING ANALYSTS are split over the prospects for China's private gold buying in 2018, as a "healthy outlook" from one consultancy contrasts with a "tough year in store" from another.
"China's gold demand is likely to have peaked in 2013," says
Thomson Reuters GFMS, "and is very unlikely to return to thoseFriday, March 9, 2018 |
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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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| Chris Powell - GATA |
Reuters exclusive: Five banks open up trillion-dollar gold club |
LONDON -- The five banks that settle every transaction in London's $6.8 trillion (4.9 trillion pounds) a year gold market are changing the rules of their clearing house to make it easier for newcomers to join.
The reform is part of a broad overhaul of institutions that underpin the world's largest bullion trading centre to make them more transparent after accusations of price manipulation by banks and traders and pressure from regulators.
As that pressure increased, the number of banks clearinThursday, March 8, 2018 |
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| Mark O'Byrne - gold.ie |
Gold Does Not Fear Interest Rate Hikes |
– Gold no longer fears or pays attention to Fed announcements regarding interest rates
– Renewed interest in gold due to inflation fears and concern Fed won’t do enough to control it
– Higher interest rates on horizon will make debt levels unsustainable
– New Fed Chair warns “the US is not on a sustainable fiscal path” and could lead to an “unsustainable” debt load
– Higher interest rates are good for gold as seen in the 1970s and 2000s
– Gold markets aware that central banks are running out of Thursday, March 8, 2018 |
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| Chris Powell - GATA |
U.S. Libor exposures larger than thought at $200 trillion |
A committee of large banks tasked with helping U.S. derivatives markets move away from reliance on the London interbank offered rate (Libor) said today that the benchmark rate underpins more derivatives and loans than previously thought, adding to the need to reduce its influence.
The Alternative Reference Rates Committee said that around $200 trillion in U.S. dollar-based derivatives and loans are based on Libor, with derivatives accounting for around 95 percent of the exposures.
That is 25 perMonday, March 5, 2018 |
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| Mark O'Byrne - gold.ie |
Gold $10,000 Goldnomics Podcast Quotations and Transcript |
In the latest Goldnomics latest podcast, we consider whether the gold price will reach $10,000 per ounce in the coming years and what factors will drive prices.
Watch on YouTube or read the quotations and transcript below.
Dave: Hello and welcome to the Goldnomics podcast where we look at global markets through the lens of precious metals. And you can keep your eye out for new episodes on iTunes, on SoundCloud and also on YouTube and you can like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.
And wsoSunday, March 4, 2018 |
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| Chris Powell - GATA |
U.S. dollar outlook darkens as trade war looms |
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Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss
Reuters
Friday, March 2, 2018
NEW YORK -- The U.S. dollar could face headwinds if President Donald Trump's proposals to impose stiff tariffs on steel and aluminum imports are enacted, with the biggest risk stemming from the possible flight of capital flows needed to finance ballooning U.S. deficits.
Currency markets, in general, dislike any form of trade intervention and previous protectionist efforts by the U.S. government have resulted in dollar weakness.
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