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| RATIOS & INDEXES |
| Gold / Silver | 63.36 |
| Gold / Oil | 13.72 |
| Dowjones / Gold | 11.25 |
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 | Jesse - Le Café Américain |
 Marking the Field: US Stated Gold Reserves and Gold Held at the Fed - World Gold and Gold Swaps |
| The US Treasury says that it holds 261,499,000 fine troy ounces in its international reserves.
The gold is valued on the books at $42.2222 per fine troy ounce. This represents a total value of $11,041,063,078.
Since there are 32,150.7466 troy ounces in a tonne, the US Treasury has 8,133.53 tonnes of fine gold on its books. Note that the number as presented on a copy of the official US Treasury statement shown below includes 'gold swaps.'
A discussion of the procedures and nature of goldMonday, May 20, 2013 |
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 | Ranting Andy - Miles Franklin |
| America’s “Leaders” In Action |
| Read Wednesday Afternoon Wrap-Up for 5/8/2013 and the Thursday Morning Commentary for 5/9/2013
Let it be known, that on May 1st, 2013 – coincidentally, the date of the “PHYSICAL SILVER COUNTERATTACK” – the ENTIRE WORLD recognized what I have espoused for a decade – the Federal Reserve is CLUELESS! To wit, in its post-meeting announcement, the FOMC stated EXACTLY what I knew they would; they are continuing “QE4” indefinitely, as well as its’ ZIRP interest rate policy…
Fed Keeps Pedal to the MetaThursday, May 09, 2013 |
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 | Chris Powell - GATA |
| Schiff complains of gold market manipulation on CNBC; network lets it pass unremarked |
| Interviewed yesterday by CNBC, Euro Pacific Capital's Peter Schiff did something we don't recall him ever doing: He speculated that the Federal Reserve is manipulating the gold price down and that Goldman Sachs' unfavorable prediction for gold this week was either part of that or a deception to assist the bank in obtaining gold cheaper.
Of course the CNBC host let the observation pass unremarked. The network isn't yet up to the challenge of merely telephoning the public information office at thFriday, April 12, 2013 |
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 | Jan Skoyles - The Real Asset Co |
 Why is Germany repatriating their gold?  |
| This week few will have missed reports that Germany is getting closer to bringing its gold investment reserves home. Following questions asked in Parliament in 2012 regarding the 3,396 tonnes of gold bullion, the Bundesbank are set to announce tomorrow a new concept in how they store Germany’s gold reserves.
Reported in an exclusive by German newspaper Handelsblatt, Buba intends to remove some of its gold held in New York, and all of the gold held by the Banque de France. Considering various repMonday, January 21, 2013 |
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| Chris Powell - Gata |
| Secret IMF report: Hide gold loans and swaps for market manipulation |
| Western central banks conceal their gold loans and swaps because information about them is "highly market-sensitive" and accountability about them would hinder secret currency market interventions by central banks, according to a confidential report by the International Monetary Fund obtained this week by GATA.Tuesday, December 11, 2012 |
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| Chris Powell - Gata |
| BIS gold report hints at repatriation by central banks |
| I have been checking on the changes that have taken place to the gold banking business carried out by the Bank for International Settlements since March 2009 and the bank's use of gold derivatives (essentially all are gold swaps), which have grown from zero as of March 31, 2009. All the data in the table below is sourced from BIS annual reports and from the bank's 2012 interim report published in early November.Thursday, December 06, 2012 |
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| Jan Skoyles - The Real Asset Co |
 Five things repatriating gold bullion says about the country |
| Despite the fall in the gold price this week, those thinking to buy gold bullion have been buoyed by talk of Germany auditing and repatriating their gold reserves held abroad. Below, JanSkoyles looks at what this mean and says about the country.
This week few will have missed reports that Germany is getting closer to bringing its gold bullion reserves home.Monday, November 05, 2012 |
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