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Irish central bank raises gold reserves by 33%, worried by inflation
Irish central bank raises gold reserves by 33%, worried by inflation Recently the Central Bank of Ireland joined the ranks of sovereign gold buyers, adding 2 tonnes of gold to its monetary gold reserves in 2 months, consisting of a tonne of gold bought in each of September and October 2021. While in relative terms, […]
COMEX can’t find a 400 oz bar for its new 400 oz gold futures contract
COMEX can’t find a 400 oz bar for its new 400 oz gold futures contract Update 31 March After this article was published early morning March 31, New York Time (NYT), the CME has now completely removed the 400 oz gold bar category from its COMEX daily gold inventory report dated March 30, and reissued […]
What is Money?
What is Money? What is money? Although it might seem a straight-forward question, ‘what is money’ is a question which will return a wide variety of answers depending on who you ask. For something taken for granted and used by billions of people every day all over the planet, this is perhaps surprising. Ask a […]
The only gold the US shows – A working vault at West Point
The only gold the US shows – A working vault at West Point Every so often, US media coverage provides glimpses into the US Treasury’s gold reserves stored with the US Mint. While this coverage never documents any of the claimed “deep storage” gold of the US Treasury, it contains just enough suggestion for the populace […]
Bank of England tears up its Gold Custody contract with Venezuela’s central bank
Bank of England tears up its Gold Custody contract with Venezuela’s central bank In early November 2018, it first came to light that the Bank of England in London was delaying and blocking the withdrawal of 14 tonnes of gold owned by the Venezuelan central bank, Banco Central de Venezuela (BCV). At the time, Reuters […]
How California stayed with gold when the rest of the U.S. adopted fiat money
How California stayed with gold when the rest of the U.S. adopted fiat money We are ten years into the age of bitcoin. But people are still using national currencies like yen, dollars, and pounds to buy things. What does history have to say about switches from one type of monetary system to another? In […]
Bank of England refuses to return 14 tonnes of gold to Venezuela
Bank of England refuses to return 14 tonnes of gold to Venezuela The Bank of England claims to be one of the largest physical gold custodians in the world, holding gold bars in vault storage on behalf of more than 70 central banks and a number of commercial (bullion) banks. As a long-standing and well-known […]
As Emerging Market Currencies Collapse, Gold is being Mobilized
As Emerging Market Currencies Collapse, Gold is being Mobilized In recent weeks, global financial markets have been increasingly spooked by an intensifying crisis in emerging market currencies including those of Turkey and Argentina. Add to this the ongoing currency crisis in Venezuela and the currency problems of Iran. While all of these countries have economy […]
Gold and the Monetary Blockade on Iran
Gold and the Monetary Blockade on Iran This blog post is a guest post on BullionStar’s Blog by the renowned blogger JP Koning who will be writing about monetary economics, central banking and gold. BullionStar does not endorse or oppose the opinions presented but encourage a healthy debate. With Donald Trump close to re-instituting economic sanctions on Iran, it’s […]
Why QE didn’t send gold up to $20,000
Why QE didn’t send gold up to $20,000 Why didn’t quantitative easing, which created trillions of dollars of new money, lead to a massive spike in the gold price? The Quantity Theory of Money The intuition that an increase in the money supply should lead to a rise in prices, including the price of gold, […]
Russia, China and BRICS: A New Gold Trading Network
Russia, China and BRICS: A New Gold Trading Network One of the most notable events in Russia’s precious metals market calendar is the annual “Russian Bullion Market” conference. Formerly known as the Russian Bullion Awards, this conference, now in its 10th year, took place this year on Friday 24 November in Moscow. Among the speakers […]
