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Max Keiser interviews Egon von Greyerz about capital controls in France, QE, gold and the economic and financial disasters wrought by central banks.

India’s official gold imports in 2014-15 stood at 900 tonnes — 36% higher than the previous year’s 665 tonnes, indicating households’ strong preference for the yellow metal as a savings option.

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%