Central banks

Kristalina Giorgieva, current IMF director, gave a speech on October 15, which bore the promising title of "A New Bretton Woods Moment".

Gold is a political metal. “Whoever has the gold makes the rules,” as the saying goes. Because gold serves as the backstop of the international financial system, the global distribution of gold influences the balance of power. This is true for gold ownership, but it also applies to storage locati...

The history of gold bull markets (1971–80 and 1999–2011) shows that the most powerful gains come toward the end of the bull market, not at the beginning.

In this interview Egon von Greyerz answers viewer questions. Gold continues to correct, but mining shares send positive signals. China and Russia are buying a lot of gold and their power is growing. Do they even have 100,000 tons of gold each? A well-connected author asserts this. Digital currenc...

I suggest you buy your gold at current levels and ride the wave up to much higher levels. It’ll protect your wealth in the days ahead. Like every market, it will fluctuate. Nothing goes up in a straight line. But you want to focus on the longer term picture. And it looks very bright for gold.

If the IMF does not speak (for the moment) directly about using physical gold in this new system, the institution has however just announced that a new "Bretton Woods" was necessary to manage the post-crisis period and to restructure the debt of the G20 countries.

Morgan’s observation that “Money is gold, and nothing else,” was right in two respects. The first and most obvious is that gold is a form of money. The second and more subtle point, revealed in the phrase, “and nothing else,” was that other instruments purporting to be money were really forms of...

As global central banks’ balance sheets are exploding, with disastrous consequences, the Swiss National Bank (SNB) stands out as the “biggest hedge fund” and speculator in the world. Its balance sheet is over $1 trillion or 136% of Swiss GDP. The Fed balance sheet is 35% of US GDP.

Many years of loose and unconventional monetary policy have severely damaged financial markets and the global economy. Currently, central banks find themselves cornered, as the financial system is drowning in debt and addicted to ever easier money. Gold, however, provides multiple solutions.

In this interview, Egon von Greyerz speaks to Tom Bodrovics from Palisade Radio about the cyclical and repetitive nature of the current economic situation and shares his concerns about increasing debt and central banks’ response.