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Why Gold Is Dropping In Face of Greek Default

September 26, 2011

in Federal Reserve, Greece, September, banks, central banks, commodities, debt, economy, europe, foreign investment, gold, international economy, market reports, metals, news and updates, precious metals, sovereign debt

Over the past 24 hours, the price of gold has plunged as much as $104/ounce, or 10%, ahead of what looks to be an imminent Greek debt default. In fact, the past three days have seen the largest consecutive drop in gold prices in 28 years! The question is why, you might ask. Debt problems [...]

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The US Will Never Again Run A Balanced Budget

April 13, 2010 · 10 comments

in US Treasury, US debt, budgets, central banks, debt, deficits, economy, international economy, money supply, news and updates, world order, world reserve currency

Thus spake the Congressional Budget Office on the long-term future of American fiscal integrity (or rather, the coming lack of it). As Niall Ferguson reported in his piece for the Financial Times back in February,

“The long-run projections of the Congressional Budget Office suggest that the US will never again run a balanced budget. That’s right, [...]

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This is the news in US debt catching our eye early this week following the passing of the health care reform bill late Sunday night: charts of yields on US Treasuries are showing a spike in short-term, two-year treasury yields – a spike that lifts them above the yields on corporate bonds for the same [...]

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Jim Flaherty’s Interview with BNN’s Amanda Lang at the Conference of Montreal

June 11, 2009 · 4 comments

in Canadian, Canadian economy, G20, business, international economy, stimulus

The International Economic Forum of the Americas’ Conference of Montreal was covered this week by BNN’s Amanda Lang, who interviewed the World Bank President (Robert Zoellick), the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (Dominique Strauss-Kahn), former U.S. Secretary of State Madeline Albright and the CEO of General Electric (Jeffrey Immelt).
I’ll provide a brief overview [...]

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China Asks For IMF-led Global Currency – Zhou Xiaochuan Calls For Currency Reserve Alternative

March 25, 2009 · 3 comments

in China, USD, currencies, international economy

Here it is, folks. China’s Central Bank officially asking to bump the greenback from the world currency reserve. Yes. It’s for real. So far the EU has rejected the call. But the communique was written, in an unprecedented move, in both Chinese and English so the world community could understand it (or at least, [...]

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