Benn Steil: Could China Have a Reserves Crisis?
byLast summer, U.S. lawmakers were condemning China for pushing down its currency, arguing that it was still “terribly undervalued.” But those days may be…
David Stockman: The War On Savers And The 200 Rulers Of Global Finance
bySource: http://davidstockmanscontracorner.com/the-war-on-savers-and-the-200-rulers-of-world-finance/ There has been an economic coup d’état in America and most of the world. We are now ruled by about 200 unelected central bankers, monetary apparatchiks and…
EU to regulate virtual currency exchanges and wallet providers
byThis article is from EDCAB.eu, with whom The Cobden Centre is working regarding a project for the European Parliament on digital currencies. Source: http://edcab.eu/blog/eu-tackles-virtual-currency-exchanges-wallet-providers The European…
America’s National Debt Bomb Caused by the Welfare State
byThe news is filled with the everyday zigzags of those competing against each other for the Democrat and Republican Party nominations to run for…
They Broke the Silver Fix
byEditor’s Note: Keith is testifying today before the Arizona Senate Financial Institutions Committee on a gold legal tender bill, which he also helped draft. There is…
Interview with Dr Benn Steil, Director of International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations
byDr. Benn Steil is senior fellow and director of international economics at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. He is also the…
Shorting the yuan is dangerous
byLast Sunday (31 January) Zero Hedge ran an article drawing attention to the big names in the hedge fund community who are betting heavily…
The Cozy Relationship between the Treasury and the Fed
byLast year was a tough one for investors. Gold was down 10 percent. The Dow Industrials fell 2.5 percent, and most bond indexes finished…
How the Blockchain and Gold Can Work Together
byA look into monetary history shows that people, when given freedom of choice, opted for precious metals as money. This doesn’t come as a…
European Central Bank poised to strengthen further monetary pumping
byOn January 21 2016 the European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi signaled that the governing council may provide more stimulus at its next…