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Governments grant central banks a monopoly on the creation of hard currency. At the same time, we ordinarily make transactions with other means of payment supplied by commercial banks. This is possible because in our monetary system commercial banks are able to create so-called bank money. These means of payment consist of different ...
Deflation fears are once again becoming the dominant emotion in the minds of traders, with banking difficulties on both sides of the Atlantic and continuing weakness in precious metals and commodities. News that the China Investment Corporation – China’s biggest sovereign wealth fund – no longer wants to buy European ...
The Silver Institute's "World Silver Survey 2012" report hasn’t surprised investors and market participants. Silver mining output hit record highs last year, while silver demand from end users and investors remained robust – despite silver's correction phase which started close to a year ago. The Silver Institute is ...
On Saturday April 14 the People's Bank of China expanded the range that it would allow the renminbi to rise or fall each day. Previously the currency was only allowed to rise or fall by 0.5% from a determined midpoint, but now that limit is being increased to 1%. Many have long felt that the currency was undervalued and that this could be ...
Bashar al-Assad's Syrian regime is under increasing financial pressure as the economic sanctions imposed by western states and some Arab nations are hurting the country. According to Western diplomatic sources, the Syrian government is desperately selling its foreign currency reserves and the country's gold treasures to the highest ...
A Broken Narrative Recently I was asked by a high school teacher if I had any ideas about why students today seem so apathetic when it comes to engaging with the world around them. I waggishly responded, "Probably because they're smart." In my opinion, we're asking our young adults to step into a story that doesn't make any ...
Gold and silver prices were flat over the course of yesterday – apart from a dramatic dip and recovery mid morning EDT; the bears managing to knock the gold price down to $1,635 briefly, before news that the Indian central bank was cutting interest rates by 50 basis points encouraged buying. Silver lost around 1.1% at the same time ...
Martin A. Armstrong is founder and former Head of Princeton Economics, Ltd. In the 1980s, Princeton Economics became the leading multinational corporate advisor with offices in Paris, London, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Sydney and in 1983 Armstrong was named by The Wall Street Journal as the highest paid advisor in the world. As a top currency ...
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