by irdadmin | Dec 9, 2019 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
Pressures are already building on the financial stability front that will make the next economic downturn messier than anticipated.” – Bill Dudley, former President of the NY Fed I get irritated when I see mainstream media and alternative mainstream media...
by irdadmin | Oct 17, 2019 | Financial Markets
Last week the Fed announced that it was going to start buying $60 billion in T-Bills per month at least into Q2 2020. The Fed will also rollover the proceeds as the T-Bill’s mature. The rationale was to address the decline in the “non-reserve”...
by irdadmin | Oct 14, 2019 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
“De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) holds more than 600 tonnes of gold. A bar of gold always retains its value, crisis or no crisis. This creates a sense of security. A central bank’s gold stock is therefore regarded as a symbol of solidity Shares, bonds and...
by irdadmin | Oct 10, 2019 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) – the Central Bank of Central Banks – released two reports on “unconventional policy tools” – e.g. QE/money printing and interest rate suppression. It concluded that the extreme Central Bank...
by irdadmin | Oct 7, 2019 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
On October 4th, as I expected would happen, the Fed announced that it was extending its overnight and term repo operations out to November 26th (the November 12th two-week term repo matures on the 26th). The Fed added 7 more 2-week “term repos, ” plus a...