BRICS

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has announced schemes to curb gold imports and monetise large idle stocks of the precious metal.

France, Germany and Italy have all agreed to follow Britain’s lead and join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)

Interview with Guillermo Barba (Global Financial Intelligence): Gold and silver from a Mexican perspective

The billboard was from the Bank of China. It said: “RMB: New Choice; The World Currency”

Let’s follow Alan Greenspan’s advice and be certain that, once the – very abrupt – exit from the QE plans is realised

Alan Greenspan thinks something big is going to happen that we can’t get out of this era of money printing without some repercussions – and pretty severe ones – that gold will benefit from.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today lifted the ban on imports of gold coins and medallions by banks and trading houses.

India is likely to cut its import tax on gold before the end of February to 2% from the current level of 10%

Seeking continued diversification away from the US dollar, central banks absorbed 477.2t of gold in 2014, 17% above 2013’s impressive 409 tonnes, according to World Gold Council.

The replacement for the near-century-old London gold fix will start in March, with the hope of attracting at least 11 members, including Chinese banks for the first time